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Published in: oDRWhy Russian mathematician Azat Miftakhov is on trial
In Russia, the authorities are increasingly taking aim at left-wing activists - using any means necessary. The...
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Published in: oDRAs repression rises in Russia, so does solidarity
A high-profile terrorism investigation into Russian anti-fascists has helped a new front emerge in Russia - a front...
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Published in: oDR"No serious evidence" in high-profile terrorism case against Russian anti-fascists
In Russia, 11 anti-fascists and anarchists are facing terrorism charges - and the case is about to go to trial....
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Published in: oDRDid the FSB use a neo-Nazi agent provocateur in their case against Russian anti-fascists?
After the first defendant in a high-profile terrorism investigation is sentenced, new evidence emerges that security...
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Published in: oDR“Electric shock is our way of doing things”
A number of Russian anti-fascists and anarchists have been tortured by the country's security services. The official...
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Published in: oDRRussian anti-fascist reveals violence, humiliation and threats in pre-trial detention
In Russia, the security services have arrested 11 anarchists and anti-fascists on terrorism charges. Yuly...
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Published in: oDR“They told me that if I didn’t become more cooperative, they could do whatever they wanted to me”: anarchist Arman Sagynbayev reveals torture by Russian law enforcement
In this high-profile terrorism investigation into Russian anarchists, brutal torture has been used to extract...
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Published in: oDRMeet Russian anarchist Ilya Romanov. He’s spent nearly 20 years in prison
Through radical protest of the 1990s and 2000s to the repressive machine of today, Romanov's biography shows how the...
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Published in: oDRAnti-fascist teenager reveals how Russian security services brutally beat and tortured him
Since October 2017, the FSB have been running a terrorism investigation into Russian anarchists and anti-fascists....
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Published in: oDR"They put a bag on my head, cuffed my hands behind my back and tortured me with a taser": anarchist Svyatoslav Rechkalov on torture at the hands of Russian law enforcement
An attack on a United Russia office in Moscow in January has led to Russian anarchists being detained and, in one...
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Published in: oDR“You’re a normal guy, you understand everything”: Russian anti-fascist Viktor Filinkov on prison life under threat of torture
In January 2018, Viktor Filinkov was abducted in St Petersburg. When he resurfaced days later, he had been tortured...
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Published in: oDR“The Network”: how Russian security services are targeting Russian anarchists and anti-fascists
Over a dozen people connected to Russian anti-fascism have been tortured since October 2017. According to the...
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Published in: oDRA rifle stock to the heart, a fist to the gut: how left-wing activists are persecuted in Crimea
Though some groups may have supported Russian annexation, life under Russian rule has been far from sweet.
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Published in: oDR“The main thing at that moment, in that situation, was to come out alive”
A recent public action in support of tortured anarchists in the city of Chelyabinsk has led to a backlash. Here, two...
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Published in: oDR“It’s important not to give into panic”: how I found out my husband was being tortured by the Russian security services
In late January, my husband Viktor Filinkov went missing on route to Petersburg airport. When I found him two days...
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Published in: oDRRussia’s security services have form in fabricating cases against anti-fascists
On the eve of Russia’s presidential elections, a new wave of repressions has begun. This 2011 case demonstrates how...
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Published in: oDR“You should understand: FSB officers always get their way!”: Viktor Filinkov reveals how he was tortured by Russian security services
On 24 January 2018, I was tortured by the FSB into confessing to terrorism charges. Here is what happened.
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Published in: oDRThe man in black: interview with Russian anarchist Dmitry Buchenkov
For Russian investigators and judges, it doesn’t matter if you’ve taken part in protest actions or not. Public...