Sergei Sokolov and the editorial staff at ‘Novaya gazeta’: No charge brought

11 April 2026 Statement by Novaya Gazeta on the arrest of our journalist Oleg Roldugin and the search of the editorial office By Sergei Sokolov, editor-in-chief and the editorial staff…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Fools and Laws – on Roskomnadzor and a ‘stupid’ law

30 September 2025 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook Roskomnadzor (the Federal Agency for Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) has informed the social networking site LiveJournal that an article I…

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Leonid Nikitinsky: On the ‘fake news’ ruling by the Constitutional Court

13 June 2025 On the key question the Constitutional Court judges ‘overlooked’ when rejecting Aleksei Gorinov’s complaint By Leonid Nikitinsky Source: Novaya gazeta 'The state must know the truth before…

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Write to Russia: Timofey Mokhnenko – remanded in custody for Telegram posts he allegedly made in support of Ukraine

Timofey Mokhnenko has been held on remand since 20 May 2024. He is being prosecuted on charges of calling for people to engage in terrorism and inciting hatred online for…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: ‘Criticism of the regime is a crime’

15 April 2025 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: A Word for the Defence Verdict on Freedom of Speech On 15 April, the Nagatinskoi district court in Moscow sentenced four journalists to…

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Anna Karetnikova: The enemy is known

10 - 14 April 2025 by Anna Karetnikova Source: Facebook 10 April 2025 I wanted to keep the vow of silence I once made, but I don’t think that by…

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Write to Russia: Liudmila Teteneva – sentenced to eight years in a penal colony for reposting anti-war comments online

Liudmila Teteneva, a cleaner from Kurgan, has been sentenced to eight years in a penal colony for reposting several publications about the Russian army on the Odnoklassniki social media page…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Aleksandr Skobov is a man of conscience

21 March 2025 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook 16 years of imprisonment for Aleksandr Skobov is a declaration by the authorities that they and Aleksandr Skobov are incompatible. The authorities…

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Anna Karetnikova: ‘Everything was blurry… Just as it is now.’

26 February - 7 March 2025 by Anna Karetnikova Source Facebook 26 February 2025 ASTRA writes: "The headmistress of the school reported a student who left an anti-war note in…

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Lev Shlosberg: Freedom for Evgenia Berkovich, Svetlana Petriichuk, and all political prisoners

26 December 2024 by Lev Shlosberg Source: Facebook A state’s war against art and artists reflects that state’s cultural bankruptcy and the political bankruptcy that inevitably follows. 18+ GENUINE MATERIAL…

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