Russia
Russians Announce a Hunger Strike in a U.S. Detention Center. What Awaits Them If America Sends Them Back to Russia?
Fourteen Russians held at an immigration detention center in Georgia have complained about their conditions. Their collective complaint alleges that the facility’s warden promised to send them back to their “cozy Gulag.” That remark has not been independently verified. But the question behind it is real: what happens to Russians who have publicly opposed the war when they return to Russia?
Ukraine Launches One of Its Largest Drone Attacks on Moscow Region
More than 650 drones were launched toward Russia overnight, killing two people in the Moscow region and damaging homes, according to Russian authorities.
Kremlin Says Russia Has No Political Prisoners. Rights Monitors Describe a Different Reality
Dmitry Peskov says Moscow “categorically denies” the existence of political prisoners. Independent Russian rights monitors document thousands of cases of punishment connected to anti-war speech and political dissent.