26-year-old Ukrainian sentenced to 22 years for alleged ‘plan to kill’ a Russian occupation prison chief Victoria Kotliar was just 24 when seized by the Russians and probably tortured or threatened into ‘confessing’ on video

26-year-old Ukrainian sentenced to 22 years for alleged ‘plan to kill’ a Russian occupation prison chief
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Russia brings new criminal charges against Crimean Tatar political prisoner with malignant brain tumour Tofik Abdulgaziev has been charged with ‘contempt of court’ after expressing his indignation at being forced to sign a ‘clean bill of health’, a document that his brain tumour made him unable to read

Russia brings cynical new criminal charges against Crimean Tatar political prisoner with malignant brain tumour
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Ukrainian ex-military man sentenced to 18 years in Russian-occupied Crimea on surreal ‘treason’ charges This was Act II in Russia’s double-barrel persecution of two former military servicemen – Ruslan Chorny-Shvets and Serhiy Lykhomanov

Ukrainian ex-military man sentenced to 18 years in Russian-occupied Crimea on surreal ‘treason’ charges
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Terror unrelenting as Russian courts uphold 15-year sentences for ‘treason’ against an invader Niyara Ermambetova was seized just days after her mother’s funeral, with her elderly father now left to look after her two children. It is not known when Oksana Invanchenko was abducted, but she has f...

Terror unrelenting as Russian courts uphold 15-year sentences for ‘treason’ against an invader
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Putin rubberstamped indefinite imprisonment without charges for opposing Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine The secret ‘decision’ allowing enforcement bodies to abduct and hold people incommunicado was issued just two weeks after the full-scale invasion began

Putin rubberstamped indefinite imprisonment without charges for opposing Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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Savagely tortured, then sentenced by the Russians to 13 years for letters to her Ukrainian defender son There is something especially monstrous about fabricating charges against a mother because of her letters to her son, defending Ukraine

Savagely tortured, then sentenced by the Russians to 13 years for letters to her Ukrainian defender son
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Berdiansk pastor and volunteer sentenced by the Russians to 22 years on insane ‘sabotage’ charges Victor Bondarenko is not receiving medical treatment for several serious conditions and his daughter warns that each day in Russian captivity is jeopardizing her father's life

Berdiansk pastor and volunteer sentenced by the Russians to 22 years on insane ‘sabotage’ charges
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Russian occupation ‘court’ passes massive sentences in bulk for donations to Ukraine’s defenders Any article of Russia’s criminal code will do since the real ‘crime’ against all the Ukrainians sentenced to 12, 13 or even 17 years, is that of patriotism and support for their own Ukrainian Armed Fo...

Russian occupation ‘court’ passes massive sentences in bulk for donations to Ukraine’s defenders
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Children abducted from occupied Ukraine 'offered' on state adoption site in Russia The new study, which proves the lie to Russia’s denial that it is permanently deporting Ukrainian children comes soon after a UN Commission report identified such acts as both war crimes and crimes against humanity

Children abducted from occupied Ukraine ‘offered’ on state adoption site in Russia
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55-year-old from Russian-occupied Skadovsk sentenced to 12 years for supporting Ukraine Natalia Povietkina is one of almost two thousand civilians effectively abducted since Russia's invasion of parts of Kherson oblast. Some have been tortured but then released. some were tortured to death and many are imprisoned on grotesque charges

55-year-old from Russian-occupied Skadovsk sentenced to 12 years for supporting Ukraine
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Russia’s FSB report the ‘arrest’ of a young mother 18 months after they abducted her in occupied Crimea The videoed 'confession' was doubtless extracted, almost certainly through torture or threats, during the 15 months when Sakha Manhubi was held incommunicado in an FSB-controlled prison

Russia’s FSB report the ‘arrest’ of a young mother 18 months after they abducted her in occupied Crimea
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Tetiana Deviatkina seized in occupied Berdiansk and sentenced to 6 years for negative posts about the Russian invaders Tetiana Deviatkina, who has a young daughter,, and Victor Voloshchuk are facing long sentences for expressing opposition to Russian occupation on social media

Tetiana Deviatkina seized in occupied Berdiansk and sentenced to 6 years for negative posts about the Russian invaders
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Maryna Ryff disappears in Russian-occupied Crimea after refusing to hide her pro-Ukrainian position Russia increasingly resorts to abductions with Maryna Ryff’s disappearance reported as two other Ukrainian women, imprisoned for 18 months, were finally ‘found’ in Russian captivity

Maryna Ryff disappears in Russian-occupied Crimea after refusing to hide her pro-Ukrainian position
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Russia’s supreme court finds Ukrainian guilty of ‘international terrorism’ for opposing invaders An invading army abducted Vitaliy Rastorhuev and Volodymyr Kryvtsun in July 2022, holding them incommunicado and likely torturing them until the end of December that year

Russia’s supreme court finds Ukrainian guilty of ‘international terrorism’ for opposing invaders
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Young Mariupol woman sentenced to 13 years for donating to Ukraine’s Army after her POW husband ‘died’ in Russian captivity Russia's huge sentences against Ukrainians for donations to Ukraine's defenders are always monstrous, but that against 25-year-old Angelina Skyba defies belief

Young Mariupol woman sentenced to 13 years for donating to Ukraine’s Army after her POW husband ‘died’ in Russian captivity
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Russia sentences Crimean Tatar prisoner of war to 20 years for serving in Ukraine’s Armed Forces Seiran Asanov was accused of ‘involvement in a terrorist organization’ and of ‘treason’ for defending his own country against the Russian invaders

Russia sentences Crimean Tatar prisoner of war to 20 years for serving in Ukraine’s Armed Forces
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Russian medical torture and effective death sentences for civic activism in occupied Crimea Russia falsifies medical records and openly flout its own legislation in order to carry out reprisals to the end against Crimean Tatar and other Crimean political prisoners savagely persecuted for the...

Russian medical torture and effective death sentences for civic activism in occupied Crimea
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Ukrainian sentenced to 20 years for “wanting to blow up railway’ used for Russia’s war against Ukraine Andriy Diachenko may or may not have been a ‘railway partisan’, but he is undoubtedly a victim of Russia’s brazen persecution of Ukrainians on illegally occupied territory

Ukrainian sentenced to 20 years for “wanting to blow up railway’ used for Russia’s war against Ukraine
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Crimean gets long sentence for critical social media posts while Russian politicians incite to genocide in Ukraine with impunity Serhiy Tubolets is the latest victim of Russia's use of flawed 'terrorism' legislation in its arsenal against Ukrainians

Crimean gets long sentence for critical social media posts while Russian politicians incite to genocide in Ukraine with impunity
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Russia causes humanitarian disaster in occupied Oleshky while blocking any escape Locals suspect that they are not being allowed out of Oleshky deliberately as the Russians need them there as human shields while carrying out systematic attacks on Kherson from the city.

Russia causes humanitarian disaster in occupied Oleshky while blocking any escape
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Anna Bazikalo sentenced to 16 years two years after her abduction from Russian occupied Luhansk oblast Even by Russian standards, the sentence was brutal and handed down after almost two years of being held incommunicado

Anna Bazikalo sentenced to 16 years two years after her abduction from Russian occupied Luhansk oblast
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Russia sentences former Ukrainian defender to 19 years after torturing out a backdated ‘confession’ This latest fake trial of a Ukrainian for defending his country is especially cynical as Dmytro Nosenko’s captors tortured out a grotesque ‘confession’ to involvement in a ‘terrorist organization’

Russia sentences former Ukrainian defender to 19 years after torturing out a backdated ‘confession’
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Terror behind closed doors: Russia’s abductions, torture and monstrous sentences in occupied Crimea The massive spike in surreal 'treason' trials and sentences is continuing, with less and less known about each victim invariably identifying as opponents of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Terror behind closed doors: Russia’s abductions, torture and monstrous sentences in occupied Crimea
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Russia imposes criminal liability for denying previously unknown ‘genocide of the Soviet people’ The new law will further silence historical discussion and strengthen punitive measures already used against those who speak honestly about Soviet crimes, including the Deportation of the Crimean Tata...

Russia imposes criminal liability for denying previously unknown ‘genocide of the Soviet people’
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Russia brings new 5-year sentence against Crimean political prisoner over 2022 social media post Valery Shevchuk is one of a rapidly increasing number of Ukrainians imprisoned for criticism of Russian aggression, with the fact that this can be over very old social media posts especially chilling

Russia brings new 5-year sentence against Crimean political prisoner over 2022 anti-war social media post
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Melitopol IT specialist sentenced to 20 years after Russians torture out a ‘confession’ to ‘terrorist plans’ Artyom Krasko was abducted almost two and a half years ago from his native Melitopol, with it likely that he was held incommunicado without any procedural status

Melitopol IT specialist sentenced to 20 years after Russians torture out a ‘confession’ to ‘terrorist plans’
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Russian judge convicted of war crimes over massive sentence against Ukrainian POW for defending his country Sergei Obraztsov was well-aware that he was in violation of the Geneva Convention and fundamental principles of law when he sentenced 18-year-old Vladyslav Plakhotnik to 18 years for serving in a Ukra...

Russian judge convicted of war crimes over massive sentence against Ukrainian POW for defending his country
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Due to Trump easing sanctions, russia is able to sell more oil at a higher price. This has no effect on global energy markets, but the russian war economy is getting a big boost just as the invaders' spring offensive gets underway in Ukraine.

Trump is a russian asset.

Russia tortures two young Melitopol schoolboys to death, passes long sentences against three other lads It is near certain that all five lads, aged 16 and 17, were tortured, with Viktor Azarovsky, Oleh Shokol and Denys Vasyliuk later subjected to a predetermined 'trial'. Danylo Dakhov and Pavlo Hrymak ...

Russia tortures two young Melitopol schoolboys to death, passes long sentences against three other lads
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Russian legislation used as weapon against 74-year-old historian and the truth about the Crimean Tatar Deportation 74-year-old Enver Seitmemetov was an obvious target of repression for a regime that is increasingly using propaganda, legislation and insane prosecutions to rewrite history and white out its crimes

Russian legislation used as weapon against 74-year-old historian and the truth about the Crimean Tatar Deportation
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