RusNews – Andrey Sakharov Institute

by Denis Grigorian

To Live or to Die? This Is the Question the Russian Authorities Ask Those Who Are Accustomed to Telling the Truth. The Destruction of the Mariupol Drama Theatre and the Fate of Maria Ponomarenko

This story is rooted in one of the bloodiest episodes of the war associated with the […]

by Denis Grigorian

January 1, 2026

Punishment for Reading: How Books Became a Pretext for Repression in Russian Prisons

In Russian prisons, history and Goethe seem to be almost outlawed. At least, that’s how it […]