by Denis Grigorian
September 7, 2026

Who is a friend, who is an enemy — and who are you? 23-year-old Timofey Panchenko was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while neo-Nazi and executioner Dmitry Utkin was made a Hero of Russia

Whom modern Russia labels criminals — and whom it labels heroes Another horrific sentence has been […]
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by Denis Grigorian
August 3, 2026

Exchange of technologies for suppressing free thought: in Russia, Denis Popov was sentenced to 25 years for donations to a political video blogger

Twenty-five years for a subscription, donations and a treason charge: Russia is approaching the threshold of […]
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by Denis Grigorian
June 9, 2026

Who Is the Terrorist? The human rights project OVD-Info, which provided free legal assistance to detainees, has been added to the register of terrorist and extremist organizations.

The immediate reason for this article was another step taken by the Russian authorities: Rosfinmonitoring added […]
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by Denis Grigorian
May 13, 2026

One death is an accident. Seven deaths in six months are already a trend: another political prisoner, Vladimir Yarotsky, has died in prison.

Already since the beginning of 2026, this is at least the seventh death of a political […]
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by Denis Grigorian
January 23, 2026

“Mafioso in Uniform: Bastrykin Reports on the Jailing of Teenagers and a ‘Decline’ in Cases for Telling the Truth”

Suppressing truth and youthful idealism through imprisonment is going according to plan — reports an accomplice […]
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