The Network Trial in Petersburg: Closing Statements by Defendants

Network Trial defendant Viktor Filinkov tells a joke: “A programmer, a businessman, and an industrial climber planned to overthrow the government.” The Penza Case in Petersburg: Closing StatementsMediazonaJune 18, 2020 The trial of the “Network terrorist community,” whose alleged members have been charged with violating Article 205.4.2 of the Criminal Code, is winding down in

RUPRESSION collective statement regarding the article “Four went in the forest and only two went out” (about “the investigation” of the connection between the “Network” case and the disappearance and death of two young people in Ryazan oblast)

Meduza presents a version according to which Maxim Ivankin, a defendant in the case of “Network”, in plain view of Alexei Poltavets participated in the murder of their acquaintances, Artem Dorofeev and Ekaterina Levchenko (Degree of Poltavets’es involvement in the murder is not specified). According to Meduza’s version, the murder was committed at the direction

Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners in Russia

A Call for Solidarity Actions February 22-29 We must not forget the anarchists and anti-fascists suffering repression in Russia! We are calling for people to take action of all forms to express support for these prisoners, to protest the prison system, and to spread information about the use of torture as an instrument of repression

Russian antifascists sentenced to 6- 18 years prison

The trial of seven Russian antifascists accused of terrorist offences ended today in Penza, western Russia. Dmitry Pchelintsev recieved 18 years,  Ilya Shakursky 16 years, Arman Sagynbaev 6 years,  Andrei Chernov 14 years, Vasily Kuksov 9 years, Mikhail Kulkov 10 years and Maxim Ivankin 13 years imprisonment. The Network case has begun in October 2017,

86 Years in Prison for 7 Defendants in Network Case

Defendants in Network Case Receive Up to 18 Years in Prison The Volga District Military Court, [sitting in Penza], has [convicted and] sentenced seven defendants in the Network Case. Dmitry Pchelintsev was sentenced to 18 years in a maximum-security penal colony. Ilya Shakursky was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony and fined 50,000

“My Statement Has Been Recorded Accurately”- an Exhibition in Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Russia Living Gallery Berlin

Exhibition opening and roundtable, 5 p.m., February 1, 2020, with simultaneous translation from Russian to German; solidarity DJ set, 8 p.m. Exhibition closing and auction, 7 p.m., February 3, 2020 Living Gallery Berlin presents a group show of works by Russian anarchists and antifascists, as well as artists in solidarity with them. The Network Case

Solidarity from Israel

“On 25 January presidents met in Jerusalem to cynically remember the holocaust, while they themselves are responsible for concentration camps, torture and mass killings. Anarchists chose to welcome Mr Putin with a show of solidarity in front of the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv. Freedom to the Anarchist imprisoned in Russia. Freedom for the rebels

18 Years in Prison for Being Tortured by the FSB

Network Case defendants. Photo by Andrei Karev. Courtesy of Novaya Gazeta Prosecutor Asks Court to Sentence Penza Network Case Defendants to Up to Eighteen Years in PrisonOVD InfoDecember 26, 2019 The state prosecutor has asked the Volga District Military Court to sentence the five defendants in the Penza portion of the Network Case to between six

Guided Tour of a Torture Chamber

My Words Have Been Recorded Correctly, an art exhibition in solidarity with imprisoned anarchists and antifascists, took place July 5–7, 2019, at Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center in Petersburg. The show was sad and daring. During the three days it was up, it was visited by both regular cops and the “anti-extremism” police from Center “E”

Viktor Filinkov’s speech on torture during the recording of voice samples in court

Captain Maxim Volkov, expert of the St. Petersburg department of the Federal Security Service (FSB), records voice samples for phonoscopic examination of a conversation between Victor Filinkov and Yulian Boyarshinov. Voice samples will be examined by the “North-Western Center of Expertise” of the Ministry of Justice. Expert Volkov said that each accused should introduce himself,

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