Mediazona: More than 5,000 police charges for “discreditation” of the army have gone to Russian courts

9 November 2022 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: MediaZona] Since early March 2002, 5,003 administrative cases on “discreditation” of the army (Article 20.3.3 of the Russian Code of Administration…

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“While it was happening, she lost consciousness and was actually glad of that.” What we know about the rapes committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine [Mediazona]

17 April 2022 by Alla Konstantinova (editor: Egor Skovoroda) Source: Mediazona Individual reports of rape began to appear from almost the very start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine but…

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22 years before Bucha. Human rights activist Oleg Orlov on how Memorial investigated civilian murders in Chechnya [Mediazona]

8 April 2022 By Dima Shvets Source: Mediazona During the two wars in Chechnya, soldiers in the Russian army were accused more than once of killing civilians during mop-up operations.…

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