Russians
A typical day in a Russian prison (a diary of a civilian hostage)
ZMINA has obtained a diary written by one of the Kremlin’s prisoners, Dmytro (name changed for security reasons), which he secretly kept throughout his imprisonment. We also spoke with Yevgen Yamkovyi and Viacheslav Zavalnyi, who learned firsthand what the modern Russian penitentiary system is like
Crimean Human Rights initiative sounds alarm over decreasing healthcare for civilians in occupied Crimea
According to Qirim Gayesi, the maintenance of healthcare institutions has been severely compromised since the onset of the Russian invasion. Heads of medical institutions in Crimea were instructed to send surgeons and surgical nurses to the Ministry of Defense of the occupying country
126 Ukrainian women are in Russian captivity, most of them civilians
Twenty-three women in captivity have children: 14 military women have 23 children, and nine civilians have 15
Occupation authorities in Ukrainian Crimea accused of using administrative resources to justify Russia’s war
The occupying authorities regularly receive plans to collect "voluntary" aid for the Russian military, which are often funded by Crimean entrepreneurs. Representatives of businesses fear to disapprove of the imposed support for the Russian army due to potential repercussions from occupying bodies
Moscow court detained Crimean Tatar Leniie Umerova, who traveled to her cancer-stricken father in the temporarily occupied Crimea, on ‘espionage’ charges.
According to the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the girl did not even have time to finish her previous administrative detention, when she was abducted by the FSB and taken to Moscow, to the Lefortovo detention center
In Crimea, law enforcers are searching the house of a large family from Bilohirsk district
One of the streets in Novoklenove village is blocked
Chiygoz’s judges refuse to attach the report of human rights defenders to the case
Chiygoz challenged the court once again...
Only one person from more than 200 interrogated testified against Chiygoz in the court – Polozov
Even members of the “people’s militia” have not testified against Chiygoz
Court in Moscow Extended Sushchenko’s Detention for Another 3 Months
Ukrainian journalist managed to communicate with political prisoner
In occupied Crimea the court extended the term of arrest of Chiygoz for additional three months
The panel of judges led by Victor Zinkovyi ignored the statement of lawyer Oleksandr Lisovuy about the fact that detention based only on the gravity of charges contradicts the recommendations and practice of the European Court of Human Rights
In the trial of Chiygoz the so-called senators of Crimea gave conflicting testimonies
The court has questioned Sergei Tsekov and Olga Kovitidi as witnesses
Dying mother of Chiygoz must visit him in the SIZO herself – the decision of the Crimean authorities
Lawyer Polozov called this situation a blasphemy
MFA demands from Russia to allow Chiygoz to meet his ill mother
Mother of Akhtem Chiygoz is at death
In the trial of Chiygoz, the defense filed a request for the interrogation of Chubarov
This request was a surprise for the judges
Witness in “Chiygoz case” told who is actually behind the riots on February 26
Approximately at 12 am, five or six people with military bearings appeared at the pro-Russian rally, they were hiding unknown items, which resembled sticks, under their jackets...
In Crimea detained human rights defender Kuku is not allowed to visit his relatives
The defense believes that this one of the forms of applying pressure
Ruslan Zeytullayev intends to continue his hunger strike until the delivery of judgment
Crimean Tatar activist starves for 17 days, looks haggard, but holds tight
Defendant in the Yalta “Hizb ut-Tahrir” case is not provided with medical assistance
Arsen Dzheparov urgently needs a surgical intervention
Columns
The Human safari: How Russia weaponized precision against Ukrainian civilians
The lesson of Crimea: Rewarding aggression only invites more war
Not just Ukraine — Russia is preparing Ukrainian children for future wars elsewhere
Why “good Russians” in exile repeat Russian and Soviet colonial narratives
