In Russia, criminal cases against Jehovah's Witnesses often follow a similar, if convoluted pattern - secret witnesses, wiretaps and criminalisation of religious texts.
Yulia Tsvetkova, a Russian artist, is facing up to six years in prison on alleged pornography charges. Here, her mother Anna Khodyreva talks about how the case started, and the toll it’s taken.
The 2019 summer of protest in Moscow may be a distant memory for Russia’s fast-moving political scene. But dozens of people who protested against the removal of city election candidates have found themselves under investigation - or behind bars.
In Russia, 11 anti-fascists and anarchists are facing terrorism charges - and the case is about to go to trial. According to one of their lawyers, there's no evidence of a conspiracy.
10 people were arrested in Moscow earlier this year on fabricated extremism charges. Vyacheslav Kryukov is one of them — and is now on Day 16 of a hunger strike.
Since October 2017, the FSB have been running a terrorism investigation into Russian anarchists and anti-fascists. But as Alexey Poltavets' experience shows, this case has a violent backstory.
