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Russia stages new ‘trial’ of savagely tortured Ukrainian partisan already sentenced to 26 years
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Russia stages new ‘trial’ of savagely tortured Ukrainian partisan already sentenced to 26 years
The charges against Hryhory Sinchenko, Volodymyr Makarenko and Dmytro Palenko are grotesque with Russia’s torture of Sinchenko dating back to long before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Crimean woman gets long sentence for ‘discrediting Russia’s army' and criticizing its war against Ukraine
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Crimean woman gets long sentence for ‘discrediting Russia’s army' and criticizing its war against Ukraine
Although Kateryna Fomenko was charged with 'circulating military fakes', all of the comments first used for administrative prosecutions were critical of Russia's war of aggression, but in no way false
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November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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First arrest under new Russian law over an Internet search for Ukraine’s Azov Regiment
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First arrest under new Russian law over an Internet search for Ukraine’s Azov Regiment
The move is particularly chilling as the 20-year-old student was detained just hours after browsing the Internet
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November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Sentenced to die in immense pain for religious independence in Russian-occupied Crimea
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Sentenced to die in immense pain for religious independence in Russian-occupied Crimea
Lenur Khalilov is gravely ill and Russia’s rearrest is both a death sentence in his case and a clear indication that even Russian legislation will not apply in the case of Crimean Tatar and other Ukra...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Russian FSB uses propaganda and hate speech to justify its terror against Crimean Tatar women
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Russian FSB uses propaganda and hate speech to justify its terror against Crimean Tatar women
The FSB’s press service is complicit, as are other main players, in fabricating absurd charges carrying monstrous sentences
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November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Russian solider sentenced to life for gunning down an unarmed Ukrainian POW in crucial first
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Russian solider sentenced to life for gunning down an unarmed Ukrainian POW
Despite the mounting number of Russian executions of Ukrainians surrendering, this was the first such trial, with the soldier’s commander having confirmed they were instructed not to take prisoners
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November 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Young Crimean mother of two abducted by FSB and held incommunicado for over a year
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Young Crimean mother of two abducted by the FSB and held incommunicado for over a year
No charges have been laid against Sakha Manhubi, with the FSB not even admitting that she is in their custody, with the young woman one of an ever-increasing number of women being targeted in occupie...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Russians murder civilians waving a white flag as UN report slams mass-scale and systematic attacks as crimes against humanity
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Russians murder civilians waving a white flag as UN report slams mass-scale and systematic attacks as crimes against humanity
Russia uses the same methods over a vast area, with it clear that civilians are deliberately targeted, in the hope of driving Ukrainians from their territory
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November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Sinister secrecy over Russia’s abduction, torture and imprisonment of Melitopol journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska
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Sinister secrecy over Russia’s abduction, torture and imprisonment of Melitopol journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska
Russia has held Melitopol journalist Anastasia Hlukhovska incommunicado, without any charges being laid for well over two years. It is chillingly unclear why they appear to be hiding her
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November 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Russia defies its own puppet court to further torment blind and disabled political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov
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Russia defies its own puppet court to further torment blind and disabled political prisoner
Russia’s reprisals against Oleksandr Sizikov have been relentless and brutal, with blindness never treated as impediment to surreal charges and planted literature which Sizikov could not read
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November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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13-year sentence on ‘treason’ charges for pro-Ukrainian graffiti in Russian-occupied Crimea
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13-year sentence on ‘treason’ charges for pro-Ukrainian graffiti in Russian-occupied Crimea
Ksenia Svietlishyna was hunted by the notorious Crimean SMERSH for her pro-Ukrainian messages. There are very serious grounds for doubting the other charges used as excuse for this appalling judicial...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Mass detentions four times as Crimean Tatar delegation heads to Moscow demanding justice
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Mass detentions four times as Crimean Tatar delegation heads to Moscow demanding justice
Russia is, yet again repeating Soviet ways in its persecution of Crimean Tatars, with the efforts to stop the Crimean Tatars from reaching Moscow both profoundly lawless and, ultimately, futile
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Remembrance of the Holodomor banned, but not crushed, in Russian-occupied Ukraine
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Remembrance of the Holodomor banned, but not crushed, in Russian-occupied Ukraine
In remembering the victims of a terrible act of genocide, please remember also those on occupied territory who continue to honour their memory despite the real threat of Russian repression
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October 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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75-year-old Volodymyr Ananiev is facing a massive sentence he can't survive for a 'crime' that never happened
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75-year-old Volodymyr Ananiev is facing a massive sentence he can't survive for a 'crime' that never happened
The elderly Ukrainian, whose civic activism would have made him an obvious target, is being held in horrific conditions and denied even the most fundamental health care
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October 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Russian invaders’ ‘court’ sentences Ukrainian to 12.5 years for patriotism
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Russian invaders’ ‘court’ sentences Ukrainian to 12.5 years for patriotism
Russia claims that donations to the defenders of one's country constitute 'crimes' aimed against the 'security' of the Russian Federation
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October 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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70-year-old Crimean Jehovah’s Witness convicted of ‘organizing an extremist organization’ for practising her faith
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70-year-old Crimean Jehovah’s Witness convicted of ‘organizing an extremist organization’ for practising her faith
“Real freedom is not the place you are in, but the presence of truth inside you”  Tamara Bratseva stated during her ‘trial’ in response to the prosecutor’s demand of a real 6-year sentence
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October 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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From 17-year sentence to death in Russian captivity for Crimean Tatar political prisoner accused of another person’s voice on a tape?
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From 17-year sentence to death in Russian captivity for Crimean Tatar political prisoner accused of another person’s voice on a tape?
Russia’s FSB targeted Azamat Eyupov, veteran of the Crimean Tatar national movement, for his peaceful protest against Russian repression, with nothing allowed to prevent a 17-year sentence
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October 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Russia sentences youngest abducted journalist to 14 years for Melitopol is Ukraine Telegram channel
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Russia sentences youngest abducted journalist to 14 years for Melitopol is Ukraine Telegram channel
The sentence against Yana Suvorova is the fourth to date against courageous journalists / Telegram channel administrators providing truthful information about Melitopol under Russian occupation
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October 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Ukrainian abducted, tortured and sentenced to life because Ukraine carried out an attack on Russian invaders
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Ukrainian abducted, tortured and sentenced to life because Ukraine carried out an attack on Russian invaders
If Mykola Dzhosh did provide information to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, then all credit to him, however the 33-year-old may well have been seized because the Russians needed somebody to blame
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October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Imprisoned Ukrainian marine biologist charged with ‘treason’ for opposing Russia’s plans in Antarctic area
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Imprisoned Ukrainian marine biologist charged with ‘treason’ for opposing Russia’s plans in Antarctic area
Russia is openly persecuting 70-year-old Leonid Pshenichnov for remaining loyal to Ukraine and for seeking to protect marine resources and diversity in the Southern Ocean. Without robust internationa...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Russian court orders rearrest and 17-year sentence against blind and disabled Crimean political prisoner
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Russian court orders rearrest and 17-year sentence against blind and disabled Crimean political prisoner
Russia’s prosecutor has confirmed that even blindness and Russian legislation envisaging Oleksandr Sizikov’s release are no impediment where Russia’s persecution of Crimean political prisoners is conc...
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October 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Russian invaders shoot dead civilians in Pokrovsk, try to kill others in evacuation van
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Russian invaders shoot dead civilians in Pokrovsk, try to kill others in evacuation van
It is not just that the invaders know they can kill civilians with impunity. Putin has 'honoured' many such suspected war criminals
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October 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Menacing ‘warning’ against human rights defender Lutifye Zudiyeva after Russia’s arrests of four Crimean Tatar women
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Menacing ‘warning’ against human rights defender Lutifye Zudiyeva after Russia’s arrests of four Crimean Tatar women
Russia is demonstratively showing that nobody is safe from persecution and terror in occupied Crimea and silence from the international community only increases the danger for those, like Lutfiye Zudi...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Russia kills two 16-year-olds, tortures and imprisons three other lads from occupied Melitopol
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Russia kills two 16-year-olds, tortures and imprisons three other lads from occupied Melitopol
With appalling cynicism, the Russians claimed that Danylo Dakhov and Pavlo Hrymak had blown themselves with a homemade explosive device when they had been in Russian captivity for 10 months
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October 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Russia passes massive sentences against 15 Ukrainian POWs for defending Ukraine against its invasion
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Russia passes massive sentences against 15 Ukrainian POWs for defending Ukraine against its invasion
Using a ruling issued long after the prisoners of war were seized and then put on ‘trial’, Russia claimed that their defence of their country was ‘terrorism’ and ‘a violent attempt to seize power’
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October 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM