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In this week’s bulletin: occupied Donbass, close up/ researcher’s comment on Russia in occupied territories/ James Meek on war-weariness in Kharkiv/torture and sexual violence by Russian army/ mass jailing and execution of POWs
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Occupied Donbas: Dark territories on the brink of extinction, where normal life is gone for good (Ukrainska Pravda, November 15th)
Crimean activist faces prison transfer (Crimea Platform on twitter, 15 November)
Russia sentences Ukrainian mother of four to 14 years on `treason’ charges for supporting Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 15th)
Russia cancels sentence against Crimean Tatar political prisoner after torturing him to death (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 14th)
ZMINA took part in the meeting of the Expert Council under the Representative of the Commissioner for the Rights of Crimean Residents (Zmina, November 13th)
Ukrainian-born paediatrician jailed in chilling show trial over alleged criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 13th)
Russia kills more children, while passing mass sentences against Ukrainian POWs for its crimes in Mariupol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 12th)
Russia is hiding the body of Ukrainian journalist who died after months in notorious Russian prison (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 11th)
Statement on the illegal search and persecution of Crimean lawyers Lilia Hemedzhy and Rustem Kiamilev (Zmina, November 8th)
Russia in the Occupied Territories of Ukraine, by Nikolai Petrov (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, September)
The situation at the front:
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on verge of blackout: Ukraine’s Energy ministry (Ukrainska Pravda, November 16th)
Putin’s latest boasts of battlefield success are exaggerated – but Ukraine is still rapidly losing ground (Meduza, November 11th)
Russians execute wounded Ukrainian POW amid mounting evidence of Russia’s policy and incitement to kill (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 11th)
News from Ukraine – general:
“Nobody wants to hear this”: war-weariness in Ukraine by James Meek (London Review of Books, 21 November)
Almost 300 victims of war-related sexual violence receive reparations (Ukrainska Pravda, Nov 14th)
“Laughing Red”: Notes of a professional clown from Ukraine’s hospitals and bomb shelters (The Insider, November 12th)
“Empty chairs”: event in support of imprisoned, captured and missing journalists and artists to be held in Kyiv (Zmina, November 11th)
War-related news from Russia:
Antifascist Timur Kacharava’s Mother Remembers Her Son 19 Years After His Murder by Neo-Nazis (The Russian Reader, 16 November)
Jailed Russian anti-war sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky vows to sue any foreign government that includes him in prisoner swap (Meduza, November 15th)
Yelets Clink: the prison for anti-war activists and so-called “thieves-in-law” (Solidarity Zone, November 15th)
Stamp them through: Russian oligarchs, FSB generals, religious figures and children of the elite travel abroad under diplomatic cover (The Insider, November 14th)
‘Held Captive by his Own Side’: Russian Military Officers ran a ‘torture prison’ for soldiers under their command (Meduza, November 14th)
A Milestone (Nadezhda Buyanova) (The Russian Reader, November 14th)
Housing and Utilities in a Wartime Russia (Posle Media, November 13th)
Mad Russia is a Long Time Coming (IStories, November 13th)
In some Russian regions, more than half of social welfare funds go to soldiers (Meduza, Nov 12th)
As Russian losses in Ukraine pass 700,000, Putin runs low on non-mobilization options (Kyiv Independent, November 4th)
Analysis and comment:
Crimean Tatar Mejlis: ‘No Peace Deals’ with Russia without Crimea as part of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 15th)
A comprehensive support system for war victims needed, president’s office told (Zmina, Nov 13th)
Implementation of the Rome Statute entails the need to amend legislation (Zmina, November 13th)
“The consequences of the occupation are passed on to the people”: a public discussion on collaborationism (Zmina, November 12th)
Most debates about the resolution of the war in Ukraine miss the point (Ilya Matveev on twitter, November 10th)
Upcoming events:
Monday 18 November, 18.0. “Political prisoners in Russia and the Occupied Territories of Ukraine”. Panel discussion with speakers from Memorial, Kharkhiv Human Rights Protection Group and others. Queen Mary University, London, Centre for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. This is a hybrid event with in-person and on-line attendance. To register, contact Prof Andy Willimott at a.willimott@qmul.ac.uk
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