In the Czech original article we publish information about the anti-war protests held in Russia on the third anniversary of the war against Ukraine. The first photo shows Mrs. Lyudmila Vasilieva, an 83-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, protesting in the city center.

The photos below illustrate what anti-war protests in downtown St. Petersburg looked like in February 2022.

A photo of politician Alexei Navalny killed in a Russian prison has appeared in Sandarmokh (Karelia). Sandarmokh is the place where more than 6 thousand people were killed during the Great Terror during the Soviet era. Since the late 1990s this place has become a memorial complex, and portraits of the victims of this massacre can be found on the trees here. The appearance of Alexei Navalny's photograph here vividly illustrates the close connection between Russia's past and present crimes.

This photo shows that the memory of another murdered Russian opposition politician, Boris Nemtsov, still lives on, despite the fact that 10 years have passed since his assassination. Fresh flowers and portraits of him still regularly appear at the site of his murder in Moscow.

Yuri Dmitriev, a well-known historian and one of those who discovered the Sandarmokh memorial, has been in a Russian prison for many years on unjust charges. His health is constantly deteriorating, but he is not giving up. The photo shows him at his home when he was still free.

This photo shows human rights activist Bakhrom Khamroev. He is also imprisoned on unjust charges and his health is also of great concern.

A huge number of Ukrainians are subjected to unjust persecution in Russia, and they are often tortured. For example, Ivan Zabavsky from Kharkiv (pictured) was sentenced to 11 years in prison for alleged espionage, and in detention he was tortured, starved and beaten.

Our colleagues from Memorial and other human rights organizations consider documentation of the crimes of the Russian army in Ukraine to be one of their main tasks. In January 2025, the first human rights mission of Russian human rights defenders to Ukraine since 2022 took place. Oleg Orlov, who was released from a Russian prison in August 2024 as part of a prisoner exchange, stands in a leather jacket in the photo.

One of the few positive news regarding political prisoners in Russia is that activist Konstantin Kotov (who was already imprisoned in 2019-2020 and was now threatened with prison again) managed to escape house arrest and travel to Lithuania.