Aleksandr Podrabinek: Of Trials and Puppet Shows, or There Is No Crime Without Punishment

28 February 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Vot-Tak.TV Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Ukrainian human rights organisation Centre for Civil Liberties, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year,…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Who Are the Putinalias Intended For?

25 February 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV  Everyone understood long ago that the rallies in support of the regime are nothing but government-ordered and propagandistic in nature. These actions’…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Say “emigration”, you get a fine, say “gay”, you get a prison sentence

18 February 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Vot-Tak.TV The Russian authorities have an extremely peculiar tradition: as soon as the abominations they have committed become a flood, they immediately start…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Kremlin ‘Gifts’ to Cuba

29 January 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV According to reports from Cuba’s independent Diario de Cuba, there are plans to create a Centre for Economic Transformations in Havana, with…

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The Wolves, the sheep, and the watchmen: Aleksandr Podrabinek on the harm of compromises

25 January 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Radio Svoboda Who is going to blame a wolf for being a predator? That’s his nature: to chase down the weak, drag lambs…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Last Hut in Line

21 January 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Vot-Tak.TV  There are no signs of war on Moscow’s streets whatsoever. Windows are not papered over in anticipation of bombings, the wail of…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Aleksei Navalny’s Mortal Opposition

14 January 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV It’s a kind of competition. Aleksei Navalny is trying to survive and the Kremlin is trying to kill him. An unsporting competition,…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Let the UN die a quiet death

27 December 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV On 26 December, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the illegitimacy of the Russian Federation being on the UN Security…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Decline into Stalinism

19 December 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Vot-Tak.TV  In his column for Vot-Tak, Russian journalist and human rights activist Aleksandr Podrabinek discusses the breakdown of the judicial system in the…

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