Russia lawmakers pass bill to confiscate assets of those who discredit army
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia lawmakers pass bill to confiscate assets of those who discredit army

Al Jazeera  

It allows seizure of money, valuables, other assets of those convicted of spreading ‘false information’ about military. Lawmakers in Russia’s lower house of parliament have approved a bill that will allow authorities to confiscate the assets of those convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the military. The new law would apply to those convicted of publicly inciting “extremist activities,” calling for actions that would hurt the security of the state or “discrediting” the armed forces. “Discrediting” the armed forces is a criminal offence under an existing law that was adopted as part of a sweeping government crackdown on dissent after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Popular writer Dmitry Glukhovsky was handed an eight-year jail term in absentia after a Moscow court found him guilty in August of deliberately spreading false information about Russia’s armed forces.

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Jailed Kremlin critic convicted again and handed new prison term for opposing the war in Ukraine
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Jailed Kremlin critic convicted again and handed new prison term for opposing the war in Ukraine

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Gorinov was convicted again on Friday for opposing Russia’s war in Ukraine and handed a three-year prison term. Russia’s independent news site Mediazona quoted Gorinov’s lawyer as saying that it means he will spend a year more behind bars compared to his previous sentence. Gorinov was first convicted in July 2022, when a …

A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin’s late foe Alexei Navalny
3 months, 1 week ago

A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin’s late foe Alexei Navalny

Associated Press  

PETUSHKI, Russia — Three lawyers who once represented the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial Thursday in Russia, part of the Kremlin’s unrelenting crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexei Liptser were arrested in October 2023 on charges of involvement with extremist groups, as Navalny’s networks were deemed …

Russian editor sentenced to eight years for criticising Ukraine campaign
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian editor sentenced to eight years for criticising Ukraine campaign

The Hindu  

A Russian news editor in Siberia was sentenced to eight years in prison Friday for publishing critical material on Moscow's offensive in Ukraine, which has been accompanied in Russia by a massive crackdown on dissent. Mikhailov ran the small online opposition social media channel "Listok" in Siberia's Altai republic -- a region that has sent many men to Ukraine. He …

Russia jails journalist for eight years over Ukraine war reporting
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia jails journalist for eight years over Ukraine war reporting

The Independent  

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Russia’s top court refuses to release Navalny’s lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges
4 months ago

Russia’s top court refuses to release Navalny’s lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to release three lawyers who once represented Russia’s slain opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, and are now facing charges of extremism. According to Navalny’s allies, authorities accused the lawyers of using their status as defense attorneys to pass letters from the imprisoned politician to his team, thus serving as intermediaries between Navalny and …

Russia's top court extends detention for Navalny's lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges
4 months ago

Russia's top court extends detention for Navalny's lawyers, pending trial on extremism charges

The Independent  

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Moscow jails Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva for over six years
5 months ago

Moscow jails Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva for over six years

Al Jazeera  

The journalist is accused of not registering as a ‘foreign agent’ and for spreading ‘false information’ about the Russian army. A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the United States-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, to six and a half years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army. The sentencing was on the same …

Putin signs decree allowing seizure of Americans’ assets if US confiscates Russian holdings
7 months ago

Putin signs decree allowing seizure of Americans’ assets if US confiscates Russian holdings

Associated Press  

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing Russia to confiscate assets of U.S. companies and individuals to compensate for any Russian assets confiscated in the United States. The decree was published on the Russian government’s legal portal on Thursday as top finance officials from the Group of Seven industrialized nations began a meeting at which the question of what …

A Russian journalist has been detained for posts criticizing the military, his lawyer says
7 months, 4 weeks ago

A Russian journalist has been detained for posts criticizing the military, his lawyer says

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A journalist for the Russian edition of Forbes magazine has been detained on charges of spreading false information about the Russian military, his lawyer said Friday. He said that Mingazov was detained because of social media posts he made about the Ukrainian city of Bucha, where more than 400 bodies of civilians were found, many bearing signs …

How Putin’s crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How Putin’s crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power

LA Times  

Police detain a man trying to lay flowers to honor the late activist Alexei Navalny at a monument in St. Petersburg, Russia. “Russia is no longer an authoritarian state — it is a totalitarian state,” said Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Memorial, the Russian human rights group focused on political repression. “All these repressions are aimed at suppressing any independent expression …

How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader's 24 years in power
9 months, 2 weeks ago

How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader's 24 years in power

New Indian Express  

Another group, OVD-Info, said in November that 1,141 people are behind bars on politically motivated charges, with over 400 others receiving other punishment and nearly 300 more under investigation. Exiled oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who spent 10 years in prison after challenging Putin, told AP in a recent interview the Kremlin began stifling dissent even before his 2003 arrest. Asked …

Russia wants to imprison the co-chair of Nobel-winning rights group over criticism of war in Ukraine
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Russia wants to imprison the co-chair of Nobel-winning rights group over criticism of war in Ukraine

Associated Press  

Russian authorities on Monday sought a prison sentence of nearly three years for a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine. The prosecution demanded that Oleg Orlov, 70, be convicted of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian army and sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison. The charges against Orlov, co-chairman of the Nobel Peace …

Russian upper house approves bill to confiscate assets of people discrediting army, to become law after Putin's nod
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian upper house approves bill to confiscate assets of people discrediting army, to become law after Putin's nod

Firstpost  

Russia’s upper house on Wednesday unanimously endorsed a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military. Having been swiftly approved by the lower house last week, the bill is anticipated to be signed into law by Russian President Vladimir Putin soon. Russian authorities have …

Russian court orders bestselling detective novelist’s arrest over Ukraine comments
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian court orders bestselling detective novelist’s arrest over Ukraine comments

LA Times  

Writer Grigory Chkhartishvili, also known as Boris Akunin, shown is 2011, has been ordered arrested on charges of “justifying terrorism” and discrediting the military over Russia’s war on Ukraine. A Moscow court ordered the arrest Tuesday of a bestselling detective novelist and dissident on charges of “justifying terrorism,” two months after he was pranked by two pro-Kremlin activists into expressing …

Russia passes bill to authorise taking over assets of citizens who 'discredit the army'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia passes bill to authorise taking over assets of citizens who 'discredit the army'

Firstpost  

The Russian parliament’s lower house on Wednesday passed a bill that permits the seizure of cash, valuables, and other assets from individuals found guilty of disseminating willfully inaccurate information about the military of the nation. According to Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Duma, those found guilty of openly inciting extremist activities or advocating for measures that would jeopardize state security …

Russia jails nationalist critic Igor Girkin for four years over ‘extremism’
11 months ago

Russia jails nationalist critic Igor Girkin for four years over ‘extremism’

Al Jazeera  

Igor Girkin has accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough. A court in Russia has convicted prominent nationalist and former rebel commander Igor Girkin of “inciting extremism” and sentenced him to four years in a penal colony. Also known as Igor Strelkov, Girkin has accused President Vladimir Putin and army …

Russian lawmakers approve bill to seize property from army critics
11 months ago

Russian lawmakers approve bill to seize property from army critics

Al Jazeera  

The State Duma, parliament’s lower house, approved the bill by a 395-3 vote in the first of three required readings. Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who co-authored the bill, told lawmakers that the measure was “not enough” to stop the army’s critics. “We are showing goodwill that we are doing this only two years in,” said Andrey Lugovoy, a deputy from Russia’s …

Russian lawmakers consider bill to seize property of Ukraine war critics
11 months ago

Russian lawmakers consider bill to seize property of Ukraine war critics

Al Jazeera  

The bill would allow the state to seize property from Russians who might have left the country and criticised the war in Ukraine. “The State Duma has introduced amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes on the confiscation of property for public calls for activities directed against the security of the state, for discrediting the army and a number …

Russian lawmakers to debate seizing property of those who ‘discredit’ army
11 months ago

Russian lawmakers to debate seizing property of those who ‘discredit’ army

Al Jazeera  

A bill to be voted on next week aims to confiscate assets of Russians spreading ‘deliberately false’ information amid Ukraine war. Russia’s parliament will consider a law allowing for the confiscation of money, valuables and other property from those deemed to spread “deliberately false information” about Moscow’s military actions, a senior lawmaker has said. It would also be applicable to …

Another lawyer for Kremlin foe Navalny faces extremism charges. She had left Russia
11 months, 1 week ago

Another lawyer for Kremlin foe Navalny faces extremism charges. She had left Russia

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A lawyer for imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday that Russian authorities charged her in absentia with participating in an extremist group. According to Navalny’s allies, authorities accused the lawyers of using their status as defense attorneys to pass letters from the imprisoned politician to his team, thus serving as intermediaries between Navalny and what they …

Russia Ukraine War: Ex-Russian soldiers to testify against Russia on war crimes
1 year ago

Russia Ukraine War: Ex-Russian soldiers to testify against Russia on war crimes

Firstpost  

Salikov told Dutch television program EenVandaag in an interview broadcast on Monday that he was ready to fully cooperate with the ICC and had personally witnessed “cruelties against civilians” A legal source Netherlands told Reuters on Tuesday that a former Russian soldier has applied for asylum in the country and plans to testify before the International Criminal Court regarding war …

In Russia, more Kremlin critics are being imprisoned as intolerance of dissent grows
1 year, 1 month ago

In Russia, more Kremlin critics are being imprisoned as intolerance of dissent grows

Associated Press  

Russia under President Vladimir Putin has been closing in on those who challenge the Kremlin. One such case concluded Thursday in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second largest city, where a court sentenced artist and musician Sasha Skochilenko to seven years in prison after she replaced several supermarket price tags with slogans decrying the war. ILYA YASHIN One of the few well-known …

Russia sentences an ally of exiled Alexei Navalny to eight years in absentia
1 year, 1 month ago

Russia sentences an ally of exiled Alexei Navalny to eight years in absentia

Live Mint  

A Russian court on Thursday sentenced an ally of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to eight years prison in absentia for criticising Moscow's offensive in Ukraine. A Moscow court sentenced him to eight years for "spreading fake information about the Russia army" under legislation used to stifle criticism. Organisations founded by Navalny have been banned in Russia, and in August …

Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian artist who protested Ukraine war gets 7 years in prison in latest crackdown on free speech

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Thursday convicted an artist and musician for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages, sentencing her to seven years in prison in one of the highest-profile cases involving the recent crackdown on free speech. Sasha Skochilenko was arrested in her native St. Petersburg in April 2022 and charged with spreading false information about …

Russian convicted of Kremlin critic’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian convicted of Kremlin critic’s murder pardoned after fighting in Ukraine

The Independent  

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Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky is handed an 8-year prison term for discrediting Russia’s army
1 year, 4 months ago

Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky is handed an 8-year prison term for discrediting Russia’s army

Associated Press  

A Moscow court sentenced Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky on Monday to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of deliberately spreading false information about Russia’s armed forces. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, lawmakers passed a bill that imposes prison sentences of up to 15 years on those spreading “fake” information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war. …

Russia fines Wikipedia, Apple for spreading 'false information' about Ukraine conflict
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia fines Wikipedia, Apple for spreading 'false information' about Ukraine conflict

India TV News  

Apple and a host of Wikipedia were imposed fines on by a Russian court for allegedly failing to remove material deemed to be “false information” about Russia's military actions in Ukraine. The Wikimedia Foundation was fined 3 million rubles for retaining material on Russian-language Wikipedia pages, which allegedly violated a law against discrediting Russia's military and spreading false information about …

Moscow critic and former publisher sentenced to 8 years for defaming Russian forces in Ukraine war
1 year, 5 months ago

Moscow critic and former publisher sentenced to 8 years for defaming Russian forces in Ukraine war

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Moscow court on Thursday sentenced former publisher and chief editor Ilya Krasilshchik to eight years in prison in absentia for defaming Russia’s armed forces involved in the war on Ukraine. Krasilshchik, who has left Russia, is a former publisher of the Riga-based exiled Russian news outlet Meduza and a former editor-in-chief of Russian entertainment and lifestyle …

Russia’s Navalny defends himself over ‘extremism charges’
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia’s Navalny defends himself over ‘extremism charges’

Al Jazeera  

Charges against the critic of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could extend his prison sentence by decades. Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has appeared at a court in Russia to defend himself over new extremism charges, which could see his prison sentence extended by several more years. In an effort to contest the court’s charges, Navalny said: “Taking into account …

Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead
1 year, 7 months ago

Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Russia convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts condemning the war in Ukraine and punished her Friday with a steep fine even though both she and the prosecution asked for a prison sentence. Marina Novikova, a 65-year-old lawyer, was found guilty of “spreading false information” about the Russian army, which …

Russia convicts ex-police officer over Ukraine war criticism
1 year, 7 months ago

Russia convicts ex-police officer over Ukraine war criticism

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Russia convicted a former police officer of publicly spreading false information about the country’s military for criticizing the war in Ukraine to his friends over the phone. The ex-officer, Semiel Vedel, was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison under a law the Kremlin adopted days after sending troops into Ukraine and has actively …

Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza sentenced to 25 years in prison

Al Jazeera  

Kara-Murza, who has denounced Russia’s war in Ukraine, jailed for treason and denigrating the army. A Russian court on Monday sentenced Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison for treason and denigrating the military, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine. Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three and an opposition politician who holds Russian and …

Putin’s digital footsoldiers: How bloggers became a key cog in Russia’s war machine
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin’s digital footsoldiers: How bloggers became a key cog in Russia’s war machine

CNN  

CNN — The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky has put a spotlight on the murky world of Russia’s pro-invasion military bloggers and the outsized role they play in Moscow’s propaganda machine. Many of Russia’s military bloggers have deep sources within the state’s armed forces, the Wagner group or among pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, which gives them unparalleled access to information. …

Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky given posthumous medal for bravery by Putin
1 year, 8 months ago

Russian war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky given posthumous medal for bravery by Putin

The Telegraph  

Navalny, who has exposed official corruption and organised massive anti-government protests, is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud. He also charged that Russian security agencies could be behind the explosion to cast Mr Navalny's supporters as an "internal enemy”. Return to ‘Soviet classics’ On Monday, Mr Podolyak said Russia had “returned to the Soviet classics,” pointing to its increasing isolation, …

March 28, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news
1 year, 8 months ago

March 28, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

A screengrab of Maria Moskalyov, 12, describing the police search of her home in Russia's Tula region to Activatica, an online portal supporting grassroots activism in the country. A Russian man whose 12-year-old daughter drew an anti-war picture at school has been sentenced to two years in prison by a court in the Tula region for his own anti-war online …

Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk
1 year, 9 months ago

Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk

Al Jazeera  

Almost 500 Russians have been charged under wartime censorship laws. In another sign of Moscow’s punishing crackdown on those who question its war in Ukraine, the 69-year-old veteran human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov was detained this week on charges of “repeatedly discrediting the armed forces”. Alexander Martynov and Lyudmila Razumova: Married couple accused of ‘fake news’ In March 2022, Alexander …

Russian officials seek another opposition activist’s arrest
1 year, 9 months ago

Russian officials seek another opposition activist’s arrest

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A Russian court on Thursday issued an order to arrest an opposition activist on charges of disparaging the military, and auhorities declared other activists and bloggers “foreign agents” amid efforts to muzzle criticism of Russia’s action in Ukraine. Moscow’s Basmanny District Court ordered the arrest of Maxim Katz, an opposition activist and blogger who has left Russia. Days …

Russia outlaws 'discrediting' military, voluntary formations amid Ukraine war
1 year, 9 months ago

Russia outlaws 'discrediting' military, voluntary formations amid Ukraine war

Hindustan Times  

Russia brought new law amendments to parliament on Wednesday that further strengthen the country's censorship laws, envisaging up to 15 years in jail for discrediting the armed forces and voluntary military organisations such as the Wagner Group. Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, said that "any public dissemination of knowingly false information about the …

Russia's year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia's year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism

Firstpost  

Tallinn: Moscow’s nights display few signs of a nation at war. There’s only an occasional “Z” — the symbol of Russia’s “special military operation,” as the Ukraine invasion is officially known — seen on a building or a shuttered store abandoned by a Western retailer. Most of humanity is with us.” These messages play well in Russia, says Denis Volkov, …

Russia’s year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia’s year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Moscow’s nights display few signs of a nation at war. There’s only an occasional “Z” — the symbol of Russia’s “special military operation,” as the Ukraine invasion is officially known — seen on a building or a shuttered store abandoned by a Western retailer. Most of humanity is with us.” These messages play well in Russia, says …

Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war
1 year, 10 months ago

Russian journalist gets 6 years in penal colony over Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

The Kremlin has banned the spread of ‘false information’ or any criticism about the Russian army during the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine. A Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony after accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol last year. The court found Ponomarenko, who worked for …

Russia sentences popular cookbook author over Ukraine posts
1 year, 10 months ago

Russia sentences popular cookbook author over Ukraine posts

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after convicting her in absentia of spreading false information about the country’s military. The charges against Veronika Belotserkovskaya, who lives abroad, were brought over her Instagram posts that the authorities alleged contained “deliberately false information about the use of the Armed …

Russian politician sentenced for Ukraine action criticism
2 years ago

Russian politician sentenced for Ukraine action criticism

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — A prominent Russian opposition figure was on Friday sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. “Only the weak want to shut everyone’s mouth and eradicate any dissent.” Yashin was charged with spreading false information about the military — a new offense added to …

Russian opposition figure gets 8½ years in prison for criticizing Ukraine war
2 years ago

Russian opposition figure gets 8½ years in prison for criticizing Ukraine war

LA Times  

Russian opposition activist and former municipal official Ilya Yashin gestures and smiles in a Moscow courtroom Firday. A prominent Russian opposition figure was sentenced Friday to 8½ years in prison after being convicted of charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. “Only the weak want to shut everyone’s mouth and eradicate any dissent.” Yashin was charged …

Russia: Putin critic gets 8 years in jail for ‘false information’
2 years ago

Russia: Putin critic gets 8 years in jail for ‘false information’

Al Jazeera  

Ilya Yashin was charged after casting doubt over the Kremlin’s narrative on atrocities that took place in Bucha, Ukraine. Russian opposition figure Ilya Yashin was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in prison for “spreading fake information” about the Russian army. Yashin is also an ally of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, and was close …

Detention of Russian dissident Yashin extended by 6 months
2 years, 1 month ago

Detention of Russian dissident Yashin extended by 6 months

The Independent  

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Takeaways from investigation of Russian general in Ukraine
2 years, 1 month ago

Takeaways from investigation of Russian general in Ukraine

The Independent  

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President Zelensky says scenes in liberated Kharkiv similar to Bucha and Irpin
2 years, 2 months ago

President Zelensky says scenes in liberated Kharkiv similar to Bucha and Irpin

The Independent  

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Russia charges jailed Kremlin critic with treason
2 years, 2 months ago

Russia charges jailed Kremlin critic with treason

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian authorities have brought treason charges against a prominent opposition activist who was jailed for allegedly spreading “false information” about Russia’s military operation in Ukraine. “These speeches did not carry any threat to the country; it was public, open criticism,” Prokhorov told Russian state news agency Tass, Kara-Murza denies committing treason, the lawyer said. Russia adopted a law …

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