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In this week’s bulletin: Russia now attacking Ukrainian hotels; violation of religious rights in Crimea; Russia’s oil and gas trade with Europe; How North Korea armed Russia; Students forced and tricked into fighting for Russia
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
The Face of Resistance: The Story of Crimean Tatar Activist Ayder Saledinov (Crimea Platform, March 20th)
Russia’s FSB concocts charges two years after abducting Elvira Abliazova and holding her in total isolation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 20th)
Polish court allows extradition of Russian archaeologist to Ukraine over crimes in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 19th)
Russia sentences Kherson oblast woman to 10 years just after UN Commission blasts such ‘predetermined verdicts’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 17th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea on March 17th (Crimea Platform, March 17th)
Crimean sentenced to 18 years for a phone video of boats from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 16th)
News from Ukraine:
How Russian Forces Are Attacking Hotels Across Ukraine (Tribunal for Putin, March 17th)
RIP Olexander “Vampire” (Solidarity Collectives, March 16th)
War-related news from Russia:
Russia: prison authorities punish anti-war protester Igor Paskar (People and Nature, March 19th)
“They destroyed all of Moscow’s competitive advantages”: Internet shutdowns are taking their toll on the Russian capital (The Insider, March 19th)
`Wake up Already’: Internet disruptions and Telegram outages fuel growing anger among Russian users (Meduza, March 18th)
Russia’s highest court upholds terror against Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant employees (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 16th)
Inside the Pipeline: How North Korea armed Russia (IStories, March 16th)
The War on Poverty (The Russian Reader, March 14th)
News from the Front:
Ukraine’s counteroffensive brings gains in the south but weakens other sectors of the front. Meduza analyses the latest battlefield developments (Meduza, March 19th)
Analysis and comment:
Russian society in war mode (Links, March 19th)
Education system resilience in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia: Policies and Practices (Cedos, March 19th)
Impossible Island (Posle Media, March 18th)
New Report: Fuelling Russia’s oil and gas influence in Europe (Razom We Stand, March 17th)
Toxic Pacifism: Interview with Mira (Solidarity Collectives, March 17th)
Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet (Business Insider, March 16th) Here without paywall
Life under Occupation: The situation in the Ukrainian territories temporarily controlled by the Russian army (Alter Pravo, February 2026)
Research of human rights abuses:
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Publishes Report on Violations of Religious Human Rights, Including in Crimea (Crimea Platform, March 20th)
Students in occupied Crimea and Russia coerced, conned and threatened into going to fight against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 18th)
Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Botswana, Cambodia and Ukraine (UNHCR, March 17th)
‘You won’t get out of here’: the story of Konstantin Davydenkoʼs Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 16th)
Arbitrary detention of Ukrainians in the occupied territories: ZMINA spoke at an event within the framework of the UN Human Rights Council (Zmina, March 16th)
International solidarity:
Rally at Parliament underscores UK labour movement support for Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, March 18th)
Upcoming events:
Saturday 28 March: Together March in London – Eastern European bloc against the far right, meeting 12.0 midday at Deanery Street, off Park Lane.
Wednesday 15 April, 6.0-7:30 pm. Try Me for Treason: Voices Against Putin’s War – Part of the Think Human Festival 2026 Actors will perform extracts from speeches made from the dock by Russian oppositionists who have been tried for sabotage for actions taken against the Russo-Ukrainian war Clerici Building, Clerici Learning Studio, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford.
==This bulletin is put together by labour movement activists in solidarity with Ukrainian resistance. To receive it by email each Monday, email us at 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com.
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