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«I want to show you that you don’t have to be silent» — Kazan resident speaks out against cyberbullying and police pressure due to her anti-war stance

A Kazan resident talks about hatred she faced on social media because of her anti-war picketing and persecution by law enforcement.

John Lennon, the Holy Martyr Alexander Schmorell and others in Constitutional Court. Cancel the article punishing «discrediting» the Russian army.

OVD-Info and its partners filed a complaint in Constitutional Court against the article for «discrediting» the Russian army.

«Blessed are the peacemakers». What Christian religious leaders face when speaking out against the war

How Christian clerics are persecuted in Russia for their anti-war protests.

«This is not Christ-like at all»: meet the father of four from Buryatia who opposes the war

The monologue of a father of four from Buryatia who was fined for posting on social media.

Write to Vladimir Kara-Murza

This page was home to the letter-writing campaign for Vladimir Kara-Murza, an unjustly imprisoned Russian dissident. Huge thank you to everyone who wrote to Vladimir! We received, translated and successfully sent 175 letters.

«Life feels surreal these days.» A woman fined for a cafe argument about Ukraine

A monologue of a Moscow woman on how a protocol was drawn up against her about «discrediting» the Russian army after a dispute about war in Ukraine in a coffee shop.

«An undesirable person.» This factory mechanic was fired for protesting against the war

A mechanic from Nizhny Novgorod’s Sokol plant was fired for tearing down leaflets that called for donations to the Russian military. His colleagues had denounced him.

«And only Allah will help us in this.» Convict in Russia’s crackdown on Crimean Tatars dies in pre-trial detention

Dzhemil Gafarov, an elderly Muslim and one of dozens of Crimean Tatars prosecuted for Hizb ut-Tahrir, has died in a pre-trial detention center.

The Moskalevs’ story

Masha Moskaleva, a 13-year-old girl, has been thrown into a «rehab centre», her dad — beaten and jailed.

«Z — for Russia»: Moscow authorities raid hip pubs and a cultural centre

Last Friday Moscow pubs Underdog and La Virgen were raided by the special forces under the premise to check whether they are «sponsoring the Ukrainian Army».