INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
scores of activists and the organizations to which they belong have gone into survival mode, with many forced into exile abroad, where they
the Feminist Anti-War Resistance movement and the emigre support network Kovcheg to myriad decolonial initiatives and projects created to
unprecedented political persecution following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, most independent activist organizations were forced out of
A few have managed to sustain operations within the country
It is increasingly difficult for organizations to carry out their work while being targeted by the authorities.The Russian Justice
dissolve after being blacklisted by the Russian government
This signals that, beyond being merely a stigmatizing label, the authorities are further leveraging this designation as grounds for criminal
This designation prohibits entities from operating within Russia, putting their staff members at risk of jail time and criminalizing any
Intelligence Team, the anti-war group For a Free Russia, the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum and many others
Agora, an association of lawyers providing legal advocacy to journalists, activists and other victims of rights abuses, was also added to
Perhaps most unexpected of all was the blacklisting of the U.S.-based Wild Salmon Center, which works to safeguard wild salmon populations
Russians opposing the war since Putin ordered troops into Ukraine last year
quelled the large-scale street protests that erupted immediately after Russia launched its February 2022 invasion, they have not silenced
street artist Philippenzo 'Zink is ours' in Volgograd.Philippenzo / InstagramSolo picketing, where lone protesters stand in public spaces
known as Philippenzo), who was forced to flee Russia in the fall, or Dmitry Skurikhin, a grocery store owner outside St
Made up mostly of wives and mothers of mobilized Russian soldiers, the group was launched in September after authorities announced that
there would be no rotation for troops in Ukraine and they would return only once the war was over
society scene many associate with anti-Kremlin politics
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