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Articles with tag "anti-war"

Russian Man Jailed 5 Years Over Street Interview

Yuri Kokhovets was previously sentenced to five years of correctional labor, but prosecutors appealed, asking for a tougher sentence.

Anti-War Professor Arrested, Fined in Russia's Volgograd

Roman Melnichenko, who previously taught constitutional and municipal law at Volgograd State University, was fired from his job in April 2022.
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Newspaper Publisher in Siberia Jailed 8 Years Over War ‘Fakes’

Sergei Mikhailov was arrested in April 2022 after publishing information about the Russian army’s mass killing of civilians in Ukraine.
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Whereabouts of 4 Russian Dissidents Unknown After Apparent Jail Transfers

Prison authorities in Russia often subject high-profile inmates to secret and lengthy transfers across the country.
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Anti-War Store Owner Released From St. Petersburg Prison

Videos showed Dmitry Skurikhin being greeted by his wife and family outside of a penal colony, where he had been held since August 2023.
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Russian Anti-War Committee Forms Team of 'Consuls' to Fight Deportations

The group of exiled opposition figures vowed to provide legal aid to "Russians with a visible anti-war stance" and who face the threat of deportation.
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Russia Cancels Passport of Anti-War Student Who Fled Country

Olesya Krivtsova, who said she received her now-canceled passport while under house arrest, had signed the document with the word “freedom.”
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Exiled Kremlin Critics Urge EU to Welcome Skilled Russians to 'Bleed' Putin Regime

"One less engineer is one less missile flying in the direction of Ukraine," opposition activist and former State Duma lawmaker Dmitry Gudkov said.
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Russian Supreme Court Upholds Sentence for Jailed Sociologist Kagarlitsky

Marxist theorist Boris Kagarlitsky was sentenced to five years in prison in February for “justifying terrorism.”
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Moldova Grants Citizenship to Members of Russian Anti-War Rock Band Bi-2

The group moved to the Moldovan capital of Chisinau last month but is currently on tour.
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Moscow State University Expels Ukrainian Student for Anti-War Posts

Serhiy Hulko has been detained three consecutive times on a series of misdemeanor charges, including for the public display of “extremist” symbols...
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‘There Will Be No Beautiful Russia of the Future Unless We Take Responsibility’: Activist Anastasia Shevchenko

The exiled civil activist sees it as her mission to speak to Russians across the political spectrum and win over as many minds as she can.
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Anti-War Historian Fired From St. Petersburg's European University

Historian Ivan Kurilla wrote in a closed Facebook post that the university dismissed him due to “absenteeism.” 
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Russia Toughens Sentence Against Anti-War Sociologist

A military court of appeals reversed an initial ruling to fine Kagarlitsky 600,000 rubles on charges of “justifying terrorism.”
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Moscow Court Arrests Writer Boris Akunin in Absentia

Authorities charged Akunin, who has not lived in Russia since 2014, with justifying terrorism and spreading “fakes” about the Russian army.
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Hackers Target Campaign Website for Russia's Anti-War Presidential Hopeful

“Our website has again been subjected to a DDoS attack. The malfunctions will be repaired as soon as possible,” Boris Nadezhdin said.
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Anti-War Science Journalist Flees Russia After 'Wave of Hate'

Asya Kazantseva said she has settled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi “until better times.”
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Russia Jails Disabled Pilot 8 Years for Seeking to Join Ukraine Army

Igor Pokusin has openly opposed Moscow's invasion, but he maintains that he has never sought to fight for Ukraine.
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Perm City Lawmaker Flees Russia After Criticizing Putin, Ukraine Invasion

"I did everything that a citizen has to do," Sergei Medvedev told MT, adding that he "couldn’t remain silent.”
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Russian Singer Who Burned Passport Seeks Repentance From Orthodox Leader

Eduard Sharlot was detained in November after returning to Russia from Armenia, where he had posted videos of himself burning his passport.
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