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Journalism or snitching? Reported to authorities by interviewer

Journalism or snitching? Reported to authorities by interviewer

«And then the journalist said, „Are you discrediting the special military operation?“»
«Do you glow in the dark?» how one woman fought Kremlin’s nuclear pollution

«Do you glow in the dark?» how one woman fought Kremlin’s nuclear pollution

She was fighting for the rights of radiation victims for 15 years. And then the Kremlin came after her.
The anatomy of a denunciation: how a hockey enthusiast went to jail 6 years for social media posts

The anatomy of a denunciation: how a hockey enthusiast went to jail 6 years for social media posts

How a former hockey club employee was sentenced to six years in prison for anti-war posts, and what his denouncers have to say about it.
«Don’t cry!» How a Human Rights Defender from Saint Petersburg beat the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs

«Don’t cry!» How a Human Rights Defender from Saint Petersburg beat the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs

How Maria Malysheva — accused of «telephone terrorism» after the beginning of Putin’s war in Ukraine — was awarded financial compensation.
«The authorities are sensing their impunity»: Kremlin’s bureaucratic war on journalism

«The authorities are sensing their impunity»: Kremlin’s bureaucratic war on journalism

«I won’t let you undress and search me», I said

«I won’t let you undress and search me», I said

«Girls, didn’t you know you’re not allowed to carry flowers?»

«Girls, didn’t you know you’re not allowed to carry flowers?»

The lecture’s in session, everyone on the floor! The Russian police have raided a communist event and beat its attendees with batons

The lecture’s in session, everyone on the floor! The Russian police have raided a communist event and beat its attendees with batons

«Integration» of the Special Police Force and the Centre for Combating Extremism: bullying and beatings.
«They took my Mom away». How the Russian authorities persecute protestors in Bashkortostan

«They took my Mom away». How the Russian authorities persecute protestors in Bashkortostan

Riot police in towns, arrests, detentions, and people taken away in unknown directions
Falsely convicted for his involvement in an anti-war protest, Grigory Mumrikov spent 4 months in a penal centre. Here’s his story

Falsely convicted for his involvement in an anti-war protest, Grigory Mumrikov spent 4 months in a penal centre. Here’s his story

Life in a Russian penal centre.