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Russian Dissidents Face Harsh Sentences Under Putin's Rule

Prominent Russian opposition figures face harsh sentences for speaking out against Putin's regime, reflecting a broader pattern of suppression.

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‘More deaths are coming’: fears over fate of other Russian political prisoners after Navalny’s death

Critics of Ukraine war among dozens who may be at risk in penal system, say campaigners and journalists

The Guardian - UK

Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky

Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military — and got away with it

The Independent UK

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Inside the penal colonies: A glimpse at life for political prisoners swept up in Russia's crackdowns

Alexei Navalny will spend his 47th birthday Sunday in a tiny prison cell with hardly any natural light

The Independent UK

Brave Vladimir Putin foe says he is being frozen to death in Russian jail from hell

Councillor and lawyer Alexei Gorinov, 60, came to international attention when supporters stood and cheered him as he was jailed for almost seven years for criticising Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

‘People are turning off’: Muscovites put the war aside and enjoy summer

Many of Moscow’s citizens are taking a break from their worries and the backlash that discussing the war on Ukraine can bring

The Guardian - US

What happened to Russia’s anti-war movement?

Thousands have been arrested on charges related to demonstrating, forcing many to find new ways to protest.

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Brickbat: Anyone Else Got Something to Say?

In Russia, a court has sentenced Moscow council member Alexei Gorinov to seven years in prison for spreading "knowingly false information." Charges were brought against Gorinov after he opposed the council holding a children's drawing contest and a dancing festival while the war in Ukraine is underway. "I believe all…

Reason

Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

A Moscow district councillor was jailed for seven years on Friday for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what a Kremlin-critical lawyer said was the first case of anyone going to prison under a new law on "fake information".

Reuters

Moscow councillor jailed for seven years after criticising Ukraine war

Alexei Gorinov receives first long-term sentence under harsh laws introduced since Russian invasion

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin warns it is using only ‘small portion’ of potential; fears of Sievierodonetsk humanitarian disaster – as it happened

Vladimir Putin dares west to beat Russia on battlefield; Serhai Haidai says Sievierodonetsk ‘is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster’

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war update: what we know on day 135 of the invasion

Vladimir Putin warns Russia has barely started its campaign in Ukraine and dares the west to try to defeat it on battlefield

The Guardian - AU

Russia wants to jail opposition activist, anti-war official

Russian prosecutors are calling for prison sentences for a prominent opposition activist and for a Moscow city council member who opposes the invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Moscow legislator jailed after opposing action in Ukraine

A court in the Russian capital has extended the arrest of a municipal legislator charged with discrediting the country’s military after his criticism of Russia's military action in Ukraine

The Independent UK

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