Boris Altshuler: On the Brink – 105 Years Since the Birth of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov

Moscow, 21 May 2026 by Boris Altshuler [This text was originally published in Russian in Novaya gazeta - Kazakhstan] In connection with today's (21 May) 105th anniversary of the birth…

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‘An Elon Musk-Supported Apology of Russia’s War on Ukraine’ – a public statement [in English and Russian]

28 April 2026 A collective warning to readers of The Russia-Ukraine War and its Origins: From the Maidan to the Ukraine War (Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, 2026). Source: Ukrainska Pravda [for…

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James Lofthouse: Memorial issues International Women’s Day appeal for women political prisoners

8 March 2026 by James Lofthouse On 8 March, the human rights project Memorial. Political Prisoners issued an appeal highlighting the situation of women imprisoned for political reasons in Russia.…

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Activatica’s new film about Ukrainian civilians abducted and imprisoned by Russia: ‘Prisoners. Part 2: The System of Terror’

The media project Activatica has released a new film Prisoners. Part 2: The System of Terror about the system of terror constructed by Russia in occupied Ukraine. This film explores…

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Sergei Nikitin: Since his arrest, Dmitry Bogmut has been in the infamous Kresty prison in St. Petersburg. He’s still there.

28 January 2025 by Sergei Nikitin In 1975 I was working as a precision photolithography coordinatographer at the B.P. Konstantinov Leningrad Institute of Nuclear Physics of the USSR Academy of…

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