Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by FIKUS
What is it like for women convicted under anti-war articles? How does carceral violence intersect with gender today? Feminist and anti-war activist Fikus talks about women political prisoners in Russia
“For a year, I have been asking myself: how could this have happened? All my life I have (…)
, by ASTASHIN Ivan
Why are there no mass anti-war demonstrations in Russia? What do individual protest actions against Putin’s regime look like? How do people resist the logistics of war? Solidarity Zone activist Ivan Astashin recounts a short history of anti-war protest in Russia
How did we respond to the (…)
, by ASTASHIN Ivan, CAMPBELL Thomas, hecksinductionhour, LEONIDOVICH Alexander
Muscovite Ivan Astashin knows firsthand what human rights activism, Russian prisons, and terrorism and arson charges look like. As a young man, he was close to Eduard Limonov’s National Bolsheviks and was arrested as part of the high-profile Autonomous Combat Terrorist Organization (ABTO) case, (…)
, by LÖWY Michael
The Daniel Singer Foundation has designated Boris Kagarlitsky as its first recipient of the “Prisoner of Conscience Award.”
Daniel Singer (1926-2000), a Jewish-Polish journalist and writer living in France, was a committed democratic socialist, and a sharp critic of Stalinism and (…)
, by FINIAREL’ Alexander
How do the attitudes of people most loyal to the Russian regime change? Why do loyalists constantly engage in conflict with the authorities? Political scientist Alexander Finiarel’ discusses the social contract in a warring Russia
Following the declaration of partial mobilization in Russia on (…)
, by LATYPOVA Leyla
A court in Russia’s republic of Bashkortostan sentenced prominent local activist Fayil Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on charges of “inciting interethnic hatred,” the regional news outlet Idel. Realii reported Wednesday.
The case against the activist has mobilized many in the Ural (…)
Authorities in European states must immediately halt the transfer of refugees and asylum seekers from the North Caucasus back to Russia where they will be at risk of torture and other ill-treatment and potentially forced to fight in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, said Amnesty (…)
, by COLOMBO Yurii
EXCLUSIVE - Our interview with Boris Kagarlitsky, a critic of the intervention in Ukraine, Russian sociologist and left-wing activist, who has just been freed after four months of detention 1,300 km from Moscow on the unproven charge of ’approval of terrorism’
Boris Kagarlitsky, an (…)
, by MATVEEV Ilya
1/ Ekaterina Duntsova is a local activist and journalist from Rzhev, a small town in central Russia known mostly for the gruesome WW2 battles that happened there.
, by Declaration Russian Democratic Forces
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
We address you with deep concern regarding the upcoming “elections” for the President of the Russian Federation in March 2024, especially in the context of events occurring within Russia and its external aggressive, expansionist policy towards Ukraine and a number of (…)
, by MEDVEDEV Kirill
In Russia, the wives of men mobilized to the Ukrainian front are increasingly demanding that they be returned home. While the movement is not mainly directed at opposing Vladimir Putin, it offers hope of breaking the war machine from within.
In fall 2022, Russia began a partial mobilization of (…)
, by COALSON Robert
Linguistics professor Svetlana Drugoveiko-Dolzhanskaya’s 41-year career teaching at St. Petersburg State University (SPGU) came to an end on October 13 — a Friday, as ill luck would have it. The esteemed educator, who created and headed the university’s master’s degree program in editing and (…)
, by SEETHI K.M.
A prominent figure in the Russian Leftist intellectual sphere, a distinguished social scientist and prolific political writer, Kagarlitsky was arrested on July 25 for ’acts of terrorism’ by the Vladimir Putin’s government.
In the complex realm of contemporary Russia, social life has become a (…)
, by SHENKMAN Yan
A few Russian musicians – most of them now forced to live abroad – are using songs to stand against the war in Ukraine
While the Russian invasion of February 2022 sparked a burst of anti-war musical creativity in Ukraine, it’s been a different story in Russia, where musical output criticising (…)
, by LATYPOVA Leyla
“They took my relatives to the war in Ukraine.”
In an emotional Instagram post, exiled Chechen human rights lawyer Abubakar Yangulbaev said authorities in his home region had forcefully taken four of his closest male relatives to the frontlines in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Donetsk region. (…)
, by MEDVEDEV Kirill
Russian anarchist Azat Miftakhov is spending his fifth year in jail for “hooliganism” — and now faces being framed on fake terrorism charges. His persecution is part of the Russian state’s campaign to intimidate the Left and silence opposition to the war.
On July 12, news arrived that Russian (…)
, by BUDRAITSKIS Ilya, SMITH Ashley
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is over, but it could still have far-reaching consequences for Putin’s government.
After months of denouncing the nation’s military brass, Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin led Wagner Group mercenaries in an attempted coup d’état against President Vladimir (…)
, by PASCAR Igor
On 31 May the Southern District military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Igor Paskar to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment on charges of “vandalism” and “terrorism”. He was found guilty of burning a Z-banner [a pro-war symbol] and the symbolic firebombing of the FSB [federal security (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
One year ago, Russian troops invaded Ukraine and began bombing peaceful cities. Before that, almost 9 years ago, Russia unleashed a war in Donbas and annexed Crimea. Tens of thousands of children and adults have already become victims of this carnage. Millions of people have abandoned their (…)
, by Feminist Anti-War Resistance/FAS (Russia)
It will soon be one year since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Many activists have welcomed the start of the war in isolation cells and detention centres. It is likely that there will again be sweeps, raids and preventive detentions before the anniversary of the war.
The (…)
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