Aleksandr Podrabinek: Austria’s Intelligence Services – A Very Personal Commentary

22 January 2026 An extract from A Third Life by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook The trial of Egisto Ott, a former employee of the Austrian Federal Office for the Protection…

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Write to Russia: Mekhidi Timerbulatov – sentenced to life imprisonment on trumped up charges

On 18 May 2004, Mekhidi Timerbulatov was convicted on a series of terrorism charges and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentence was subsequently upheld on appeal. According to Memorial, the…

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Aleksandr Cherkasov on post-Soviet wars: how to break the chain of impunity

Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 11 December 2022 by Aleksandr Cherkasov [a translation of an abbreviated version of Aleksandr Cherkasov's presentation at the 'Russian Realities' online conference] Source: Facebook [original source: O…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Zarema Musaeva, wife of a retired federal judge and mother of the Yangulbaev brothers active in the Chechen opposition, is a political prisoner

26 August 2022 Chechen law enforcement officers took Zarema Musaeva from Nizhny Novgorod to Grozny, where she was remanded in custody on trumped-up charges. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human…

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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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