The Colonial Legacy of the “Wagner State” and the Destruction of the Russian Cultural Code
By creating a giant colony beyond the Urals, unparalleled in world history, and populating it mainly with criminal elements, the Muscovite Tsardom and
‘Zhigany’ and “Urki”: From the White Guards to ‘Thieves-in-Law’
The modern self-designations of ‘thieves’ such as ‘law-abiding’, ‘lawful thieves’, and ‘thieves-in-law’ also originate from the pre-Revolutionary subculture of the ‘vagrants’. The category
Putin Presents Bill to Withdraw Russia from European Convention against Torture
Russian Dictator Putin has submitted to the Russian parliament a bill to withdraw Russia from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture.
Dmytro Yagunov: Informal prison hierarchies in the 21 century: subculture, trends and social control (The 2025 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology)
In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the
Dmytro Yagunov: The Wagner Phenomenon: Russian Neo-Imperialism and the Importation of Prison Subculture
The issue of Russian criminal and prison subculture and its spread is by no means historical or criminological in nature. In fact, assessing
Dmytro Yagunov: Russia Set Out to Denounce the Convention Against Torture Long Before the Full-Scale Invasion
At the link below, anyone can see exactly how Russia cooperated with the Council of Europe within the framework of the European Convention
Ukrainian Ombudsman: Torture is Part of the Russia’s State Policy
The announcement of Russia’s plans to withdraw from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture is an official removal of the last
Russian Aggression Against Ukraine: the State of Counteraction to Crimes Committed in the Context of Armed Conflict
During the period of Russia’s war against Ukraine from 24 February 2022 to 6 August 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement agencies registered 202918 criminal