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The Tribunal for Putin (T4P) global initiative was set up in response to the all-out war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022.
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Ukrainian political prisoner hospitalized after 9 years of Russian brutal torment
07.12.2023
66-year-old Viktor Shur has served nine of the twelve year sentence that Russia imposed on grotesque ‘spying charges’ over a photo of cows grazing at a disused aerodrome
‘War is Death’: a Digest of Russian Protests
06.12.2023
At least 17 murderers were pardoned in the Russian Federation for participating in the war. Among them, for example, Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, convicted of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. Meanwhile, the artist Sasha Skochylenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for anti-war price tags.
‘I’m freer than you”: Artist Sasha Skochilenko gets 7 years for price tags telling truth about Russia's war against Ukraine
17.11.2023
The artist has been imprisoned since April 2022 after replacing price tags in a supermarket with stark facts about Russia’s war against Ukraine and war crimes in Mariupol
New attempt to imprison Memorial Head for ‘disrupting civil society’ by condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine
30.10.2023
As Oleg Orlov notes, the prosecutor’s office have themselves exposed the political nature of this ‘trial’, by claiming that the 70-year-old should be “isolated from society” for three years for criticising the regime
Russia stages new 'trial' to increase sentence against 64-year-old Ukrainian imprisoned for affirming that Crimea is Ukraine
26.10.2023
Oleh Prykhodko is currently imprisoned for his condemnation of Russia’s invasion and occupation of Crimea and could be facing a further long term of imprisonment
Imprisoned Russian poet Alexander Byvshev charged with ‘calls to terrorism’ for poem condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine
20.10.2023
Alexander Byvshev has refused to be silent about Russia’s aggression despite persecution since 2014. He is now, however, facing a likely long term of imprisonment for no more than naming Russia’s war crimes
Russia convicts, but refrains from imprisoning, Memorial Co-Chair for criticism of its war against Ukraine
12.10.2023
Russia’s persecution of Oleg Orlov is part of its attack on Memorial, an organization that played an invaluable role in speaking out against all Russia’s crimes against Ukraine and in defence of its political prisoners
Move to criminalize protest over political and religious persecution in Russia and occupied Ukraine as ‘justification of extremism’
02.10.2023
Russia is already using ill-defined ‘extremism’ legislation as a weapon against Ukrainians in occupied Crimea, with the new bill further broadening the scope for repression
Court in Russia imposes massive fine for criticizing Stalin and telling the truth about Soviet collaboration with Nazi Germany
29.09.2023
The sentence is especially chilling as Russia is presently applying the same measures to instil an entirely false version of its war of aggression against Ukraine
Prominent Crimean Tatar journalist 'sentenced' by Russian court to 6 years for Facebook post about saving Oleh Sentsov's life
22.09.2023
The ‘trial’ and sentence against Aider Muzhdabaev over strong words on Facebook would be easier to take seriously if state-employed propagandists did not call to murder Ukrainian children and destroy Ukrainian cities on television
Leniye Umerova, young Crimean Tatar savagely punished in Russia for trying to visit her ill father from mainland Ukraine
15.09.2023
It will soon be a year since 25 Leniye Umerova was seized by Russian border guards, and first held prisoner on entirely different administrative pretexts, before the FSB came up with absurd ‘spying’ charges
Ukrainian political prisoner accused of ‘recruiting Russians to fight for Ukraine’
08.09.2023
There are fears that Russia may be planning to fabricate new charges against Hennady Lymeshko who is already serving an 8-year sentence on surreal charges
Defender of Crimean Tatar political prisoners gets 6 years for posts spelling out Russia's war crimes in Ukraine
31.08.2023
There was no fake information in the social media texts Olga Smirnova posted, merely information that clashed with the standard lies issued by the Kremlin and Russian defence military
63% of Russians view bloody dictator and mass murderer Stalin positively. In Ukraine only 4%
21.08.2023
A substantial majority of Russians view mass murderer and dictator Joseph Stalin “with respect, admiration or approval”. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, just 4% of Ukrainians give such a response
Russians take parody 'My Denunciation' app seriously and report neighbours for opposing war against Ukraine or Putin
15.08.2023
Even before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian regime was actively encouraging anonymous denunciations of neighbours or workmates for supposed ‘extremism’ or ‘anti-Russian views’.
Defender of Crimean Tatar political prisoners faces 7-year sentence for posts against Russia’s war against Ukraine
14.08.2023
Oga Smirnova is accused of ‘fakes’ because she wrote the truth about Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on eight social media posts
Open death threats against Ukrainian political prisoner in Russian captivity
11.08.2023
There is every reason to believe that the appalling treatment that Ivan Yatskin is facing in Russian captivity is, like his very arrest, linked with his firmly pro-Ukrainian position
Savagely tortured Ukrainian political prisoner has spent nine years in Russian captivity
04.08.2023
It is almost 9 years since Russia’s FSB abducted Valentyn Vyhivsky, held him incommunicado and savagely tortured him into ‘confessing’ to mystery spying charges
Young Crimean Tatar seized trying to visit her gravely ill father held in Russian solitary confinement
11.07.2023
Russia's seizure and charges against Leniye Umerova have been described as one of the most overtly fabricated cases to date, and the competition since Russia began its aggression against Ukraine has been fierce
Ukrainian partisan captured and savagely tortured in Donbas put ‘on trial’ in Russia
20.06.2023
The ‘trial’ is underway at the court Russia uses for political trials of Ukrainian citizens of Hryhory Sinchenko who almost died from the torture he was subjected to by Russia’s proxy ‘Donetsk republic’
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