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20 Apr, 2025
Eight years ago, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization
On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision recognizing the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization and liquidated it.
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20 Apr, 2025
Eight years ago, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Russian Jehovah’s Witnesses as an extremist organization
On April 20, 2017, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision recognizing the “Administrative Center of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia” as an extremist organization and liquidated it.
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Mediazona 11 Mar, 2025
Horror in My Home. Story of a Ukrainian woman Kateryna Korovina, sentenced to 10 years in Russia for donating $12 to Ukrainian causes
In late February, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 28-year-old Kateryna Korovina, a Ukrainian from Luhansk region, to 10 years in prison for “financing extremism and terrorism
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Mediazona 29 Jan, 2025
The anti‑war lawyer jailed for a social media post. The story of political prisoner Dmitry Talantov
Today, Dmitriy Talantov, a 64-year-old lawyer from Izhevsk, was recently sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army and “inciting hatred”.
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Mediazona 21 Jan, 2025
A women’s prison and the withdrawal of hormone therapy. The story of trans activist Mark Kislitsyn, sentenced to 12 years for transferring $10 to Ukraine
Mark Kislitsyn, a 27-year-old trans man and volunteer at Centre T, a Russian initiative, has been actively assisting people in crisis in recent years
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Mediazona 16 Dec, 2024
Revenge for pacifism and a provocation in a prison hospital. The story of political prisoner Alexei Gorinov
Mediazona’s Elizaveta Nesterova talks about Alexei Gorinov, a scientist, a city councillor and the first person to receive prison time for spreading “fake news” about the Russian army
