An exchange deception. Russia sent Ukraine ex‑convicts already due for deportation, instead of prisoners of war
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27 May 2025, 20:45
“Electric shock torture and beating someone tied up is utterly despicable”. Anarchist Ruslan Sidiki’s statement just before he received 29 years in prison
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23 May 2025, 17:59
Apple's “LGBT propaganda” hearings in Moscow court. Live updates
Four fines today totaling $131,000; two new cases unveiled
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19 May 2025, 16:49
Publishing purges. Russian law enforcement arrests prominent book publishers in “extremism” raids
Among the detained are distribution director at Eksmo as well as employees of Popcorn Books and Individuum
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14 May 2025, 23:04
“I begged them to finish me off”. Russia jails 5 Ukrainians from occupied Melitopol for up to 14 years over alleged terror plot, despite torture claims Tuva Philharmonic soloist arrested in Moscow on espionage charges. No public explanation for disappearance of Mongolia‑born singer “This war is, above all, a war against freedom”. What political prisoner Alexei Gorinov was able to say in court—and what he wasn’t “I am the accuser here—I accuse Putin’s corpse‑stinking clique”. Closing statement of dissident Alexander Skobov, sentenced to 16 years in prison