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‘War is Death’: a Digest of Russian Protests

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

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

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

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

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

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’

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

On the criminal prosecution of the former Governor of the National Bank

News on the criminal prosecution of Kyrylo Shevchenko.

Court in Russia imposes massive fine for criticizing Stalin and telling the truth about Soviet collaboration with Nazi Germany

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

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

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’

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

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