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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 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 (...)
“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. (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
For a year now, Vladimir Putin’s regime has been killing Ukrainians, sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to their deaths, and threatening the world with nuclear weapons in the name of the insane goal of restoring its empire.
For us Russians who oppose Putin’s aggression and (...)
From the telegram channel of Solidarity Zone, set up in Russia to support people persecuted for anti-war actions
Igor Paskar is the first to be tried [in Russia] for anti-war arson as a “terrorist”.
On June 14, 2022, Igor painted his face in the colours of the Ukrainian flag and threw a (...)
I get terribly annoyed and disillusioned when activists from Russia, who have nothing to do with FAS, talk about our big movement as a “leftist” movement or as a movement that has some kind of committee of chief activists. To me that’s not the case and it doesn’t work that way. We activists (...)
Does it make sense to torch military enlistment offices? The short answer is no. And here’s why not.
From the outset of the mobilization in Russia, military enlistment offices have been targeted by arson attacks. We realized that this appears striking and effective and may seem like a good (...)
The Sverdlovsk Region is one of the leading Russian regions in terms of the number of casualties among mobilized men. Many of them perished in the Kherson Region, from whose capital Russian army retreated after eight months of occupation. Relatives of the mobilized men said that, despite the (...)
In the self-proclaimed “LPR” and “DPR” [Luhansk and Donetsk “People’s Republics“] there are several illegal prisons and basements where Russian servicemen (including mobilised ones) who refuse to continue participating in the “special military operation” are held. Threats and torture are used (...)
Why did the police raid my home?
The formal reason — as follows from the court ruling and what people from pro-Kremlin media have heard — is a fictitious “connection” between me and ex-State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev. This is a product of the meager imagination of the security forces. I (...)
How do the security forces function in Russia? Is resistance possible despite the harsh political repression? Dima Starover talks about how he turned the slogan “Freedom to Political Prisoners” into everyday practice
What were you doing before February 24th, and how has your life changed (...)
An open letter from anti-war initiatives against forced conscription: what are we fighting for and what to do now?
Today, November 1, autumn conscription begins in Russia. Young men and men from 18 to 27 who have no deferment will be pressured by the state to get them into the army - (...)
Russian social media is awash with rumours that all borders will be closed to draftees at any moment.
During the first seven months of Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” against Ukraine, the Russian president had little trouble taming his domestic opposition.
Street protests (...)
“Posle” on mobilization: what to expect and what is to be done
On September 21, Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a “partial” mobilization. This step came as a clear sign of the complete failure of Putin’s “special operation”: the army in its current state is unable to retain the (...)
How has political protest changed since February 24? How are the laws criminalizing the “discrediting of the Russian army” enforced? Varya Mikhailova, a lawyer and human rights activist, discusses the considerable costs of anti-war resistance in Russia
— You’ve said that it is crucial to (...)
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