“It was so ridiculous. I wasn’t in charge of counting.” The threat of a long prison sentence was ever-present. Russian prosecutors were asking a judge to sentence her to nine years for ...

When Putin made the foolish decision to illegally invade Ukraine, everyone was at pains inside our government – especially in the Foreign Office ... Well, I believe that just like other gangsters, ...

Catastrophic hygienic conditions, torture and endless work - that describes the brutality of Russian prisons in a few words. Every now and then, however, there may be a ray of hope in this darkness.

1 in Irkutsk, Russia, who had received lengthy prison sentences for torturing and raping an inmate in 2020 have been ... “Remember the horrific story of the electric kettle element that exploded ...

Three lawyers for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny ... After his imprisonment, his trials were held inside prisons, with media corralled into a separate room to watch the case via video ...