Mark Lansbury

2024-08-08 11:31:03

UN reports over 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war were tortured in Russia

#Ukrainian prisoners of war are #tortured from the very first interrogation. They are beaten with metal rods and sticks, stripped naked and severely electrocuted. This is horrible. This is undoubtedly the worst thing I’ve seen in 20 years of my career while visiting the POWs on behalf of the UN.

This happened to more than 95% of Ukrainian POWs. These are #WarCrimes

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/08/7/7469369/

#Russian #terrorism #POWs #Ukraine #RussiaInvadedUkraine

Over 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war were tortured in Russia – UN representative

Head of Mission for the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported that over 95% of Ukrainian prisoners of war had been tortured in Russia.

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Mark Lansbury

2024-08-05 10:36:21

Russia's critics abroad say the Kremlin is intensifying attacks

With all dissent snuffed out at home, Russia is turning its attention to opponents who have sought refuge in the West.

“When I left Russia and came to Prague, I had this illusion of security,” says Alesya.

"Parasites can’t sleep in peace..." was one of the messages that investigative journalist Alesya Marokhovskaya received last year.

The threats were accompanied by the name of the street in Prague where she lived. “I moved house to make it harder for them,” says Alesya.

“We thought it may just be some crazy Czech guy who was pro-Putin and had recognised me on the street.”

But then the messages became more sinister - calling her a "scumbag" and promising to find her "wherever she walks her wheezing dog".

Alesya’s dog really does wheeze when it walks. She informed the Czech police.

Later, Alesya was due to fly to Sweden to attend a conference. The sender then sent even more specific threats: details of her flight, seat number and the hotel she had booked. “It was clear they had high-level access to documents,” Alesya says. “It looks like the behaviour of the Russian state.”

Alesya had been branded a 'foreign agent’ years before by the Russian government, due to her work at independent Russian news website iStories.

#Intimidation is the intent,” suggests Mark Galeotti. “The idea that you'd better keep your head down. It’s a way of deterring the emergence of some kind of coherent political opposition to the #Kremlin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cl4y0j47xe4o

#RussianTerrorism #terrorism #IStories #Putin #PoliceState #FSB

Russia's critics abroad say the Kremlin is intensifying attacks

With dissent snuffed out at home, Russia intensifies attacks on opponents seeking refuge in the West.

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Mark Lansbury

2024-05-22 12:10:49

Around 100 civilians remain in Vovchansk, Russians have threatened to shoot them

Around 100 Ukrainian civilians remain in the embattled town of Vovchansk, but Russian forces refuse to allow them to leave and have threatened to shoot them, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on state television on May 21.

Syniehubov said on May 20 that more than 10,500 civilians had been evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast amid the renewed Russian onslaught.

The governor said on May 21 that those who remained in Vovchansk would be evacuated at the soonest possible opportunity but that 100 civilians had been effectively "taken #hostage" by Russian troops and could not leave.

https://kyivindependent.com/governor-around-100-civilians-remain-in-vovchansk-russians-have-threatened-to-shoot-them/

#terrorism #WarCrimes #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine #Civilians

Governor: Around 100 civilians remain in Vovchansk, Russians have threatened to shoot them

Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on May 20 that more than 10,500 civilians had been evacuated from Kharkiv Oblast amid the renewed Russian onslaught.

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Mark Lansbury

2024-03-26 12:19:10

Why #ISIS attacked #Russia and why Russia blames Ukraine

DOHA – The terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall #concert venue in a Moscow suburb was no bolt from the blue. The Kremlin dismissed U.S. intelligence warnings of an imminent attack by “extremists,” possibly to shift the blame to a convenient scapegoat when the attack came.

https://kyivindependent.com/opinion-why-isis-attacked-russia-and-why-russia-blames-ukraine/

#RussianPropaganda #terrorism #civilians #scapegoats #StandWithUkraine

Opinion: Why ISIS attacked Russia and why Russia blames Ukraine

DOHA – The terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in a Moscow suburb was no bolt from the blue. The Kremlin dismissed U.S. intelligence warnings of an imminent attack by “extremists,” possibly to shift the blame to a convenient scapegoat when the attack came. The murder of

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