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Yekaterinburg Court Jails 5 Leftist Activists Over Alleged Coup Attempt

The group of men, who were all members of a Marxist discussion club, were arrested in the Bashkortostan capital of Ufa in March 2022.

Court in Occupied Donetsk Jails Russian Soldiers in Killing of American Fighter

Four Russian soldiers were found guilty of torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a self-described communist known by the nickname “Texas.”

Shlosberg Charged With Spreading ‘Fakes’ About Russian Army

The charge, the third brought against Lev Shlosberg this year, was announced three days before he was due to be released from house arrest.

Defense Ministry Found Liable for Deadly Fighter Jet Crash in Krasnodar Region

The case was brought by the relatives of an elderly woman who died when a Su-34 fighter-bomber slammed into an apartment building in the port town of Yeysk...

Moscow Scientist Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison on Treason Charges

Artyom Khoroshilov was arrested in December 2023 on accusations of carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on critical infrastructure...

American Jailed for Assaulting Russian Police Officer Handed New 8-Year Prison Sentence

Former U.S. Marine and English teacher Robert Gilman was found guilty of attacking a guard at the prison where he is currently being held.

Ex-Khabarovsk Governor Furgal Given Additional 23-Year Prison Sentence

The judge issued a combined sentence of 25 years in a maximum-security prison by merging the new term with Sergei Furgal’s previous conviction.

Moscow Graduate Arrested on Treason Charges After ‘Carousel Arrests’

Leonid Katz, a 22-year-old graduate of the Higher School of Economics, had been subjected to four consecutive administrative arrests since early October...

Vice President of Putin’s ‘Personal Cashbox’ Jailed 8.5 Years for Bribery

Igor Andreev was arrested in March 2024 after police investigators said they caught him receiving part of an illicit payment tied to a real estate development...

Ex-Detention Center Warden in Irkutsk Jailed 5 Years for Abusing Inmates

Igor Mokeev and his deputy were found guilty of overseeing the abuse of dozens of inmates who had been transferred to the detention center following a deadly...

Military Court Sentences 8 to Life in Prison Over Crimean Bridge Bombing

Ukraine took responsibility for the 2022 attack but has insisted that those arrested in Russia were unaware that they were transporting explosives.

Ex-Officer Gets Suspended Sentence for Selling Police Files to Journalist Nephew

Andrei Karpov was arrested in June on charges of bribery and abuse of power after he was accused of providing sensitive documents to his nephew.

Lithuania Jails Ukrainian for Carrying Out Arson Attack Blamed on Russia

Prosecutors said Danylo Bardadym had acted "in the interest of a foreign military intelligence service" and that Russia had been "aware" of his plans.

Balalaika Instructor Arrested in Yekaterinburg for Allegedly Trying to Suffocate Children

Artyom Vaganov reportedly invited children aged 10 to 15 to his apartment and offered them money to let him place plastic bags over their heads.

Moscow Court Jails Man 25 Years Over Car Bombing That Maimed GRU Officer

Yevgeny Serebryakov fled the country after the July 2024 attack but was later arrested in Turkey and extradited to Russia within days.

Yekaterinburg Court Sentences Man Who Criticized Child’s Pro-War Hat to 4.5 More Years in Prison

State prosecutors claimed that Alexander Neustroev expressed approval of the killings of pro-war figures during a conversation he had with several other...

YouTuber Yury Dud Jailed Nearly 2 Years in Absentia for Breaking ‘Foreign Agent’ Law

A court found Dud guilty of repeatedly failing to comply with the legal obligations imposed on individuals registered as “foreign agents.”

Samara Court Sentences Exiled Cult Leader Svetlana Lada-Rus to 8 Years in Prison

A music teacher by training, Lada-Rus first gained attention in the 1990s after opening an occult healing center in Samara.

Exiled Politician Leonid Gozman Jailed 10 Years in Absentia for ‘Justifying Terrorism’

State investigators said the charges stemmed from an interview that Gozman gave to a “foreign media outlet” in 2023.

Moscow Court Finds Man Accused of Organizing LGBTQ+ Tours Guilty 1 Year After Suicide in Police Custody

State investigators had said that Andrei Kotov, who ran the Men Travel agency, died by suicide in late December 2024.

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