ceasefire – Andrey Sakharov Institute

by Denis Grigorian

Regret over the deaths of civilians is punished like murder: Buddhist Arvi Hacker was sentenced to 6 years for saying that people should not die.

This is the reality of modern Russia: public dissent is increasingly treated as a serious crime. […]

by Denis Grigorian

December 26, 2025

“A Scale of Danger”: How an Old Internet Post Becomes Grounds for Arrest — Maxim Kruglov’s Statement at the Moscow City Court

Today’s Russian reality increasingly resembles a “danger scale”: if you are a reasonable person with your […]