Sociologist Jennifer Earl on the many faces of repression — and what can be done to resist them Anton Vaganov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA In Russia, where nearly anything can lead to criminal prosecution, repression affects an increasing number of people . Jennifer Earl, a sociology professor at the University of Delaware whose research on repression is among the most respected and cited in the field, has spent over 20 years studying the mechanics of repression.

The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill extending criminal liability to members of volunteer formations for crimes against military service. The corresponding document was published in the database of the lower house of parliament.

On November 28, the anti-terrorist commission of the Primorsky Territory announced the launch of a chatbot for denunciations called “operas writes” through which residents of the region will be able to report people “promoting evil and terror”. Attention to the post in the telegram channel of the commission was drawn by Siren. “Have you seen the calls for extremism on social networks? Do you know those who make hatred and enmity? Does evil and terror promote? Does the weapon hide at home?

Hamas militants handed over a new group of hostages to the Red Cross, including ten Israelis, The Jerusalem Post reports. Before this, two Russian women were released, whom militants took hostage on October 7. Israeli media, including the Haaretz newspaper , write that they are talking about Russian women, 73-year-old Irina Tatti and her 50-year-old daughter Elena Trufanova. ” .

Nursultan Nazarbayev, who served as Kazakhstan’s first president from 1991 until 2019, has reportedly revealed in a new memoir that he has a second wife and that they have two sons together. An excerpt from the book, which has not yet been released in its entirety, was published by the Kazakhstani outlet Orda.kz. In the passage, Nazarbayev says he met his previously-unacknowledged wife, Asel Isabayeva, during a trip to the town of Taldykorgan.

The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who led the country from 1989 to 2019, said that he has a second wife and two sons from her. The politician wrote about this in his autobiographical book “My Life,” which will be published by the Kazakh publishing house “Foliant.” An excerpt from the memoirs telling about Nazarbayev’s second family was published by Orda.kz. Nazarbayev said that he met his future wife Asel Isabaeva during a trip to Taldykorgan.

The organization of graduates of the Moscow Higher Combined Arms Command School "Kremlin" reported that Major General Vladimir Zavadsky was killed in Ukraine. The report says he died on November 28. The cause of death is not specified in the report. According to a source on the anonymous telegram channel "VChK-OGPU", the major general died after stepping on a mine in the rear, "far from the line of combat engagement." It is reported that Zavadskiy was deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps .

Russia wants to declare an “extremist” non -existent “LGBT International Movement”. In response, activists registered him. We found out why they did it Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / Leta LGBTK activists during the May Day procession in St. Petersburg. In the center of the photo is one of the founders of the “Russian LGBT network” Igor Kochetkov, on the left-his husband Kirill Fedorov (activists made a marriage in New York).

Policeman Alexey Okopny, one of the most recognizable employees of the Center for Combating Extremism of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow (Center “E”), became deputy head of the unit, Mediazona reports.

Four police officers were killed and 18 more injured in Tuesday’s attack on a government building in occupied Yuvileine in Ukraine’s Kherson region, reports TASS. Law enforcement in the annexed region said five of the wounded were hospitalized with severe injuries. The National Resistance Center (created by Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces), wrote that on November 28, Ukrainian troops hit a building in Yuvileine where Russian-appointed officials were meeting.

Among them are adolescents and women convicted of attacks on police officers Ayman Nobani / Xinhua / Scanpix / Leta relatives meet the liberated Palestinian prisoners in Ramall on the western bank of the Jordan River, November 29, 2023 In five days, the armistice of Israel, as part of a transaction with Hamas, freed 180 Palestinian prisoners from prisons - three people for each Israeli hostage released from captivity by militants.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The court became the main political tribune in Russia. And the last word is the most powerful way of political utterance. This is how it works On November 23, OVD-Info's human rights activists launched a project, one of the main goals of which is to collect all the available data on politically motivated affairs in modern Russia.

So the organizer of the event hoped to "observe the gender balance" Devternity The organizer of the international IT conference Devternity , held in Latvia, has announced for several years as speakers of non-existent employees of leading technological companies in the world. Before the next event, it turned out that the photographs of some “participants” on the conference website were generated using neural networks, and the names and positions were simply invented.

The main thing from the material of Financial Times Genya Savilov / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Igor Kolomoisky at a court meeting in his case. September 25, 2023 For many years, the Ukrainian economy has been under the control of the oligarchs, who monopolized energy and the raw material sector, but now their influence has fallen to a minimum-against the backdrop of the war and the economic decline caused by it, as well as the expansion of state powers due to martial law.

Russia was not elected to the executive board of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for the period from 2024 to 2026. This is evidenced by the voting results. From Eastern Europe, the council included Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania. A total of 21 members were elected to the council, consisting of 41 states. Russia is not mentioned in the voting results. The powers of the Russian Federation in the council expire in May 2024.