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Articles with tag "anti-war"

Man Jailed for Daughter’s Anti-War Drawing in 2023 Flees to France

Alexei Moskalyov and his 17-year-old daughter Maria received French humanitarian visas, a rights group that helped them said.

Russian Supreme Court Labels Anti-War Committee as Terrorist Organization

Founded shortly after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the group is made up of prominent opposition figures living in exile.
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Russia’s Exiled Anti-War Movements Are Learning to Play the Long Game

While grassroots anti-war groups were energized and driven to resist the war at its outset, a litany of challenges has reshaped their work.
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Prosecutor’s Office Asks Russian Supreme Court to Designate Anti-War Committee as Terrorist Organization

Founded shortly after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Anti-War Committee is made up of prominent opposition figures living in exile, including former...
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Russia Charges Khodorkovsky, Other Exiled Dissidents With ‘Terrorism’

The FSB security service accused the Russian Anti-War Committee of forming a “terrorist” group and plotting to overthrow the government in Moscow.
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Russian Dissidents Plead With Canada to Accept Anti-War Activists Facing Deportation From U.S.

In a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the group asked Ottawa to grant asylum to Russians currently subject to U.S. deportation orders.
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St. Petersburg Court Rules to Release Anti-War Activist Pending ‘War Fakes’ Trial

Yelena Popova is a co-founder of the Movement of Conscientious Objectors, which the Justice Ministry designated as a “foreign agent” in June 2023...
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Anti-War University Student in St. Petersburg Released From Prison

Vladimir Mironov was arrested in February 2023 after he smashed windows and spray-painted anti-war slogans on the walls of an army recruitment center.
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Leningrad Siege Survivor Fined Over Anti-War Protest

Lyudmila Vasilyeva held a rare solo demonstration in February to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Russian Film Critic Charged Over ‘War Fakes’ Flees House Arrest

Yekaterina Barabash was placed under house arrest in February over social media posts in which she allegedly spread “false information” about the Russian...
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St. Petersburg Court Jails Anti-War Teenager Nearly 3 Years for ‘Discrediting’ Army

Daria Kozyreva was arrested in February 2024 after she attached a poem by Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko to his monument in St. Petersburg.
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Kamchatka Court Sentences Local Yabloko Leader to Another 2 Years in Prison

Vladimir Yefimov was first arrested in May 2022 for condemning Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities in Facebook posts.
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FSB Arrests Anti-War Yakutian Journalist on Terrorism Charges – Reports

Sasha Alexandrova left Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine but returned to the republic of Sakha last year.
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Military Court Jails Soviet-Era Dissident Skobov 16 Years for ‘Justifying Terrorism’

In a defiant last statement in court, Alexander Skobov condemned both Russian and U.S. leaders as “predators” engaged in an “imperialist conspiracy”...
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Russia’s First Imprisoned War Critic Gorinov Added to ‘Terrorist and Extremist’ List

Alexei Gorinov, a former Moscow councilor, was sentenced to seven years in prison in July 2022 for spreading “fake news” about the military.
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Leningrad Siege Survivor Stages Protest in St. Petersburg on Invasion Anniversary

Despite police pressure, Lyudmila Vasilyeva continued her protest for an hour without being detained.
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Russian Prosecutors Seek New Sentence for Imprisoned Journalist Ponomarenko

State prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for Siberian journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko on charges of assaulting prison guards...
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Anti-War Radio Operator Released From Russian Prison

Vladimir Rumyantsev was sentenced to three years in prison in December 2022 on charges of spreading “false information” about the Russian military...
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ECHR Rules Moscow Suppressed Dissent Over Ukraine War

The ruling follows complaints filed by Russian independent media and individual applicants against Moscow over wartime censorship.
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Russian Jazz Musician Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Anti-War Facebook Posts

Saxophonist Andrei Shabanov, who is legally disabled, has an autoimmune disease affecting the skin and joints.
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