Denouncements of citizens for anti-Russian sentiment and punitive psychiatry are rising in the former Soviet Union
The reappearance of Stalin’s ghost in modern Russia
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How Putin’s Russia is weaponising psychiatry against its critics
The Russian leader is revisiting the Cold War playbook by using mental manipulation to silence dissidents and its use is growing
Journalists have a “right to life”
The rich and powerful are increasingly acting with impunity to silence, sometimes permanently, those who seek to shine a light on their activities
Contents – Inconvenient truths: How scientists are being silenced around the world
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Ukraine: Index and partners mourn death and demand justice for Victoria Roshchyna
Organisations welcome the opening of an investigation into the death of the Ukrainian journalist who died in unclear circumstances while in Russian detention
Detained, blindfolded and threatened with death: a week in the hands of Ukraine’s Russian occupiers
Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna was on her way to Mariupol when she was taken hostage. She recounts her ordeal here
Index pays tribute to Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna who has died in Russian detention
The war reporter wrote from the front line for several Ukrainian news outlets before she was captured by Russian forces last year, and has now died in currently unknown circumstances
Contents – The final cut: How cinema is being used to change the global narrative
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Russia, disinformation and two Olympic boxers
Female boxer Imane Khelif is guaranteed a silver or gold today at the Paris Olympics but her achievement has been marred by false claims that she is transgender
Vladimir Kara-Murza: The dissident spirit of Russia
The historian and writer represents views which run counter to the authoritarian tendency that has dominated the country for so much of its recent history