Articles

«Do you glow in the dark?» how one woman fought Kremlin’s nuclear pollution

She was fighting for the rights of radiation victims for 15 years. And then the Kremlin came after her.

The anatomy of a denunciation: how a hockey enthusiast went to jail 6 years for social media posts

How a former hockey club employee was sentenced to six years in prison for anti-war posts, and what his denouncers have to say about it.

«Don’t cry!» How a Human Rights Defender from Saint Petersburg beat the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs

How Maria Malysheva — accused of «telephone terrorism» after the beginning of Putin’s war in Ukraine — was awarded financial compensation.

«The authorities are sensing their impunity»: Kremlin’s bureaucratic war on journalism

«I won’t let you undress and search me», I said

«Girls, didn’t you know you’re not allowed to carry flowers?»

The lecture’s in session, everyone on the floor! The Russian police have raided a communist event and beat its attendees with batons

«Integration» of the Special Police Force and the Centre for Combating Extremism: bullying and beatings.

«They took my Mom away». How the Russian authorities persecute protestors in Bashkortostan

Riot police in towns, arrests, detentions, and people taken away in unknown directions

Falsely convicted for his involvement in an anti-war protest, Grigory Mumrikov spent 4 months in a penal centre. Here’s his story

Life in a Russian penal centre.

The families of fallen soldiers turn to us themselves». This project keeps a count of Russians killed in Ukraine

Not «orcs» nor «criminals», state persecution, federal wanted list, «foreign agent» status and anonymous volunteers — the story of Dozor (The Watch) project.