The Latest Breaking News from Sasha Skochilenko

The Last Word: ‘painfully poignant’ play gives a voice to women silenced by Russia’s legal system

Anna Narinskaya’s play The Last Word, which has transferred to London’s Marylebone Theatre after its premiere in Berlin in 2022, gives voice to nine women who have fallen foul of the Russian legal system in recent years.

The Conversation · Sep 17, 2024

Russian artist released in swap builds a new life in Germany, now free to marry her partner

Sasha Skochilenko and Sofya Subbotina are planning to get married

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2024

‘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 · Feb 24, 2024

Russia seeks an 8-year prison term for an artist and musician who protested the war in Ukraine

Russian authorities are seeking an eight-year prison term for an artist and musician who was jailed after protesting the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

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 · Jun 3, 2023

Russia's year of war: Purge of critics, surge of nationalism

In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, there has been a broad government crackdown that has silenced opposition to the war

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Some Russians won't halt war protests, despite arrest fears

Despite a massive government crackdown on protests of the invasion of Ukraine, some Russians persist in speaking out against the invasion

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022