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45 days ago

Soviet-era dissident given ‘draconian’ jail sentence in Russia for anti-war views

Alexander Skobov jailed for 16 years over social media post and alleged involvement in opposition group

A Soviet-era dissident has been sentenced to 16 years in prison in Russia for his anti-war views…

51 days ago

Russian ship captain charged with manslaughter appears at Hull court

Filipino national killed during collision between Vladimir Motin’s vessel and a US oil tanker in the North Sea

The captain of the Russian container ship that crashed into a US oil tanker in the North …

70 days ago

Holidays in hell: summer camp with Russia’s forgotten children

At the rural orphanage where I volunteered, the place resembled a Dickensian workhouse. The staff’s main tools were antipsychotics and violence. The experience gave me a window into Putin’s Russia

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British-educated composer 'dies after falling from tenth-floor window of his Russian home as cops interview him about donating funds to Ukraine'

Vadim Stroykin, 58, became the latest Russian to take a suspiciously timed nosedive out of a high window as police performed a search at his flat on Parfenovskaya Street in St. Petersburg

3 months ago

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