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Marginalisation trumps integration. Russia’s State Duma pushes new anti‑migrant legislation amid pressure against rights activists

1 October 2024, 19:20

“This is kidnapping.” Russian security forces found a deserter in Astana, took him to a military base in the desert, and then to Omsk

30 September 2024, 19:59

“I want a woman”. How Russian soldiers harass women on trains and planes while returning from the front

23 September 2024, 20:48

Russia’s repression replay. Prosecutor General pushes for new review of Soviet era repression victims’ rehabilitation orders

19 September 2024, 5:58

Marginalisation trumps integration. Russia’s State Duma pushes new anti‑migrant legislation amid pressure against rights activists

1 October 2024, 19:20

“This is kidnapping.” Russian security forces found a deserter in Astana, took him to a military base in the desert, and then to Omsk

30 September 2024, 19:59

“I want a woman”. How Russian soldiers harass women on trains and planes while returning from the front

23 September 2024, 20:48

Russia’s repression replay. Prosecutor General pushes for new review of Soviet era repression victims’ rehabilitation orders

19 September 2024, 5:58

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Article 10 September 2024, 23:13
“One said to another: ‘Ring it!’, an electric current coursed through my body, I screamed”. Anarchist Rouslan Sidiki, detained for sabotage near Ryazan, recounts torture
Article 6 September 2024, 21:49
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The art of war. The Kremlin is hiding Russia’s death toll in Ukraine—a small regional museum collection helps expose it
Article 13 August 2024, 18:06
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“Yes, you’ve been brought to Lefortovo. They might charge you with treason now.” Ilya Yashin on his exchange experience
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“They made the courts an integral part of dictatorship”. Memorial’s Oleg Orlov speaks at the Moscow City Court
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Political prisoner at 15. Arseny Turbin’s journey from pro‑Ukraine student to imprisoned “terrorist”
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