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How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How Russian teenagers are being locked up for expressing dissent

CNN  

CNN — On a cold November morning, Irina Turbina packs bags filled with food, adds two large shower gels, two bulky packs of toilet paper, nail clippers, a novel, and a geography atlas, and sets out on a grueling two-day trip. “Please, I’m asking you to do everything you can to make sure I get released,” Arseny begged his mom …

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Russian lawyer handed 7-year prison term for speaking out against the Ukraine war on social media
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Russian lawyer handed 7-year prison term for speaking out against the Ukraine war on social media

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — A court in Russia on Thursday convicted a prominent lawyer and sentenced him to seven years in prison for speaking out against the war in Ukraine on social media, a Russian human rights group reported. The verdict in the case of Dmitry Talantov, who once chaired a regional association of lawyers in Russia’s central Udmurtia republic, is …

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Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Putin’s hitman, spies and a credit card fraudster: The prisoners returned to Russia in historic swap

The Independent  

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Russia issues chilling warning to released US prisoners after historic swap: ‘Let the traitors now…’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia issues chilling warning to released US prisoners after historic swap: ‘Let the traitors now…’

Hindustan Times  

Russia issued a stern warning to the political dissidents and Western citizens the Kremlin released from jails after they were freed on Thursday in the largest prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War. Russia's Dmitry Medvedev threatened the freed prisoners, stating that they should hide under “new names” and “actively disguise themselves”. Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza released from …

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A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison
6 months ago

A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison

NPR  

A Russian court has sentenced a U.S. soldier to nearly 4 years in prison toggle caption AP/AP MOSCOW — A Russian court has sentenced a United States soldier to nearly four years in prison on charges of theft and threatening to murder, the latest in a series of arrested American citizens in Russia amid simmering tensions over Ukraine and other …

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Books, football updates and more: US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s one year in Russian prison
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Books, football updates and more: US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s one year in Russian prison

Firstpost  

Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges in March 2023, has spent a year in the Russian prison. He spends most of the time reading and writing letters to friends and family who keep him up to date with current affairs, gossip, and the latest about his favourite football team, Arsenal Evan Gershkovich was detained on espionage charges in …

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Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny?
10 months ago

Who are other Russian dissidents besides the late Alexei Navalny?

Associated Press  

The sudden death of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable antagonist has left an open wound in Russia’s political opposition. Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny's spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh arrives at court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago this week, he and other prominent Putin critics, including chess legend Garry Kasparov …

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Alexei Navalny's death: When Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic flagged his 'freezing' Arctic prison
10 months, 1 week ago

Alexei Navalny's death: When Vladimir Putin's fiercest critic flagged his 'freezing' Arctic prison

Hindustan Times  

Alexei Navalny, one of the harshest critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in an Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence. This photo taken from video released by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service via SOTAVISION shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny via a video link from the Arctic penal colony in Kharp on Feb. 15. …

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Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny reported dead; Western leaders blame Kremlin
10 months, 1 week ago

Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny reported dead; Western leaders blame Kremlin

The Hindu  

Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition leader, died on February 16 after collapsing and losing consciousness at the penal colony north of the Arctic Circle where he was serving a long jail term, the Russian prison service said. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his associates will not go unpunished if the death of Alexei Navalny, as reported by Russian officials, …

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Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison to death
10 months, 1 week ago

Alexey Navalny timeline: From poisoning to prison to death

Al Jazeera  

The Kremlin’s most prominent critic dies after collapsing and losing consciousness at a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle, prison authorities say. September 17, 2020 – Navalny’s aides say they have discovered Novichok traces on a bottle taken from the hotel in Siberia where he stayed before falling ill. September 21, 2020 – Navalny says Western laboratories have found …

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Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny put in solitary confinement in Arctic prison
11 months ago

Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny put in solitary confinement in Arctic prison

The Hindu  

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been placed in solitary confinement for 10 days in a prison above the Arctic circle for "incorrectly introducing himself" to a guard, his spokesperson said late on January 22. Kira Yarmysh, his spokesperson said on X late on Monday that it was the 25th time Navalny had been placed in solitary confinement and that …

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Allies say Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny removed from prison
1 year ago

Allies say Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny removed from prison

Al Jazeera  

A spokesperson for the Russian opposition figure says that prison officials have refused to say where he was transferred. A spokesperson for Alexey Navalny has said that the Russian opposition leader has been removed from the prison where he was being held and that his whereabouts are unknown. “We’re deeply concerned by these reports that he’s now been gone for …

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Wall Street Journal journalist loses appeal to be released from Russian prison
1 year, 2 months ago

Wall Street Journal journalist loses appeal to be released from Russian prison

The Independent  

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Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war criticism
1 year, 2 months ago

Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war criticism

Associated Press  

A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced a former state TV journalist 8 1/2 years in prison in absentia for protesting Russia’s war in Ukraine, the latest in a crackdown on dissent that has intensified since the invasion began nearly 20 months ago. Marina Ovsyannikova was charged with spreading false information about the Russian army, a criminal offense under a law …

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Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky
1 year, 5 months ago

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military — and walked free. SELECTIVE PROSECUTION Ivan Pavlov, a prominent lawyer who has worked on many high-profile cases involving the FSB, told AP that “laws don’t work in Russia, and if they do, it’s very selective.” The reason, Pavlov said, is “political expedience.” That the …

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US ambassador visits American Paul Whelan at Russian prison
1 year, 7 months ago

US ambassador visits American Paul Whelan at Russian prison

The Independent  

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Putin’s critic gets ‘harsh punishment’ of 25 years jail, says ‘I don’t repent…’
1 year, 8 months ago

Putin’s critic gets ‘harsh punishment’ of 25 years jail, says ‘I don’t repent…’

Live Mint  

Russian opposition politician and Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Moscow court. State prosecutors had accused Kara-Murza of discrediting the Russian military after he criticised what Moscow calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. "Discrediting" the army can currently be punished by up to five years in prison, while spreading deliberately false …

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Inside hellhole Russian prison holding US journalist where Stalin held mass executions
1 year, 8 months ago

Inside hellhole Russian prison holding US journalist where Stalin held mass executions

Daily Mail  

Inmates have described scenes of isolation and intense interrogations inside cramped cells at Russia’s notorious Lefortovo Prison where Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been locked up. Russia’s notorious Lefortovo Prison, built in 1881, has a long and violent history Inmates have described scenes of isolation and intense interrogations inside cramped cells at the facility where Wall Street Journal …

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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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Paul Whelan breaks his silence from Russian penal colony after Brittney Griner's release
2 years ago

Paul Whelan breaks his silence from Russian penal colony after Brittney Griner's release

Daily Mail  

Former US Marine Paul Whelan has spoken out from Russian prison after four years behind bars, slamming the Biden administration for failing to secure his release in the prisoner swap that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner. He is seen at a 2019 court hearing Griner was released Thursday in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the 'Merchant …

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Paul Whelan's brother slams his exclusion from Brittney Griner prisoner swap
2 years ago

Paul Whelan's brother slams his exclusion from Brittney Griner prisoner swap

Daily Mail  

Former US Marine Paul Whelan's family have spoken out to express their frustration that he remains in Russian prison following a prisoner swap to free WNBA star Brittney Griner. Whelan was not part of Thursday's prisoner swap, which saw Griner released from Russian prison in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the 'Merchant of Death.' Former U.S. …

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WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison
2 years ago

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison

NPR  

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison Enlarge this image toggle caption Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP via Getty Images President Biden says WNBA star Brittney Griner has been freed from a Russian prison. Standing along side Griner's wife, Cherelle Griner, at the White House, Biden said it was a day that "we worked …

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Putin opponent loses complaint about prison confinement
2 years, 1 month ago

Putin opponent loses complaint about prison confinement

The Independent  

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Steven Seagal Promotes Russian Claims That Ukraine Killed Its Own POWs
2 years, 4 months ago

Steven Seagal Promotes Russian Claims That Ukraine Killed Its Own POWs

Huff Post  

Steven Seagal claimed Ukraine destroyed one of its own prisons to silence a Zelenskyy critic. TVZvezda Actor Steven Seagal, an outspoken supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has become an official Kremlin representative, visited a prison where at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in disputed circumstances last month to promote Russia’s version. The actor, who became …

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