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A Siberian cult leader who claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ was sentenced to 12 years in a Russian prison camp after his conviction for physically and financially harming his followers.
The media coverage and the extreme prison sentences make clear that the Russian state seeks to use this case, above all, to ...
Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina is not only a story about feminist guerrilla politics. It is more a story of trial, imprisonment, and the inhumane Russian justice system. Read the review of the book by ...
The U.S. and Russia conducted a major prisoner swap, the largest since the Cold War, on August 1, 2024. The exchange freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan ...
A Russian court has sentenced pro-war activist Sergei Udaltsov to six years in prison for justifying terrorism.
Michal Iwanowski, from ‘Clear of People’ (2016), published by Brave Books (all images courtesy Michal Iwanowski) In 1945, the final year of World War II, Anton Iwanowski and his brother Wiktor escaped ...
Russia’s post-Soviet interventions in Moldova, Georgia, and Tajikistan reveal a pattern of strategic influence in the region.
Three Russian and Estonian citizens have been handed prison sentences after being found guilty of defacing a Lithuanian ...
A Russian court sentenced far-left activist Sergei Udaltsov to six years in prison after finding him guilty of a 'justifying ...