‘I thought I was going to die': Abuses widespread in Ukraine
2 years, 1 month ago

‘I thought I was going to die': Abuses widespread in Ukraine

Associated Press  

KYSELIVKA, Ukraine — For 10 days, Alesha Babenko was locked in a basement and regularly beaten by Russian soldiers. In September, Babenko and his 14-year-old nephew, Vitaliy Mysharskiy, were arrested by Russian soldiers who occupied his village of Kyselivka in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson. Ukrainian officials have opened more than 430 war crimes cases from the Kherson region and are investigating four alleged torture sites, Denys Monastyrskyi, Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, told state television. Throughout the war, liberated Ukrainian villages have revealed thousands of human rights atrocities perpetrated by Russian soldiers. And we’re very concerned Kherson will be no different,” Belkis Wille, senior crisis and conflict researcher at Human Rights Watch, told the AP.

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‘Many more Russian war criminals on our list’: Ukraine vows more attacks
4 days, 14 hours ago

‘Many more Russian war criminals on our list’: Ukraine vows more attacks

Al Jazeera  

Ukraine has raised the stakes with its boldest wartime assassination, killing a high-profile general in Moscow. Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Kirillov, the 54-year-old general who led Russia’s nuclear protection forces, was assassinated just one day after Ukrainian intelligence accused him of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian servicemen. “And there are many more Russian war criminals on …

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general
6 days, 6 hours ago

Russia says it has detained a suspect in the Moscow bombing that killed a senior general

Associated Press  

Russia’s security service said Wednesday it detained a citizen from Uzbekistan in the bombing that killed a senior general as he left his southeastern Moscow apartment — a bold assassination that was claimed by Ukraine’s security service. Investigators work near a scooter at the place where Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces …

Russian general killed in Moscow scooter blast by Ukrainian agents
6 days, 19 hours ago

Russian general killed in Moscow scooter blast by Ukrainian agents

The Independent  

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A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine
1 week ago

A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine

Associated Press  

A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. Workers load a body of Lt. General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence Forces into a bus after he and his assistant Ilya Polikarpov …

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison
Top News
1 month, 1 week ago

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine is convicted and given over 5 years in prison

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A doctor accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted Tuesday of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison, part of an unrelenting Kremlin crackdown on dissent. A video of the outraged Akinshina complaining about Buyanova was widely publicized, and chief of Russia’s …

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine sentenced to more than 5 years in prison
1 month, 1 week ago

Doctor accused of criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine sentenced to more than 5 years in prison

CNN  

TALLINN, Estonia Associated Press — A doctor accused of criticizing the war in Ukraine in front of a patient was convicted Tuesday of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced to 5 and a half years in prison, part of an unrelenting Kremlin crackdown on dissent. A video of the outraged Akinshina complaining about Buyanova was widely publicized, …

Finnish Prosecutors File Charges Against Russian Combatant in 2014 War Crimes Case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Finnish Prosecutors File Charges Against Russian Combatant in 2014 War Crimes Case

Associated Press  

Finnish prosecutors have filed charges against a Russian combatant, Yan Petrovsky, for alleged war crimes in 2014 in Ukraine. The suspect, who fought against Ukrainian forces in a Russian-backed separatist region, is accused of participating in acts that violate the laws of war, including the killing of 22 Ukrainian soldiers and seriously injuring four others.

Police still hunting for killer of exiled Putin critic four years after he was strangled with a dog lead at his home in suburban west London in 'Kremlin-backed' hit
2 months ago

Police still hunting for killer of exiled Putin critic four years after he was strangled with a dog lead at his home in suburban west London in 'Kremlin-backed' hit

Daily Mail  

Detectives are still without a clear suspect for the murder of a Russian businessman strangled to death just weeks after the Salisbury poisonings. Nikolai Glushkov, 68, was living in exile in Britain having served time in Russia for blowing the whistle on corruption at state run airline Aeroflot, where he was deputy director He was given asylum here and feared …

U.N. expert says Russian prisoners sent to fight in Ukraine committing crimes when they return
3 months ago

U.N. expert says Russian prisoners sent to fight in Ukraine committing crimes when they return

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the beginning of the active phase of the Ocean-2024 naval drills in the Kremlin in Moscow on Sept. 10. A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia decried increased violence in the country caused by former prisoners who have their sentences shortened or pardoned to fight in Ukraine and then return …

Russian strike kills at least 51 in Poltava, Ukraine, in one of deadliest attacks of war
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian strike kills at least 51 in Poltava, Ukraine, in one of deadliest attacks of war

The Independent  

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After Ukraine's incursion into Russia, the world gets a glimpse of life behind Vladimir Putin's iron curtain
3 months, 2 weeks ago

After Ukraine's incursion into Russia, the world gets a glimpse of life behind Vladimir Putin's iron curtain

ABC  

In the back of an armoured combat truck, the drive towards the border is rough, hot and noisy. But after Ukraine's audacious incursion into Russia's Kursk region, its military leads us into the enemy territory it holds, at least for now. "When we talk to them, they say that they do not know what has been happening in Ukraine for …

Russian President Vladimir Putin likens Ukraine’s Kursk incursion to school massacre
4 months ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin likens Ukraine’s Kursk incursion to school massacre

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday likened Ukraine’s incursion into Russia to the 2004 Beslan school massacre, in which some 330 people died in a hostage seige. “Just as we fought the terrorists, today we have to fight those who are carrying out crimes in the Kursk region,” Putin said, referring to Ukraine’s cross-border offensive that began two weeks ago. The …

Sudzha, Kursk: Russian residents take shelter as Ukraine advances
4 months, 1 week ago

Sudzha, Kursk: Russian residents take shelter as Ukraine advances

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN was accompanied by the Ukrainian military who reviewed the video above without sound prior to its release for operational security reasons. CNN crossed into Russia accompanied by the Ukrainian military, past the border post torn to shreds by Ukraine’s first attack. Our Ukrainian escort said the Russian attack drones that had blighted Ukraine’s progress on the front …

Sudzha, Kursk: Russian residents take shelter as Ukraine advances
4 months, 1 week ago

Sudzha, Kursk: Russian residents take shelter as Ukraine advances

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN was accompanied by the Ukrainian military who reviewed the video above without sound prior to its release for operational security reasons. CNN crossed into Russia accompanied by the Ukrainian military, past the border post torn to shreds by Ukraine’s first attack. Our Ukrainian escort said the Russian attack drones that had blighted Ukraine’s progress on the front …

'Loyalty to motherland': Putin welcomes prisoners freed after landmark deal with West, promises state awards
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Loyalty to motherland': Putin welcomes prisoners freed after landmark deal with West, promises state awards

India TV News  

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a hero's welcome to prisoners freed in a historic exchange with the West as they stepped off a plane in Moscow, promising them state awards and a conversation about their futures. Image Source : REUTERSRussia's President Vladimir Putin greets Russian national Vadim Krasikov, convicted by a German court of killing a Chechan militant. The …

Murder rate among Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine surges
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Murder rate among Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine surges

The Independent  

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Vladimir Putin has been fighting not just Ukraine, but his own people
8 months ago

Vladimir Putin has been fighting not just Ukraine, but his own people

Live Mint  

Two years after he launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022, things are going Vladimir Putin’s way. “Putin’s choice reflects a view that Russia can only address its non-competitiveness by changing the world around Russia, and most critically, by changing the European security system,” Mr Covington wrote in 2015. “The true elite,” Mr Putin said, “should be formed …

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge
8 months, 1 week ago

Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

Associated Press  

ASTANA, Kazakhstan — If the choice was death or a bullet to the leg, Yevgeny would take the bullet. “We don’t know what tomorrow will bring,” said his lawyer, Artur Alkhastov, who works with the Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law in Astana. “In Kazakhstan, politics is higher than the law... Everything can change.” In July, …

Russian massacre suspects’ homeland is plagued by poverty and religious strife
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Russian massacre suspects’ homeland is plagued by poverty and religious strife

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — The four men charged with the massacre at a Moscow theater have been identified by authorities as citizens of Tajikistan, some of the thousands who migrate to Russia each year from the poorest of the former Soviet republics to scrape out marginal existences. The militants claiming responsibility for the Moscow massacre that killed 139 people — a …

Ukraine war: Soldier relives time as a prisoner tortured by Russia in our exclusive event
9 months ago

Ukraine war: Soldier relives time as a prisoner tortured by Russia in our exclusive event

The Independent  

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Escaping Russian capture: An ex-British soldier’s account of fighting for Ukraine detailed in our event
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Escaping Russian capture: An ex-British soldier’s account of fighting for Ukraine detailed in our event

The Independent  

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Prominent Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov gets 2 1/2 years in prison for criticizing war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Prominent Russian human rights activist Oleg Orlov gets 2 1/2 years in prison for criticizing war

Associated Press  

A veteran human rights campaigner who criticized the war in Ukraine was convicted Tuesday by a Moscow court of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian military and sentenced to 2½ years in prison. Oleg Orlov, 70, co-chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, had rejected the case against him as politically motivated, saying in his closing statement: “I don’t …

Vladimir Putin has been fighting not just Ukraine, but his own people
10 months ago

Vladimir Putin has been fighting not just Ukraine, but his own people

Hindustan Times  

TWO YEARS after he launched his invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022, things are going Vladimir Putin’s way. In December an “almost naked” party of Russian celebrities and socialites in a private nightclub drew Mr Putin’s outrage and turned into a public shaming. “The true elite”, Mr Putin said, “should be formed from participants in the special military operation, …

‘Let me finally see my son’: Navalny’s mother demands body from Putin
10 months ago

‘Let me finally see my son’: Navalny’s mother demands body from Putin

Al Jazeera  

Kremlin says widow Yulia’s accusations that Navalny was poisoned by a nerve agent are ‘unfounded and vulgar’. Let me finally see my son,” said Lyudmila Navalnaya in a video message on Tuesday, making her plea as the Kremlin denied any involvement in the death of Navalny on February 16 while serving a sentence at the “Polar Wolf” penal colony above …

Putin snarls that Ukraine war is a 'matter of life and death' for Russia - as his forces rain down death on cities in east of the country
10 months ago

Putin snarls that Ukraine war is a 'matter of life and death' for Russia - as his forces rain down death on cities in east of the country

Daily Mail  

Vladimir Putin has snarled that the Ukraine war is a 'matter of life and death' for Russia that could determine its fate as his forces rain down death on cities in the east of the country. This comes as Russian forces shelled and fired missiles at a series of cities in eastern Ukraine yesterday, killing at least three people and …

Did an arrested Uzbek ‘mafia chieftain’ organise killings of dissidents?
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Did an arrested Uzbek ‘mafia chieftain’ organise killings of dissidents?

Al Jazeera  

Twelve years ago, an Uzbek hitman tried to kill an exiled imam in Sweden. However, in 2019, responding to the alleged criminal connections of Abduvaliev and another Uzbek sports functionary, Gafur Rakhimov, Uzbekistan’s former interior minister said in 2019 that both men had “nothing to do with crime”. The chaotic 1990s Uzbekstan’s criminal “cobweb” was woven during Karimov’s rule – …

Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Russian courts jail a Putin critic and a woman convicted of a blast that killed a pro-war blogger

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman to 27 years in prison for a cafe blast that killed a prominent pro-war blogger after he was given a bust of himself that later exploded. In a separate proceeding, a Moscow court convicted a former leader of separatist rebels in Ukraine who called President Vladimir Putin a coward …

Putin propagandist who called for Ukrainian children to be drowned is 'seriously ill' in hospital 'after being poisoned'
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Putin propagandist who called for Ukrainian children to be drowned is 'seriously ill' in hospital 'after being poisoned'

Daily Mail  

A leading Putin propagandist who called for Ukrainian children to be drowned is 'seriously ill' after being poisoned, according to Ukrainian military intelligence. Krasovsky caused revulsion in October 2022 with his genocidal diatribe, saying Ukrainian children who saw Russians as occupiers under the Soviet Union should have been 'thrown in the Tysyna River with a strong current'. The star TV …

The truth about Putin’s shootdown
1 year ago

The truth about Putin’s shootdown

The Economist  

Christmas Specials | Missiles and lies The truth about Putin’s shootdown Investigating MH17, the crime that presaged the war in Ukraine This article includes audio interviews, T he fields of Hrabove bloom yellow in the summertime. The path of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 Moscow Amsterdam POLAND BELARUS RUSSIA GERMANY Kyiv UKRAINE Donetsk HUNGARY ITALY ROMANIA Crimea SERBIA BULGARIA TURKEY Source: …

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 …

An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives
1 year, 1 month ago

An orphaned teenager who was taken to Russia early in the Ukraine war is back home with relatives

The Independent  

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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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Ukrainian officers investigated for holding awards ceremony struck by Russia, killing 19 soldiers
1 year, 1 month ago

Ukrainian officers investigated for holding awards ceremony struck by Russia, killing 19 soldiers

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Monday launched a criminal investigation into military officers who organized a troop-honoring ceremony that was hit by a Russian missile strike, killing 19 soldiers in one of the deadliest single attacks reported by Ukrainian forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lamented the deaths of the men of the 128th Separate Mountain-Assault Brigade of Zakarpattia as a “tragedy …

Putin’s casualties near 250 in day as Russian ammunition depots blown up in southern Ukraine
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin’s casualties near 250 in day as Russian ammunition depots blown up in southern Ukraine

The Independent  

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Putin grants freedom to killer who used meat grinder to dispose off 27-year-old girlfriend's body for fighting war
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin grants freedom to killer who used meat grinder to dispose off 27-year-old girlfriend's body for fighting war

Firstpost  

Western Media reports that law enforcement sources described the murder as exceptionally cruel and shocking. Zelensky didn’t stop at dismembering the body; he meticulously separated the flesh from the bones and turned it into mincemeat A Russian murderer, Dmitry Zelensky, has been released from prison by Vladimir Putin as a reward for his involvement in the war against Ukraine. Western …

Irina Babloyan: Exiled Russian journalist’s horror journey across Europe in grips of suspected poisoning
1 year, 3 months ago

Irina Babloyan: Exiled Russian journalist’s horror journey across Europe in grips of suspected poisoning

The Independent  

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Russia: Pro-war blogger and retired soldier detained for criticising Putin, faces extremism charge
1 year, 5 months ago

Russia: Pro-war blogger and retired soldier detained for criticising Putin, faces extremism charge

India TV News  

A prominent former Russian security officer was detained on Friday by authorities on charges of extremism for allegedly criticising President Vladimir Putin and accusingb him of weakness and indecision. The 52-year-old Igor Strelkov, whose real name of Igor Girkin, is a retired security officer and pro-war blogger who previously led the Moscow-backed forces in eastern Ukraine and in the Russian …

In Ukraine, a family’s ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months
1 year, 5 months ago

In Ukraine, a family’s ordeal to identify and honor a veteran killed in Bucha ends after 16 months

Associated Press  

BUCHA, Ukraine — The Ukrainian veteran’s gravestone carries his photograph and birthday, but the date Roman Shadlovskyi died is a broad estimate: March 2022, the month Russian forces brutally killed both civilians and military personnel before ending their occupation of Bucha. Shadlovskyi’s body was found about three months later in a mass grave along with the remains of six other …

Russian submarine commander on Ukraine blacklist assassinated
1 year, 5 months ago

Russian submarine commander on Ukraine blacklist assassinated

ABC  

A Russian military official who had commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has been shot dead by an unknown assassin while on his morning run. Key points: Stanislav Rzhitsky's personal details appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist website He has now been marked as "liquidated" on said site Unsubstantiated claims …

Sleepless in Kyiv: In Ukraine’s capital, the stress of war weighs on everyone. How do people cope?
1 year, 5 months ago

Sleepless in Kyiv: In Ukraine’s capital, the stress of war weighs on everyone. How do people cope?

LA Times  

In some cultures, people greet one another by asking: “Have you eaten?” In Ukraine’s wartime capital, the question is more likely to be a wry, “Getting any sleep?” More than 16 months after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, wailing air alerts routinely pierce the late-night and predawn hours, followed by the thunder of air defenses at work against incoming waves …

May 23, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news
1 year, 7 months ago

May 23, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

CNN  

Questions linger about the groups behind the cross-border attack that anti-Putin Russians say they launched from Ukraine, how it took place, and what it means for the war: Was this a classic piece of a military sleight-of-hand, a brief show of force meant to confuse and distract Russian commanders? A group of anti-Putin Russian nationals, who are aligned with the …

Russian woman who left note on grave of Putin's parents convicted amid dissent crackdown
1 year, 7 months ago

Russian woman who left note on grave of Putin's parents convicted amid dissent crackdown

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Russian court gave a two-year suspended sentence Thursday to …

How the trial of Kara-Murza exposes the brutal repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
1 year, 8 months ago

How the trial of Kara-Murza exposes the brutal repression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Firstpost  

Vladimir Putin has presided over a regime where political opponents have been neutralised, imprisoned or murdered and Kara-Murza is merely the latest example Longtime Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been found guilty of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison after what the journalist and activist has dismissed as a 1930s-style “show trial”. Over the years, Kara-Murza has been …

'Ukraine, allies brainwashing young Russians to become terrorists'
1 year, 8 months ago

'Ukraine, allies brainwashing young Russians to become terrorists'

Firstpost  

Bortnikov claims Russia has stopped 118 terrorist attacks from being planned by young people and kids since February 2022, when Moscow began its offensive against Ukraine Moscow: The chief of Russia’s Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, claimed on Tuesday that Western and Ukrainian intelligence agencies are attempting to brainwash the minds of young Russians to turn them into terrorist against …

Column: Putin’s war on Ukraine is in the sinister tradition of the Russian war machine
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Putin’s war on Ukraine is in the sinister tradition of the Russian war machine

LA Times  

Ukrainian servicemen try to find undamaged shells in a burned-out ammunition depot that was destroyed after a Russian attack near Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. But if you listen to a lot of the debate over Ukraine, you might be forgiven for thinking Putin’s invasion was just a bad mistake, badly implemented by an otherwise serious country. Putin has built on the Soviet …

Vladlen Tatarsky: Putin gives posthumous bravery award to military blogger killed in cafe blast
1 year, 8 months ago

Vladlen Tatarsky: Putin gives posthumous bravery award to military blogger killed in cafe blast

Firstpost  

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday posthumously bestowed an award to a high-profile military blogger and supporter of Moscow’s assault on Ukraine, who was killed in an explosion at a Saint Petersburg cafe a day earlier. Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, had been given the Order of Courage “for courage and bravery shown during professional duty”, said …

St. Petersburg blast: What to know about Russian military blogger killed and anti-war activist arrested
1 year, 8 months ago

St. Petersburg blast: What to know about Russian military blogger killed and anti-war activist arrested

Firstpost  

A military blogger was killed and at least 30 left dead in a blast at a café in Russia on Sunday. Tatarsky, a Russian military blogger and cheerleader for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was meeting with members of the public at the “Street Food Bar No. A group called Cyber Front Z, which refers to itself on social media as …

Ukraine marks grim Bucha anniversary, calls for justice
1 year, 8 months ago

Ukraine marks grim Bucha anniversary, calls for justice

Associated Press  

BUCHA, Ukraine — Ukrainians marked the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha Friday with calls for remembrance and justice after a brutal Russian occupation that left hundreds of civilians dead in the streets and in mass graves, establishing the town near Kyiv as an epicenter of the war’s atrocities. And the Kremlin-allied president of neighboring Belarus raised the stakes when …

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 …

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 …

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