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by Denis Grigorian
September 11, 2026

Old story or new — you decide: Daniil Klyuka was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in prison after being denounced over caricatures drawn in pencil in a newspaper.

It reads like a note from the distant 1930s. A rural art teacher used to draw […]
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by Denis Grigorian
August 31, 2026

Now You Don’t Need to Break Russian Law — It’s Enough Just to Come Into Contact With What the State Has Banned: Lev Shlosberg Was Sentenced to 11 Years

Lev Shlosberg: When the Law Becomes Just Another Instrument An interesting picture is emerging around the […]
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by Denis Grigorian
January 16, 2026

When Thoughts Become a Crime: The Case of an 86-Year-Old Human Rights Defender and the Logic of Repression

We have previously discussed precedents in which perfectly legitimate criticism of officials led to criminal prosecution. […]
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