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News of the Week -
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News of the Week - Rights in Russia
Week-ending 26 December 2025
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Rights in Russia Update -
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Rights in Russia Update - Rights in Russia
19 December 2025
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Quotes of the Week. 'Russia’s authorities must immediately release Aleksei Sokolov, Larisa Zakharova and Roman Kachanov' - Amnesty International -
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Quotes of the Week. 'Russia’s authorities must immediately release Aleksei Sokolov, Larisa Zakharova and Roman Kachanov' - Amnesty International - Rights in Russia
The charges against Aleksei Sokolov, Larisa Zakharova and Roman Kachanov stem solely from their human rights work. - Amnesty International
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/quotes-55/
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News of the Week -
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News of the Week - Rights in Russia
Week-ending 19 December 2025
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Don’t those in the Kremlin realise how ridiculous they look?' -
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Don’t those in the Kremlin realise how ridiculous they look?' - Rights in Russia
'The scandal caused by Vladimir Kara-Murza’s departure from the Anti-War Committee has been blown out of all proportion.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-210/
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Don’t those in the Kremlin realise how ridiculous they look?' -
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: 'Don’t those in the Kremlin realise how ridiculous they look?' - Rights in Russia
'The scandal caused by Vladimir Kara-Murza’s departure from the Anti-War Committee has been blown out of all proportion.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-210/
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Anna Karetnikova: She didn't even use the word 'glory', just 'memory' -
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Anna Karetnikova: She didn't even use the word 'glory', just 'memory' - Rights in Russia
20 December 2025 by Anna Karetnikova Source: Facebook 10 December I suppose I should share some information that I’ve only just learned: a woman is already in pre-trial detention for […]
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/karetnikova-50/
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Leonid Nikitinsky: ‘You are the guarantor of the Constitution. And, as it were, we help you in this…’ -
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Leonid Nikitinsky: ‘You are the guarantor of the Constitution. And, as it were, we help you in this…’ - Rights in Russia
Valery Zorkin: 'I think the protection of human rights and freedoms continues at the same level.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-136/
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Elena Fanailova: Notes of a Young Doctor -
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Elena Fanailova: Notes of a Young Doctor - Rights in Russia
'For a young person to lose three years of their life is a catastrophe.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/fanailova/
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Ilya Yashin: 'The free world can stop Putin only by providing the necessary support to Ukraine in the face of aggression' -
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Ilya Yashin: 'The free world can stop Putin only by providing the necessary support to Ukraine in the face of aggression' - Rights in Russia
'I want to tell you about my trip to Canada and the United States.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/yashin-6/
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Anna Karetnikova: I guess it’s time to stop being surprised -
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Anna Karetnikova: I guess it’s time to stop being surprised - Rights in Russia
'A lesson from the past for the present.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/karetnikova-49/
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Supporting political prisoners is our civic duty -
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Aleksandr Podrabinek: Supporting political prisoners is our civic duty - Rights in Russia
'In terms of the lengths of the prison terms being given and the reasons for the repression, Russia today is on a par with Stalin’s time.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-209/
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Write to Russia: Svetlana Savelyeva - charged with treason for attempting to travel to Ukraine -
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Write to Russia: Svetlana Savelyeva - charged with treason for attempting to travel to Ukraine - Rights in Russia
Svetlana Savelyeva, remanded in custody on a charge of treason for attempting to travel to Ukraine
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/write-to-russia-111/
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Sergei Medvedev: On the ‘Leftist’ Spectre - Fear of the ‘New Bolshevism’ -
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Sergei Medvedev: On the ‘Leftist’ Spectre - Fear of the ‘New Bolshevism’ - Rights in Russia
'[...] in this century, [...] there is every chance of falling into the trap of populism and fascism, with all that implies.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/sergei-medvedev/
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Boris Akunin: 'Today, autocracy is a shameful anachronism' - Rights in Russia
'Two years since my books were banned in Russia'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/akunin-7/
9 days ago
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3 Russia-Themed, Anti-War Films Shortlisted for Oscars - The Moscow Times
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3 Russia-Themed, Anti-War Films Shortlisted for Oscars - The Moscow Times
Three films about anti-Kremlin journalists and activists have been shortlisted for the Oscars in what film critics said sent a clear anti-war, anti-authoritarian message.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/18/3-russia-themed-anti-war-films-shortlisted-for-oscars-a91468
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Forum 18
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: Peaceful clergy statements "can become the target of prosecution"
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RUSSIA: Peaceful clergy statements "can become the target of prosecution"
In a series of administrative prosecutions, a Krasnodar Region court fined Orthodox priest Fr Iona Sigida on 18 December for allegedly expressing "overt disrespect" for society, state bodies, and stat...
https://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=3021
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Prisoners’ Rights Activist Aleksei Sokolov Arrested in Yekaterinburg and Charged With Treason - The Moscow Times
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Prisoners’ Rights Activist Arrested in Yekaterinburg and Charged With Treason - The Moscow Times
A judge in the city of Yekaterinburg has ordered local human rights activist Alexei Sokolov to be placed in pre-trial detention after he was arrested and charged with treason, the exiled news outlet M...
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/18/prisoners-rights-activist-arrested-in-yekaterinburg-and-charged-with-treason-a91475
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These Meduza readers emigrated from Russia. Here’s what strikes them when they visit home. — Meduza
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These Meduza readers emigrated from Russia. Here’s what strikes them when they visit home. — Meduza
Many Russians who moved abroad after the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine continue to return home occasionally, whether to see their friends and family, receive medical care, or deal with p...
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/16/these-meduza-readers-emigrated-from-russia-here-s-what-strikes-them-when-they-visit-home
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Interview with Sergei Nikitin for "Rights in Russia" on 18 December 2025 on peace negotiations, the historical comparison with Hitler’s Germany, elections in Ukraine, Western sanctions, Western pressure on China, discontent with Putin among Russia’s elites
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Rights in Russia interview: Sergei Nikitin is with Andreas Umland, an expert on post-Soviet politics
This month Sergei Nikitin talks with Andreas Umland – a political scientist and expert in modern Russian and Ukrainian history and politics. Dr Umland, a German national, is an analyst at the…
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This month Sergei Nikitin talks with Andreas Umland, an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies who also teaches at the National University of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine. He speaks with us today from Kyiv.
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Rights in Russia interview: Sergei Nikitin is with Andreas Umland, an expert on post-Soviet politics
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Why Borders Are Non‑Negotiable. RiR talks with Andreas Umland
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Why Borders Are Non‑Negotiable. RiR talks with Andreas Umland
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Why Russia Wants Ukraine to Hold Elections. RiR talks with Andreas Umland
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Why Russia Wants Ukraine to Hold Elections. RiR talks with Andreas Umland
YouTube video by Rights in Russia
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Negotiation theatre, not peace. RiR talks with Andreas Umland
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Negotiation theater, not peace. RiR talks with Andreas Umland
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Why China Wants the War to Continue. RiR talks to Andreas Umland
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Why China Wants the War to Continue. RiR talks to Andreas Umland
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Rights in Russia Interview: Dr Andreas Umland, a political scientist and expert in modern Russian and Ukrainian history and politics -
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Rights in Russia Interview: Dr Andreas Umland, a political scientist and expert in modern Russian and Ukrainian history and politics - Rights in Russia
Andreas Umland is an analyst at the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and also teaches at the National University of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine.
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/rights-in-russia-interview-53/
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Rights in Russia interview: Sergei Nikitin is with Andreas Umland, an expert on post-Soviet politics -
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Rights in Russia interview: Sergei Nikitin is with Andreas Umland, an expert on post-Soviet politics
YouTube video by Rights in Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeTM3erBcm4
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Boris Akunin: 'I have two Russias: the one I love with all my heart, and the one I don’t' -
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Boris Akunin: 'I have two Russias: the one I love with all my heart, and the one I don’t' - Rights in Russia
'A single bold and honest word uttered in Russia today outweighs a hundred valiant émigré tirades.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/akunin-6/
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European leaders sign treaty establishing Ukraine war damages body – Europe live
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European leaders sign treaty establishing Ukraine war damages body – Europe live
Zelenskyy and European leaders call for Russia to be held accountable for aggression: ‘There must be no impunity’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/16/ukraine-peace-talks-russia-europe-us-trump-latest-news-updates
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Sergei Davidis: On the realities of modern-day Russia -
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Sergei Davidis: On the realities of modern-day Russia - Rights in Russia
'Commitment to democracy and human rights is independent of directives given by those in power'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/davidis-30/
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Leonid Nikitinsky: The Kherson Nine -
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Leonid Nikitinsky: The Kherson Nine - Rights in Russia
'The only piece of information undoubtedly true is that those on trial were held incommunicado for a period of two months.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-135/
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Quotes of the Week. “Russian authorities’ abhorrent systematic torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war is a serious violation of core protections under international humanitarian law." - Human Rights Watch -
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Quotes of the Week. “Russian authorities’ abhorrent systematic torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war is a serious violation of core protections under international humanitarian law." - Human Rights Wa...
Week-ending 12 December 2025
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/quotes-54/
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Leonid Nikitinsky: "And the local court ruled …' -
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Leonid Nikitinsky: "And the local court ruled …' - Rights in Russia
'The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor’s Office act as a single entity.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-134/
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News of the Week -
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News of the Week - Rights in Russia
Week-ending 12 December 2025
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Teresa Cherfas reviews 'The Soviet Century' by Karl Schlögel -
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Teresa Cherfas reviews 'The Soviet Century' by Karl Schlögel - Rights in Russia
'"The Soviet Century" covers such an astonishing range of experiences from across the Soviet Empire, some terrifying, others veering on the nostalgic, but never wallowing, and all deeply informative.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/cherfas-24/
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Leonid Nikitinsky: The Potato King - Rights in Russia
‘"We are Russians, God is with us" is a foolish boast, like a fish being proud that it is not a bird.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-133/
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Write to Russia: Vera Sidorkina - sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for treason without credible evidence -
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Write to Russia: Vera Sidorkina - sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for treason without credible evidence - Rights in Russia
On 20 June 2025, the Central District Military Court in Ekaterinburg sentenced Vera Sidorkina, a 48-year-old single mother from Yoshkar-Ola, to 18 years in a general-regime penal colony and one year's...
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/write-to-russia-110/
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Leonid Nikitinsky: A new broom heads the Supreme Court -
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Leonid Nikitinsky: A new broom heads the Supreme Court - Rights in Russia
'The fact is that lower courts are only ready to be completely submissive in cases of a political nature.'
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/nikitinsky-132/
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‘The best playwright of the modern day.’ Farewell to Tom Stoppard -
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[Radio Svoboda]
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‘The best playwright of the modern day.’ Farewell to Tom Stoppard - Rights in Russia
'Stoppard supported the democratic movement in the Soviet Union and Russia. His plays were staged in Russian theatres, and he had many admirers, who have been saying their farewells to the playwright ...
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/stoppard/
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Russia's political prisoners - Voices that defy the Kremlin | DW Documentary
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Ukraine: Peace plan must ensure accountability for crimes against journalists - ARTICLE 19
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Ukraine: Peace plan must ensure accountability for crimes against journalists - ARTICLE 19
Those responsible for the killing and injuring journalists, attacks on media infrastructure in Ukraine must be held accountable.
https://www.article19.org/resources/ukraine-peace-plan-must-ensure-accountability-for-crimes-against-journalists/
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Russia’s repression record - Committee to Protect Journalists
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Russia’s repression record - Committee to Protect Journalists
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its media has experienced an unprecedented crackdown. Hundreds of journalists have been forced into exile, where they continue to face transnatio...
https://cpj.org/2025/12/russias-repression-record/
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Russia bans the oldest worldwide human rights movement
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Russia bans the oldest worldwide human rights movement
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), one of the world’s oldest human rights movements comprising of 196 civil society (…)
https://www.fidh.org/en/region/europe-central-asia/russia/russia-bans-the-oldest-worldwide-human-rights-movement
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Russia: Authorities step up criminal reprisals against anti-war Yabloko party - Amnesty International
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Russia: Authorities step up criminal reprisals against anti-war Yabloko party
The Russian authorities want to purge the political landscape of any groups which are not under the Kremlin’s control and do not share its agenda, including its ongoing war of aggression against Ukrai...
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/12/russia-authorities-step-up-criminal-reprisals-against-anti-war-yabloko-party/
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Rights in Russia Update -
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Rights in Russia Update - Rights in Russia
5 December 2025
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Quotes of the Week: 'Criminalizing calls for a ceasefire and prosecuting individuals for peacefully expressing views on Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine are blatant attacks on freedom of expression' - Amnesty International -
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www.rightsinrussia.org/quotes-53/
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Quotes of the Week: 'Criminalizing calls for a ceasefire and prosecuting individuals for peacefully expressing views on Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine are blatant attacks on freedom of expressio...
Amnesty International, FIDH, CPJ, Article 19
https://www.rightsinrussia.org/quotes-53/
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Подкаст Тогда и Сейчас #37 с Марией Алехиной и Ольгой Борисовой
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22 days ago
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Choosing exile over a decade in prison #Shorts #Substack #RightsinRussia
YouTube video by Rights in Russia
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22 days ago
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Почему Украина протестует #substack #shorts #rightsinrussia
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22 days ago
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Resistance is personal — and limited #substack #shorts #rightsinrussia
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22 days ago
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