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«They hit me on the head and dragged me into the car»: elderly man detained for anti-war posts

The monologue of an elderly man from the Kemerovo region about his third fine for anti-Kremlin social media posts

Baryshnikov’s Last Court Address

Final court speech of Igor Baryshnikov, a 64-year-old activist from Sovetsk, sentenced to seven and a half years in prison because of his anti-war Facebook posts.

Sick anti-war activist is being jailed for 7.5 years. His paralysed mother is 96 years old. The sentence may kill them both

The elderly activist from Kaliningrad region, who is taking care of his paralysed mother, was jailed for posts about conscripts in the war and the men killed on the Moskva battleship.

The Russian Constitutional Court has rejected our challenge. Here is what is wrong with this

The Kremlin spent many resources trying to crush the Russian anti-war movement. We explain the workings of one of their key tools — the discreditation articles.

«I am sure this monstrous lawlessness won’t last long.» The story of a migrant rights defender sentenced to 14 years in prison

Human rights defender sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment for assisting migrants from Central Asia.

«An active participant in anything good»: Anti-war activist sentenced to seven years

Sentenced to seven years in prison for statements posted on Facebook nearly three years ago.

«I couldn’t do otherwise»: An artist couple was imprisoned for anti-war graffiti

The story of an artist couple imprisoned for anti-war graffiti

«The state is turning from an authoritarian into a totalitarian dictatorship before our very eyes». Court finds no violations detaining a fifth-grader

In Moscow, the court rejected a complaint that the law enforcers’ actions in the case of Varya Galkina were illegal. In October, she was detained right at school.