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Kyiv Gives ICC Evidence Of 'Executions' Of Ukrainian Soldiers By Separatists In Eastern Ukraine

Evidence that Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine killed soldiers in their captivity execution-style has been forwarded to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

Russian Doctors At Center Of Children’s Transplant Controversy Ordered Reinstated

Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova has ordered the reinstatement of two pediatric surgeons whose dismissals had led to public outrage and left dozens of ailing children awaiting desperately needed kidney-transplant treatment.

Vox Pop: What Changes Do Russians Want?

Russian Napoleon Expert Jailed After Grisly Killing

There are calls for a probe into the management of St. Petersburg State University after a prominent professor and Napoleon expert reportedly confessed to killing a former student.

Putin's Witnesses Documentary Shortlisted For 'European Oscar'

Russian Activist Reportedly Asks For Political Asylum in Ukraine, Tried In Absentia

A trial in absentia was held on October 24 in a Moscow court, which issued an arrest warrant for Sergei Gavrilov, 26, who is accused of co-founding an extremist group to overthrow the Russian government and who has reportedly asked for political asylum in Ukraine.

Zelenskiy On Donbas Troop Withdrawal: 'Everything Will Be Calm'

Separatists' Prison Sentence For Ukrainian Journalist Aseyev Sparks Outrage

Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have sentenced journalist Stanislav Aseyev, an RFE/RL contributor, to 15 years in prison on charges of espionage. Aseyev has already been held since 2017, when he was captured while reporting on the separatist conflict. Rights defenders and press freedom groups are calling his imprisonment "illegal" and "shocking."

Russia Investigates Prison Warden For Violence Against Inmates

Russian Lawyer Who Defended Detainees Fined For 'Attack' On Police

A Russian lawyer and human rights activist has been found guilty of attacking police and fined 30,000 rubles ($468) by a Krasnodar court in connection with his detention while he was trying to provide legal advice to protesters being taken into police custody at an anti-government rally a year ago.

Single-Person Pickets Held In Moscow To Support Sentenced Activist

A series of one-person pickets have been held across the Russian capital in support of an opposition activist sentenced to four years in prison for repeatedly taking part in unauthorized rallies.