In Memory of Yevhen Hrytsiak: The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of the Leader of the Norilsk Uprising
On 9 August 2026, Yevhen Stepanovych Hrytsiak turned one hundred years old – a native of the village of Stetseva in the Sniatyn
‘The Unchanging Essence of the Penal Colony: The Russian State and Society from Shalamov’s Kolyma to the Present Day’ (marking the 119th anniversary of his birth)
On June 18, 1907, Varlam Shalamov was born – a man fated to spend almost twenty years inside the machine that ground up
‘Two Prosecutors’: A Movie About a Russia That Cannot Bring Itself to Be Any Different
There are works that do not require a review in the conventional sense — they require a testimony. Two Prosecutors is precisely such
Robert Martinson: Probation or Parole v. Prison
But by far the most extensive and important work that has been done on the effect of community-based treatments has been done in
Dmytro Yagunov: Beyond Technological Determinism: Russia’s Adaptive Imperial Flexibility
In this article, we want to challenge traditional academic views on Russian imperialism, emphasising that contemporary analyses fail to take into account the
Ukrainian Prison Reform: A Thorny Path from the 1990s to the Present Day (In Memory of General Ivan Shtanko)
When we talk about the thorny path of the Ukrainian penitentiary system and the corresponding penitentiary reform — and the fact that it
Green Party Councillor Demands Pardon for Witches
A Green Party councillor has demanded the pardon of 17th-century witches who were executed for “misogyny, not magic”. Stuart Jeffery, the leader of