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Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war criticism

A court in Moscow has handed a former state TV journalist a 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia’s war in Ukraine, the latest in a months-long crackdown against dissent that has intensified since Moscow’s invasion 20 months ago

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Russia-Ukraine war: British PM urges west to equip Ukraine to ‘finish the job’; Ukrainian journalist reported missing – as it happened

Rishi Sunak urges allies to arm Ukraine in party conference speech; Victoria Roshchyna has not been heard from since 3 August, says International Women’s Media Foundation

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Moscow court upholds 19-year prison sentence for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny

A court in Moscow has upheld a 19-year prison sentence for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on charges of extremism in August

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Russia’s Navalny loses appeal against 19-year jail term

The ruling against Putin’s most prominent opponent is on top of an 11-and-a-half-year sentence he is already serving.

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A Kremlin critic was transferred to a Siberian prison and placed in a 'punishment cell,' lawyer says

An imprisoned Russian opposition figure has been transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and was placed in a tiny “punishment cell.”

The Independent UK

‘We are where we are’: Alexei Navalny’s team keep fighting despite having to leave Russia

The Anti-Corruption Foundation is still a vital opposition force even though its founder remains in jail

The Guardian - UK

Russia is taking my friends one by one – and now I struggle even to write about them

In Ukraine, the second summer of the invasion has been a season of unbearable goodbyes: to our teachers, our artists and our loved ones, says Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Mykhed

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Moscow court refuses to hear appeal by detained US journalist Evan Gershkovich

This is the first instance of a Western journalist being arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the end of the Cold War

The Independent UK

U.S. ambassador to Russia visits jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

The U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy visited imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Friday, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said in an online statement

The Independent UK

Jews around the world send Rosh Hashana wishes to detained reporter Evan Gershkovich

The Wall Street Journal reporter has been held in Russia since March. Thousands have written him letters for the Jewish new year, as the campaign for his release hones in on next week's U.N. meeting.

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Putin will give me a jail sentence for opposing his war in Ukraine, but he won’t silence me

Russia’s president is wrong if he mistakes the silence of most of his people for tacit support, says film-maker Alexander Rodnyansky

The Guardian - UK

Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him

The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is calling on world leaders meeting at the United Nations next week to stand up for freedom of the press and urge Russia to release him

The Independent UK

Lawyers for jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich ask UN to urgently declare he was arbitrarily detained

Lawyers for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich are asking a United Nations body to urgently issue an opinion that he has been arbitrarily detained by Russia on espionage charges which are “patently false.”

The Independent UK

Wealthy Russian with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in prison for hacking and insider trading scheme

A federal judge in Boston has sentenced a wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million insider trading scheme that relied on stolen company earnings information hacked through U.S. computer networks

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US lawmakers visiting The Hague say Russian President Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine

Members of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee say Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing genocide in Ukraine

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Former official under Belarus President Lukashenko to face Swiss trial over enforced disappearances

A former member of Belarus President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is to face trial in Switzerland next month for the forced disappearances of political opponents in the late 1990s

The Independent UK

Russian hard-line nationalist ordered to stay in prison after accusing Putin of weakness

A Moscow court has ruled that a prominent hard-line nationalist who accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of weakness and indecision in Ukraine will remain in prison until Sept. 18 on charges of extremism

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US accuses Russia of intimidation over former consulate worker’s spy charge

Robert Shonov, Russian national and ex-staffer at consulate, charged with ‘cooperation on a confidential basis’ with US.

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeals extension of pretrial detention in Russia

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention in Russia until the end of November

Al Jazeera

Moscow court extends pre-trial detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

Wall Street Journal newspaper condemns three-month extension, renews call for US journalist’s immediate release.

The Guardian - UK

Russian court extends detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich

Journalist arrested on espionage charges in March set to remain in jail until at least 30 November

The Independent UK

US sanctions Russian operatives accused in the poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny

The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on four Russian intelligence operatives accused of direct involvement in the 2020 poisoning of Alexei Navalny, a Russian politician and corruption investigator who is one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics

France 24

Russia opens criminal probe into leader of independent election watchdog

The Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group, his lawyer said Thursday.

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Russia opens a criminal investigation into a leader of a prominent election watchdog

Russian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group, his lawyer says

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US ambassador makes third visit to jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich

Ambassador Lynne Tracy renewed her appeal for Russia to release the reporter and imprisoned US Marine Paul Whelan.

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