Fifteen-year-old Arseny Turbin, from the town of Livny, in western Russia’s Oryol region, was sentenced to five years in prison for terrorism on 21 June. Though he excelled at maths and was fascinated by physics and tech, he had planned to study political science, in an attempt to better understand what was happening in Russia and with the hope that it would teach him how to improve the situation further
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case under the article on "discrediting" the army against Eduard Charov, a Christian preacher from the Sverdlovsk Region. On 27 June, the notification about the initiation of the case was published by the preacher's wife Inna Charova, attention to the publication was drawn by the publication "7×7. Horizontal Russia. The reason for the case was a repost of a picture about
Arseniy Turbin, a 15-year-old resident of the town of Livny, Orel region, was sent to an educational colony for five years, allegedly for his participation in the Legion "Freedom of Russia" organisation*. The schoolboy Arseniy Turbin was under house arrest from 5 September 2023 to 31 May 2024 with the right to attend the lyceum, then he was released on his own recognizance, but soon - on 20 June 2024
Vladimir Kara-Murza is in a colony with the strictest possible conditions - torture-like, as his wife Yevgenia says. To date, Volodya has spent 255 consecutive days in SHIZO-PKT-EPKT. This is not counting the punishment cells during the stage from Moscow to Omsk and the SHIZO in Vodnik. In 255 days in strict regime IK-6 and special regime IK-7 in Omsk, he did not see a single other prisoner. For
A memoir written by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his imprisonment and death is to be published later this year. Navalny began work on his book while recovering from his 2020 poisoning with a nerve agent. He died in February after three years in jail for charges widely seen as politically motivated. His memoir will be "the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his
Alexei Navalny died in the colony, reports the UFSIN YNAO. Official. Navalny died in the correctional colony "Polar Wolf" in the settlement of Kharp, - UFSIN "Convict Navalny A.A. after a walk felt bad, almost immediately losing consciousness.Immediately arrived medical staff of the institution, an ambulance crew was called. All necessary resuscitation measures were carried out, which did not yield positive results. The doctors of the ambulance stated the death
On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law amending provisions on property confiscation in Russia’s Criminal Code. The amendments allow for money, valuables, or other property obtained in the commission of crimes such as spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) or publicly calling for actions against the security of the state (Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code) to be confiscated into state
Those who tried to visit or write to the journalist, who is serving a 25-year sentence, were unsuccessful The prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, has disappeared from the Siberian prison where he was behind bars, according to his supporters. Kara-Murza, 42, was being held in a prison in the Omsk region, but a letter sent to him by the activist and
Artist Sasha Skochilenko sentenced to 7 years in prison for anti-war stickers On November 16, 2023, the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Sasha Skochilenko, accused of spreading false information about the Russian army, to 7 years in prison. After the verdict was announced, many people who had come to the court to support Sasha began chanting "Shame!" loudly, and Sasha herself was escorted out of the courtroom to
Dmitry Muratov declared a foreign agent In early September 2023, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov a foreign agent. Later, Dmitry Muratov announced that he leaves his post as editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta for the duration of the court proceedings regarding the inclusion of his name in the register of foreign agents. Muratov himself strongly disagreed with the decision of the Ministry
