Bianna Golodryga speaks with Alexander Gabuev, Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, about Putin’s efforts to promote anti-Western sentiment in Russia during his rule. Trump Signs ...

A few weeks ago, 19-year-old Daria Kozyreva appeared in a St. Petersburg court for her sentencing. Kozyreva was charged with discrediting the Russian army after she glued a verse from a poem ...

The Council imposed restrictive measures on 28 individuals responsible for serious violations of human rights, the repression of democratic opposition, and activities seriously undermining the rule of ...

Russian authorities have outlawed Amnesty International as an “undesirable organization,” a label that under a 2015 law makes ...

Nicolás Maduro's regime has transformed Venezuela into an international criminal organization, using state institutions for ...

As Ukraine marks the anniversary of Stalin-era deportations of Crimean Tatars more than eight decades ago, members of the ...

Ukraine marks 81 years since the Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars as Russia’s occupation deepens repression. But a legacy of resistance endures in Crimea.

Sergei Markov, a former adviser to the Russian president, tried to defend Putin’s three-year war by saying the invasion is not about “territory” but “stopping political repression”.

Petrova told the AP that she left her country to avoid conflict or possible political repression. She fled after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, marking the start of a bloody three-year war.