Russian theater director Yevgenia Berkovich on Monday spoke out in court against remaining in pre-trial detention. She and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk are under investigation for the charge of “justifying terrorism” for the play “Finist, the Brave Falcon.” The charge is punishable by up to seven years in prison.

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A Russian state acting school has opened enrollment for a theater arts program that will train future actors and directors for the Mariupol drama theater in occupied southern Ukraine.

“The program will be carried out through in-person courses on a state-funded basis for the Mariupol Russian Drama Theater, focusing on ‘Acting’ and ‘Theater Directi

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Zarema Musaeva, the mom of prominent Chechen human rights attorney and activist Abubakar Yangulbaev, has been sentenced to 5.5 years in jail, the Committee Against Torture rights group reported Tuesday. A judge at a local court in Grozny, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, discovered Musaeva guilty of assaulting the a
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A popular Russian journalist and legal representative have actually been hospitalized after being severely beaten on a check out to Russia's republic of Chechnya, the rights groups Memorial and the Crew Against Torture (CAT) said early Tuesday.Yelena Milashina and legal representative Alexander Nemov showed up in the Chechen capital of Grozny to attend the court hearing of the mother of a
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Russia's Defense Ministry stated Tuesday it had downed five Ukrainian drones near Moscow, calling it a terrorist act that disrupted flights at one of the capital's primary airports. Four unmanned aircraft were downed by air defense systems near Moscow, with the 5th reduced by electronic warfare in the Moscow region, the Russian military said.Ac
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Russia on Monday gave the United States consular access to imprisoned Wall Street Journal press reporter Evan Gershkovich, with the U.S. ambassador reporting him in excellent health.The U.S. State Department said Ambassador Lynne Tracy satisfied Gershkovich at the Lefortovo prison in Moscow, just her second such meeting with him considering that he was jailed on March 29
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