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Denis Grigorian
May 19, 2026
The era of prison terms for jokes has passed — now a single word is enough: Artyom Asalkhudin was sentenced to 18 years for a comment consisting of just one word.
Russia is increasingly beginning to resemble the late Stalinist system — only adapted to the age […]
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Denis Grigorian
April 28, 2026
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. […]
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Denis Grigorian
December 24, 2025
“Jailed for Ukrainian songs”: A mirror exposure of the “language protection” narrative
One of the Moscow regime’s key arguments for starting the war against Ukraine was the alleged […]
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The era of prison terms for jokes has passed — now a single word is enough: Artyom Asalkhudin was sentenced to 18 years for a comment consisting of just one word.