The sentence against Ruslan Bekirov was less than that demanded by the ‘prosecutor’, but is, nonetheless, shocking as the Russian-controlled ‘judge’ must have known that Bekirov was being punished for telling the truth.

Lilya Reshidova was detained by Russian FSB officers in occupied Simferopol very early on 14 February from the hospital maternity ward where she was on duty

Dmytro Orobiy’s family has not seen the young man since he was seized on 16 June 2020 by the so-called ‘security service’ of the unrecognized ‘Luhansk people’s republic’

Evidence of a possible Belarusian KGB link to Sheremet’s killing, and many other doubts about the case make it hard to understand why Antonenko cannot at least be released under house arrest

The 7.5 year sentence against Alexander Ivshin marks a new record in Russia’s persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses and comes just months after a new escalation in repression against believers in occupied Crimea.

One of the very few sources of truthful information about Russian-occupied Crimea is in danger of falling silent with the threat coming not from the Russian aggressor state, but from Ukraine’s government

An important new initiative has begun exposing those academics providing the dodgy ‘expert assessments’ most often used to convict Crimean or Russian political prisoners on fabricated charges

An important new initiative has begun exposing those academics providing the dodgy ‘expert assessments’ most often used to convict Crimean or Russian political prisoners on fabricated charges

Three and a half years after the leader of the Vilshany Roma community was shot and killed in an unprovoked attack, a Ukrainian prosecutor has ignored eyewitness testimony and a forensic analysis and terminated criminal charges against Yevhen Kryvoruchko.

Russia is already in flagrant violation of international law through its persecution of Crimean Tatar civic journalists and activists, and their effective deportation to Russia, and has now added torture to that list

Russia is already in flagrant violation of international law through its persecution of Crimean Tatar civic journalists and activists, and their effective deportation to Russia, and has now added torture to that list

The self-proclaimed and Russian-controlled ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ [DPR/LPR] have presented a so-called ‘Russian Donbas’ doctrine which openly speaks of establishing control over all of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

The self-proclaimed and Russian-controlled ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ [DPR/LPR] have presented a so-called ‘Russian Donbas’ doctrine which openly speaks of establishing control over all of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

The proposed ‘special legal region’ will offer Russian companies secrecy about any work in Crimea

A new criminal prosecution appears to be underway in occupied Crimea, with the pretext being a social media post over corruption, with this treated as ‘defamation’

A new criminal prosecution appears to be underway in occupied Crimea, with the pretext being a social media post over corruption, with this treated as ‘defamation’

The three channels: 112.ua; NewsOne and Zik have been identified by media monitors as responsible for over 50% of the pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation in Ukraine, however there may well be questions over the move’s legality. 

Over the past year, Russia has already introduced criminal liability and very steep sentences against those seeking an end to Russia’s occupation of Crimea. The proposed new legislation would add yet another weapon to the arsenal.

After Ruslan Bekirov found the courage in court to retract false testimony against political prisoner Enver Seitosmanov and to file a complaint over the FSB’s illegal methods, the latter accused him of testifying falsely in court

After Ruslan Bekirov found the courage in court to retract false testimony against political prisoner Enver Seitosmanov and to file a complaint over the FSB’s illegal methods, the latter accused him of testifying falsely in court