The fervent ‘akyns’ of war. Ilya Shablinksky – on the role Z-writers and musicians play in Russian propaganda

21 November 2023 By Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.press Moscow prosecutors are currently scrutinizing one of the interviews, posted by journalist Yury Dud, for evidence of the crime envisaged under Article…

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School of hypocrisy. Valery Panyushkin on the Russian state’s demographic policy [Spektr.press]

24 November 2023 by Valery Panyushkin Source: Spektr.press By speaking out against abortions and asserting that a ban on them would improve the country’s demographic status “like waving a magic…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Daniil Seryogin from Simferopol is a political prisoner

14 November 2023 Daniil Seryogin has been sentenced to 18 months in a low-security penal colony for anti-war posts on Facebook Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Vladimir Timofeev is a political prisoner

10 November 2023 Vladimir Timofeev, a left-wing activist from Irkutsk, has been sentenced to two years eight months in a penal colony for a comment approving the actions of the…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Igor Levchenko, a musician, is a political prisoner

9 November 2023 Ukrainian citizen Igor Levchenko has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for an anti-war video posted on Instagram Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 333: A high school student gets six years

25 November 2023 OVD-Info is a Russian civil society organisation that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here.…

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Rights in Russia Update [24 November 2023]

https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/ Our publications of the past week https://www.rightsinrussia.org/rights-in-russia-interview-36/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/ovd-info-332/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/write-to-russia-2/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/skochilenko-2/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-129/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-50/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/starovoitova/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/

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‘She always had her own opinion’. Galina Starovoitova’s assistant Ruslan Linkov on her murder and the servile majority that prevents the building of a democratic Russia

Galina Starovoitova [Wikipedia] 20 November 2023 by Andrei Presnyakov Source: Spektr.Press On 20 November 1998 one of the most notorious political murders of modern Russia took place. Galina Starovoitova, one…

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