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Russia bans Internet searches for ‘extremist material’, broadening scope for terror in occupied Ukraine

This is the first time that Russia has introduced prosecution for a Google search, with even Putin chief propagandist indignant, albeit only because it will make denunciations more difficult

Horrific sentences on absurd ‘spying’ charges in occupied Luhansk oblast

Sentences of up to 18 years were passed against Ukrainian citizens, living on Ukrainian territory yet accused of having passed on information about the deployment of the Russian invaders to Ukrainian defenders

From torture to indefinite punitive psychiatry in Russia’s savage persecution of Melitopol Telegram administrator

Mark Kaliush and several other administrators of Ukrainian Telegram channels were seized two years ago and probably tortured for a Russian propaganda video

Russian FSB given chilling new weapon of repression against Ukrainian political prisoners

Up till now, Russia’s FSB have generally confined their most horrific torture to before their victim was formally charged and remanded in custody. That is likely to change with the dangerous new powers which Russian legislators have given them

Russia sentences Sevastopol man to 17 years amid massive increase in surreal ‘treason trials'

With the ‘trial’ of Vadym Sorokoletnov, and a huge number of other Ukrainians, held behind closed doors, the only certainty is, tragically, that they will end in ‘conviction’ and a long sentence

ECHR finds Russia responsible for downing MH17; summary executions; torture & other mass-scale crimes in Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights judgement is damning and especially important in highlighting the scale of Russia’s crimes against Ukraine and its denial of Ukraine’s right to exist

Abducted, raped and tortured, Natalia Kozhemiatska faces huge sentence in Russia on fabricated charges

Natalia was savagely raped and tortured by the Russians who abducted her in May 2024, and has been imprisoned ever since, with her family seriously concerned about her state of health

Russia stages terror arrests in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast for donations to Ukraine’s Armed Forces

The good news is that Russia remains unable to overcome resistance to its occupation. The bad news is that there are no methods of terror that the invaders will not use

Ukrainian POW sentenced to 23 years for ‘‘British training in sabotage’ and attack on effective Russian military base

The illegal charges against Yevhen Horin were probably based solely on ‘confessions’ extracted to torture, with Russia further claiming that it was the British who trained Horin in ‘sabotage’

Huge revenge sentences for elimination of Russian commander suspected of killing 59 civilians at Hroza funeral wake

After murdering 59 civilians, including a child, in a Kharkiv oblast village, Russia claimed that the death of a military commander believed responsible was an ‘act of terrorism’

Russia reacts with threats, lies and fake ‘tribunal’ to pivotal move on accountability for its war of aggression against Ukraine

The ballast and intimidation came as Ukraine and the Council of Europe signed a vital agreement on creating a Special Tribunal to provide justice over Russia's crime of aggression

Ukrainian hostage from occupied Luhansk oblast found in Russian prison after four years of torture

Kostiantyn Kalinchenko was first ‘sentenced’ by a fake, Russian-controlled occupation 'court't to 12 years on ‘treason’ charges, with this nonsense against a Ukrainian citizen then repeated in a revamped Russian sentence