The answer is obvious: maybe Putin’s machinery isn’t that good at breaking Ukraine’s defences, but it is incredibly competent at cracking the skulls of Russian opposition activists, Aleksandar Đokić writes.
Roizman, who served as mayor of Yekaterinburg, was detained in a move seen as part of the Kremlin's efforts to silence the remaining opposition in the country.
In the months that followed Russia s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, an estimated 400,000 Russians fled abroad. Most were disgusted by the war and had a premonition that things would only get worse. For these conscientious objectors who fled early, life has settled into a dangerous limbo.
A Russian court dismissed claims by Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny that he is being held illegally. The hearing occurred amid reports on the deterioration of Navalny's heath and calls from his wife and allies urging prison staff to provide essential medicines.