“Spare people”. Russian MP and ex‑DPR leader Alexander Borodai caught on tape describing Russian volunteers as expendable in Ukraine war Firecrackers, Telegram chats, and a relay box. Russian‑Ukrainian bartender from Moscow sentenced to 25 years on 10 charges amid torture allegations Semyon Karmanov from Siberia is unable to read and write. Despite his disability, he was pressured into army recruitment during prison term for an 80‑dollar theft, sent to war Burning, not breaking. A story of Ivan Kudryashov’s personal fight against war and torture in detention “Whoever hands me a weapon, from this weapon will perish.” An industrial welder from Chelyabinsk quit his job after his colleagues were mobilised