Month: April 2019

Russia has started enforcing its ban on ‘fake news.’ The first suspect? A woman protesting landfill pollution

Russian officials in Arkhangelsk have filed the country’s first police report against an individual for spreading illegal “fake news.” According…

5 years ago

16-year-old Crimean Tatar sentenced for removing 3 Russian flags in occupied Crimea

16-year-old Abduraman Abduveliev has received a 6-month restricted liberty sentence for taking down three Russian flags in the village of…

5 years ago

“My only crime is that I am a Muslim”: mass terrorism arrests hit Crimean Tatar solidarity campaign

On 27 March, security services in Crimea carried out the largest house search operation of Crimean Tatar homes since Russia…

5 years ago