A Russian court has sentenced 41-year-old Vadim Bektemirov to 11 years’ imprisonment on ‘terrorism’ charges although he was not accused of anything even remotely linked with such crimes

A Russian court has sentenced 41-year-old Vadim Bektemirov to 11 years’ imprisonment on ‘terrorism’ charges although he was not accused of anything even remotely linked with such crimes

While Russia claims that Ukraine is failing to comply with the Minsk Accord, it is actively creating a situation where a significant number of young Ukrainians from Donbas could, in principle, be liable for conscription into the Russian army

64-year-old Zekirya Muratov has been sentenced to 11.5 years, without any crime, and with almost no chance of surviving

64-year-old Zekirya Muratov has been sentenced to 11.5 years, without any crime, and with almost no chance of surviving

The real number of political prisoners held by the current Russian regime is likely to be much higher

The real number of political prisoners held by the current Russian regime is likely to be much higher

Four Crimean Tatar civic activists were arrested on 9 February, with nine children seeing their fathers taken away by the armed and masked men who burst into their homes at 4 a.m.

Four Crimean Tatar civic activists were arrested on 9 February, with nine children seeing their fathers taken away by the armed and masked men who burst into their homes at 4 a.m.

Russia’s so-called ‘restoration’ of the world-renowned Khan's Palace in Bakhchysarai has, as feared, caused potentially irreparable damage to this hugely important monument of Crimean Tatar heritage

Russia’s FSB intensified its use of torture in fabricating criminal charges against Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians in 2021, with the charges against Nariman Dzhelyal and two other men based solely on ‘evidence’ obtained through such means

Russia’s FSB intensified its use of torture in fabricating criminal charges against Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians in 2021, with the charges against Nariman Dzhelyal and two other men based solely on ‘evidence’ obtained through such means

A recent survey has found that a fairly large majority of Ukrainians view the conflict in Donbas as Russian aggression, with this number having increased significantly over the past six months

While these children will not participate in any military action that Russia may now be planning against Ukraine, they are taught how to use firearms, and indoctrinated with the aggressor state’s propaganda regarding ‘patriotism’ and ‘the enemy’

While these children will not participate in any military action that Russia may now be planning against Ukraine, they are taught how to use firearms, and indoctrinated with the aggressor state’s propaganda regarding ‘patriotism’ and ‘the enemy’

Timur Yalkabov and Lenur Seidametov are facing sentences of almost two decades over conversations about religion over five years ago.

Timur Yalkabov and Lenur Seidametov are facing sentences of almost two decades over conversations about religion over five years ago.

A Russian cassation court is, very belatedly, to examine evidence proving that the FSB tape used to imprison Arsen Dzhepparov is an illegal montage that should have never been allowed

A Russian cassation court is, very belatedly, to examine evidence proving that the FSB tape used to imprison Arsen Dzhepparov is an illegal montage that should have never been allowed

Andriy Harrius was seized by militants from the self-proclaimed and Russian-controlled ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ on 11 December 2018 and has never seen his second child, who was born days later