Ostap Demchuk, together with his 17-year-old daughter, had clearly been targeted because he was Ukrainian, even before the FSB came up with grotesque ‘treason’ charges

Russian legislators have dangerously broadened the definition of charges standardly used against Ukrainian political prisoners and civilian hostages, while also extending the range of targets

A new law just passed has handed Russia’s FSB yet another “powerful weapon of persecution” against those who tell the truth about Russia’s war crimes and about Ukrainian territory under Russian occupation

Viktor Shur is almost 68, with Russia's torture and 10 years of imprisonment having taken a terrible toll on his health

A Russian court has sentenced lawyer Dmitry Talantov to seven years on identical charges to those laid against Alexei Gorinov while the latter, who is already 63, has received a second sentence on equally grotesque charges

The charges and torment of 68-year-old Nadezhda Buyanova provide a terrifying indictment of Russia's methods of persecution, especially against those with Ukrainian roots

Russian indoctrination claiming ‘reinstatement of historical truth’ and of its ‘historical borders’ is especially chilling given that the claims include Ukrainian territory not under its occupation

Whether or not Oleksandr Permyakov was involved, Zakhar Prilepin was no innocent victim, but an active participant in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine

The Kremlin's 'oldest' Ukrainian political prisoner, Valentin Vyhivsky, has been held in near total isolation for almost 10 years, far more than his grandfather, a political prisoner imprisoned on equally grotesque charges during Stalin's regime

The suspicion is strong that Petro Opalnik’s indictment could simply read:‘Ukrainian’

Pardoned by Putin to kill Ukrainians, those Russian convicted criminals who died are now the subject of memorial plaques in schools and other measures to honour their ‘heroism’

Although effectively charged solely with telling the harsh truth, it is possible that 68-year-old Nadezhda Buyanova, who is from Lviv, was simply a convenient target

Aleksandr Bastrykin and Russia’s Investigative Committee have been using torture to fabricate preposterous charges against Ukrainians since 2014, making his call for Putin to reinstate the death penalty chilling

Arseny Turbin had merely posted leaflets critical of Vladimir Putin and shown interest, no more, in the Free Russia Legion

Not only was Krystyna Liubashenko, the mother of two small daughters, charged with ‘military fakes’ and ‘terrorism’ for peaceful protest, but she was probably tricked into coming to Moscow

Russia used the notorious Izolyatsia secret prison in occupied Donetsk to torture Oleksandr Marchenko, and has now escalated his torment in Russian captivity for refusal to repeat lies about the war against Ukraine

Russia’s failure to heed warnings about the recent Crocus City Hall terrorist attack was probably because its enforcement bodies were far too busy fabricating cases against Ukrainians or those opposing Russia’s war of aggression

It is 18 months since the Russians took Leniye Umerova prisoner, with the accusation of mystery ‘spying’ only emerging after a string of wildly implausible other charges

The charges against 46-year-old Serhiy Karamzin are based solely on a videoed ‘confession’ while Russia’s FSB actively prevented him from seeing an independent lawyer

World Headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses (20.04.2024) – April 20th marks the seventh anniversary of Russia’s nationwide ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses, which has led to hundreds of peaceful believers jailed and some brutally tortured.