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Books are at the heart of everything. Pioneer Summer sparked a wave of censorship in Russia. Now its part of a growing literary resistance.
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1310+ words) Books are at the heart of everything" This piece was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In the winter of 2021, Kateryna Sylvanova and Elena Malisova were touring bookstores in St. Petersburg, Russia, signing copies of their best-selling young-adult novel, Pioneer Summer....
Russia's prisons service admits steep fall in inmate numbers linked to Ukraine war recruitment " Novaya Gazeta Europe
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (340+ words) A steep fall in Russia's prison population since 2021 is partly due to recruitment efforts for the war in Ukraine, Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Director Arkady Gostev said on Thursday. At a press briefing in Moscow, Gostev told state media that…...
Russia blames discontent among pro-war bloggers on Ukraine buying up Telegram channels " Novaya Gazeta Europe
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (370+ words) Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Friday that growing discontent with the Kremlin among pro-war bloggers was due to a Ukrainian campaign to "purchase Russian military and patriotic Telegram channels. In a press release, the SVR alleged that the…...
Russian human activist commits suicide over war in Ukraine " Novaya Gazeta Europe
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (226+ words) Human rights activist Nina Litvinova has committed suicide because of the war in Ukraine and her inability to help political prisoners, as stated in her suicide note, an excerpt from which was published by her cousin, journalist Maria Slonim, on…...
Russian human activist commits suicide over war in Ukraine
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (227+ words) Human rights activist Nina Litvinova has committed suicide because of the war in Ukraine and her inability to help political prisoners, as stated in her suicide note, an excerpt from which was published by her cousin, journalist Maria Slonim, on…...
Putin replaces governors of two battered regions bordering Ukraine " Novaya Gazeta Europe
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (347+ words) Vladimir Putin has replaced the governors of two Russian regions along Ukraine's border. According to the Kremlin's press service, both Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov of the Belgorod region and Governor Alexander Bogomaz of the Bryansk region voluntarily submitted their resignations on…...
Russian activist ordered to leave Germany despite ongoing asylum case " Novaya Gazeta Europe
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (235+ words) A Russian citizen faces potential deportation from Germany despite his asylum application still being under review, according to the Russian Anti-War Committee, an organisation founded by Russian public figures to collect humanitarian aid for Ukraine and support those who fled…...
Russian activist ordered to leave Germany despite ongoing asylum case
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (237+ words) A Russian citizen faces potential deportation from Germany despite his asylum application still being under review, according to the Russian Anti-War Committee, an organisation founded by Russian public figures to collect humanitarian aid for Ukraine and support those who fled…...
Putin replaces governors of two battered regions bordering Ukraine
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (359+ words) Acting Belgorod Governor Alexander Shuvaev and acting Bryansk Governor Yegor Kovalchuk Vladimir Putin has replaced the governors of two Russian regions along Ukraine's border. According to the Kremlin's press service, both Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov of the Belgorod region and Governor…...
Between Putin and the Pope. The head of Russia's Catholics resigned for 'health reasons'. But sources say the real reason was his anti-war stance " Novaya Gazeta Europe
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (601+ words) The new acting archbishop is Pezzi's former auxiliary, Nikolai Dubinin, a more Kremlin-loyal pick who also happens to be the archdiocese's first native-born leader. Dubinin referred to Pezzi, who will continue to live as a priest in Moscow, a "good…...