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Prison guards at “Izolyatsia” replicated torture methods shown in the American film The Mauritanian: Daniil Bulhakov says after three years in “DPR” prisons
Articles - 16 January 2026

Prison guards at “Izolyatsia” replicated torture methods shown in the American film The Mauritanian: Daniil Bulhakov says after three years in “DPR” prisons

In an interview with ZMINA, Daniil Bulhakov described how people in the "DPR" were imprisoned just so their property and businesses could be taken over, how things changed in prisons when the Russians took over, how he met British prisoners Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner at the colony, where they were facing the death penalty, and how the guards of "Izolyatsia" borrowed ideas for torture from the film "The Mauritanian."

In Denmark, sculptures about the war by Ukrainian artist Maria Kulikovska were destroyed at exhibition
News - 23 December 2025

In Denmark, sculptures about the war by Ukrainian artist Maria Kulikovska were destroyed at exhibition

Commenting on the events in Copenhagen, Kulikovska explained that she sees the same logic in them – the destruction of art as a form of political pressure and an attack on a defenseless body. She understands that the sculptures were intentionally broken and views their destruction as the beginning of a period of mourning and a shift toward a more radical artistic language

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Articles

10 November

Journalists working in the kill zone: How military technology is changing safety rules and which protective measures are no longer effective

05 November

Jammed, then struck: how Bakhmut’s Free Radio reinvented itself as a watchdog

29 October

Five hours along a mined road: How a family escaped the blockade of Oleshky and is returning to normal life

14 October

Identical texts, old allegations and millions of views: How major Telegram channels target the Anti-Corruption Action Centre

05 October

‘Had they detained foreign nationals, there would have been a greater outcry’: Over four years of efforts to free OSCE staff abducted by Russia

Instructions

22 July

Kremlin prisoners: How to write a letter to political a prisoner

Columns

Fighting a ‘holy war’: Why a sacralised war resists Western strategy

Olena Shevchyk

18 September

Fighting a ‘holy war’: Why a sacralised war resists Western strategy

“Reaching an agreement with the US on what we disagree on”: What the campaign against ICC means for Ukraine

Kateryna Rashevska

23 July

“Reaching an agreement with the US on what we disagree on”: What the campaign against ICC means for Ukraine

ICC must remain free from political pressure to bring justice to victims of world’s gravest crimes

Tomoko Akane

17 July

ICC must remain free from political pressure to bring justice to victims of world’s gravest crimes

Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions

Olena Kondratiuk

06 May

Only 5% of those responsible for deporting Ukrainian children face global sanctions

The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians

Vitalii Poberezhnyi

06 April

The human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians

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