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
Prison Subculture as National Culture: When Prison Slang Becomes the National Language
The occasion for this text was a remark by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, made on 24 July 2026 at a press conference
The Yagidne Case: The ECHR Informed the Russian Government of Complaints from Ukrainian Civilians Who Were Held in a School Basement for a Month
The European Court of Human Rights has served the Russian Government with the applications in Menyaylo and Others v. Russia and Lepekha and
‘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
‘Russia’s Liberal Opposition is Putin’s Soft Power in Europe.’ An Interview with Djamboulat Souleimanov, Leader of the Chechen National Liberation Movement United Force
He is hard to miss in the corridors of the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg. Djamboulat Souleimanov — a scholar-linguist, philologist, and historian
Dmytro Yagunov: The Strategic Instrumentalisation of “Traditional Values” in Russian Colonialism
The most dangerous analytical error regarding Russian aggression against Ukraine is the assumption that it has a purely rational explanation lying in the
The Third Cycle of Sacralisation: War as an Instrument of Russian Imperial Unity from Napoleon to the “Special Military Operation”
In 1912, the Russian Empire was in a state of absolute agitation and feverish excitement. The cause of this excitement was the centenary
The Dictator’s Secret Order: Further Proof of the Repressive Nature of the Russian State
On 15 April 2026, the human rights project ‘First Division’ released information which came as no surprise to those who systematically study the
‘The Black Dolphin’ as a Reflection of the Modern Russian Prison System
A video report on the ‘Black Dolphin’ penal colony (IK-6, Sol-Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast), filmed with the explicit permission of the prison administration, is
CPT Publishes the Report on Its 2025 Visit to Ukraine
The CPT has published the report on its visit to Ukraine, carried out from 26 May to 6 June 2025, together with the