President Vladimir Putin was "forced to deny reports" that his government will impose martial law in order to stamp out Russian dissent against the war in Ukraine, according to the U.K. Defence Ministry. Putin made the denial at an event in Moscow on Saturday local time. Rumors of impending...
Image:Children in Moscow and an elderly woman in St Petersburg are among the Russians to have been detained for protesting against the war. Pics: Alexandra Arkhipova and Ilya Yashin Five children and an elderly woman are among the Russians who have been arrested for protesting ag...
Fugitive Russian War Protest Journalist Gets 8-1/2-Year Sentence More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Former Russian state TV employee Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged an anti-war protest on live state television and was later convicted of discrediting the Russian army, attends a co...
A court in Moscow on Wednesday handed a former state TV journalist an 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia's war in Ukraine, the latest in a months-long crackdown against dissent that has intensified since Moscow's invasion 20 months ago. Marina Ovsyannikova was charged...
EU external affairs spokesperson Peter Stano posted on X that the case was a "shocking reminder of (the) Kremlin's ongoing repression" and urged Russia to "respect its Constitution, release all prisoners of conscience & stop repression against anti-war protesters". An independent Siberian...
She also explained that she worked alone in organizing the protest and shared some insight into why she did it. "It was my anti-war decision. I made this decision by myself because I don't like Russia starting this invasion. It was really terrible." ...
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According to OVD-Info, another prominent rights group that monitors political arrests and provides legal aid, a total of 19,834 Russians have been arrested between Feb. 24,when the war began, and late October 2023 for speaking out or demonstrating against the war. ...
Topwaroften has useful information on military issues. Sometimes not. It’s a mixed bag. Turovskoy’s article is a right-wing critique of Putin’s “special military operation” against Ukraine. While anti-war protesters are arrested and fined for “discrediting” the army, this sharp critic...