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Articles with tag "anti-war"

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.

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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Anti-War Theater Director Jailed 8 Years Over Social Media Posts Calling for Putin’s Death

Following the invasion of Ukraine, Anastasia Berezhinskaya, referring to Putin, wrote: “Destroy that bastard. Wipe him off the face of the Earth.”
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Serbia Orders Anti-Kremlin Russian to Leave Country – Report

Serbia’s Interior Ministry refused to extend Antyon Bobryshev’s residence permit, arguing his stay could pose an “unacceptable risk” to national...
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Russian Man Jailed for Daughter’s Anti-War Drawing Released From Prison

Alexei Moskalev was sentenced to prison last March for repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian military.
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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.
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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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