https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/09/1141212
The human rights situation within Russia has significantly deteriorated since the invasion of Ukraine last year, according to a UN-appointed expert on Thursday. The UN's Special Rapporteur for Russia, Mariana Katzarova, sounded the alarm on what she says is a pattern of suppression of civil and political rights there.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/russian-propaganda-efforts-aided-kremlin-content-creators-research-fin-rcna32343
A small network of pro-Kremlin content creators have seen their audiences grow dramatically in recent months while spreading disinformation about the war in Ukraine, evading social media platforms

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/01/13/russia-repression-escalates
Russian authorities unleashed a full-fledged witch hunt on civic groups, independent media and journalists, political opposition and other critics in the run-up to the parliamentary election in

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/20/1087766146/russian-citizens-continue-to-protest-war-with-ukraine-despite-threat-of-punishme
Elissa Nadworny speaks with Leonid Drabkin of the Russian human rights media project OVD-Info, about how Russian citizens are continuing to protest the war despite the threat of punishment.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/04/russia-police-target-peaceful-protesters-identified-using-facial-recognition-technology-2/
Responding to the news that Moscow police have detained several activists and journalists identified using facial recognition technology as attendees of the peaceful rally in support of Aleksei Navalny on 21 April, Natalia Zviagina, Amnesty International's Moscow Office Director, said: "This is a new and extremely disturbing turn of events.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-crackdown-prison-opposition-putin-navalny-70485fee4b872c453334af37d1ea335a
Alexei Navalny will spend his 47th birthday Sunday in a tiny prison cell with hardly any natural light. He won't be able to see or talk to loved ones because phone calls and visits are banned for those in "punishment isolation." Prison guards usually blast patriotic songs and speeches of President Vladimir Putin at him. He's serving a nine-year term due to end in 2030 on charges widely

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/13/how-are-pro-kremlin-russian-media-portraying-ukraines-victories
The official, state-run media in Russia, which dominates in the country, has switched tones several times throughout the Ukraine crisis, from denying the invasion was to take place at all in early

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_mobilization
On 21 September 2022, seven months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia declared a partial mobilization of military reservists.The decision was made a day after the announcement of the Russian annexation of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.. The announcement of mobilization was seen as a significant escalation of Russia's military efforts in the war with Ukraine. Defense

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/ua/2022-06-29/2022-06-UkraineArmedAttack-EN.pdf
6 | Situation of human rights in Ukraine in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation, 24 February - 15 May 2022 I. Executive summary II. Introduction assistance, social protection and other basic services in Government-controlled territory. OHCHR has received reports that people attempting to leave Kherson, for example, have been denied

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00263206.2020.1775590
In December 2016, the Russian president Vladimir Putin… [approved] a new Foreign Policy Concept for the Russian Federation (2016). The document updates and amends the goals and directions of Russia's foreign policy in response to the changes in U.S. politics and international affairs

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/17/europe/moscow-army-recruits-intl/index.html
Propaganda videos have begun circulating on Russian social media in recent days to encourage Russians to enlist in the armed forces and fight in Ukraine, despite the Kremlin having denied needing

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8B-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE/
Issue briefs and reports. Our programs and centers deliver in-depth, highly relevant issue briefs and reports that break new ground, shift opinions, and set agendas on public policy, with a focus on advancing debates by integrating foundational research and analysis with concrete policy solutions.

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/01/1152899845/a-pro-russian-social-media-campaign-is-trying-to-influence-politics-in-africa
Researchers have identified a large network pushing pro-Russian themes and messages to French-speaking audiences around Africa, amid long-running efforts by Russia to gain influence in the region.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3982/ECTA14281
1 Introduction. Collective action problem has traditionally been seen as one of the major barriers to achieving socially beneficial outcomes (e.g., Olson (), Hardin (), Ostrom ()).In addition to the classic issue of free-riding, a group's ability to overcome a collective action problem depends on their information environment and their ability to communicate with one another.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/07/1084870797/russia-has-reasserted-state-control-over-the-country-s-major-media-companies
Russia has reasserted state control over the country's major media companies Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure criminalizing reporting that contradicts the government

https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/28/russia-respect-rights-prisoners-war
Some of the POWs appeared to have bruises, the UN mission said. Human Rights Watch wrote to Channel One and Zvezda on April 21 to express concern about their broadcasts and to ask what steps were

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/special-series/russia-ukraine-andrey-kurkov-nationalism.html
There is a schism in Ukrainian society between national idealists and patriotic realists, and the nation's diverse majority is now caught in the middle. Andrey Kurkov is a writer, journalist and

https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-56840149
"Это все равно капля в море". Как прошли акции в поддержку Навального в день послания Путина

https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/04/how-kremlin-distorts-responsibility-protect-principle
As Russia's war against Ukraine moves into its sixth week, one of Moscow's justifications for its unprovoked act of aggression against its western neighbor rests on its claimed right to protect ethnic Russians from discrimination in foreign countries. The Kremlin has tried to base this assertion on the language of fighting genocide and the United Nations' principle of "Responsibility

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/18/1118094400/in-the-balkans-tensions-escalate-between-serbia-and-kosovo
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to the Atlantic Council's Ilva Tare about why tensions are rising between Serbia and Kosovo, and NATO's pledge to increase peacekeepers in Kosovo if needed.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1233-6.html
The authors of this report draw on Russian-language sources to examine trends in Russian military personnel policies and initiatives from the 1990s through December 2021, prior to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Russian personnel policies from 1991 through 2021 sought to mitigate many of the existing problems with the Armed Forces

https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Media/News/News-Article-View/Article/3323942/polands-threat-assessment-deepened-not-changed/
P olish-Russian relations are traditionally difficult, shaped by geostrategic locations in Europe and shared history. Russians have stereotypes about Poland that color their perception of Polish issues. This, combined with ongoing political and economic disputes, creates a situation where hopes for improvement are slim.

https://memohrc.org/en/content/support-political-prisoners
What we do. ∙ Monitor cases of unlawful, politically motivated criminal prosecution;. ∙ Write about such cases as well as people who have been victims of political repression;. ∙ Organise solidarity campaigns and events in support of political prisoners;. ∙ Legally and financially assist victims of politically motivated criminal prosecution and their families.