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What 2024 Brought: "Trends of chaos and order," episode 190

Submitted by Редакция on 16 January, 2025 - 02:03

Hey everyone! The year of 2024 is coming to an end. During these 12 months, there's been as much bad as good. All that has happened needs to be thought about and analysed, as the one who doesn't understand the past won't have any future. That's why we decided in the year's last episode of "Trends" to collect the four most popular episodes from the year and freshen up our memories of what happened, how, and what we thought about it.

The podcast was released in Russian on December 30 and was translated by our volunteers.

The story of a former prisoner of the Kirov’s colony, in which Azat Miftakhov was held: what kind of provocations the prison guards were staging against the anarchist and how the case was fabricated against him

Submitted by Редакция on 7 January, 2025 - 17:29

Translation of the article into English was done by our volunteers.

At the end of March 2024, the mathematician and anarchist Azat Miftakhov was sentenced to four years of imprisonment in a criminal case for “justifying terrorism”. Miftakhov pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. The case itself emerged after a prisoner, whom the anarchist considered a close friend in the colony, testified against the mathematician. The defence and Azat himself have repeatedly stated that the case is fabricated.

No smoke without fire: "Trends of chaos and order," episode 186

Submitted by Редакция on 29 December, 2024 - 16:51

Hey everyone! We're continuing our weekly podcast "Trends of chaos and order." This is episode 186. It's prepared by the Irkutsk Anarchist Movement. These are the events from last week that the authors found interesting. The podcast was released in Russian on December 2 and was translated by our volunteers.

Listen on SoundCloud (in Russian)

Overthrowing the authorities: "Trends of chaos and order," episode 187

Submitted by Редакция on 29 December, 2024 - 15:27

Hey everyone! We're continuing our weekly podcast "Trends of chaos and order." This is episode 187. This time, we'll be talking about Syria, Georgia and Russia. The podcast was released in Russian on December 10 and was translated by our volunteers.

Listen on SoundCloud (in Russian)

Anti-fascist in Kostroma, Russia lost an eye after Nazi attack

Submitted by Редакция on 2 December, 2024 - 19:52

A youth from Kostroma, who was shot in the face with a rocket pistol by a neo-Nazi, lost an eye. Despite the efforts of doctors, neither his vision nor the eyeball itself could be saved.

On November 16th in Kostroma, a group of 9 neo-Nazis attacked two young men who were returning from a movie screening. During the bickering, a neo-Nazi shot a 17-year old anti-fascist in the face with a rocket pistol. 

Tyumen case solidarity group is opening a fundraiser to pay for Roman Paklin's defense

Submitted by Редакция on 28 November, 2024 - 10:26

Friends, during the repeated psychiatric examination Roman was recognized as sane. Now the case against him has been reopened. He will be considered separately from the other defendants of the «Tyumen case».

Very soon in the case of Roman Paklin will enter a new defense lawyer. A new fundraisers for  the lawyer costs has been opened.

At this stage it is necessary to raise 2 860 € for Roman's defense. This is the first payment, which will be enough for 6 months of work of the defense lawyer. 

Anti-fascists Alexander Snezhkov and Lyubov Lizunova, who were sentenced to 6 and 3.5 years for their anti-war position, need help and solidarity!

Submitted by Редакция on 19 September, 2024 - 16:14

On April 25, 2024, the 1st District Military Court in a visiting session in Chita sentenced the antifascist Alexander Snezhkov to 6 years, and the antifascist Lyubov Lizunova to 3.5 years in prison. Snezhkov was found guilty under the article on vandalism motivated by political hostility because of a graffiti "Death to the regime". Both were convicted under articles on calls to extremism and terrorism. 

Rouslan Sidiki talks about his torture

Submitted by Редакция on 6 September, 2024 - 21:03

The Solidarity zone team learned that Rouslan Sidiki had been tortured after his detention almost as soon as the independent lawyer began work. However, it was important to obtain documentary evidence of the mutilation that was observed when he entered the SIZO (pre-trial detention centre). Now, some months later, his lawyer Igor Popovsky has now managed obtain that document.

Anarchist Black Cross Moscow update on anarchist and anti-fascist prisoners August 2024

Submitted by Редакция on 31 August, 2024 - 01:06

Welcome to our latest news compilation on imprisoned anarchists, featuring the rescue of Denis Kozak, the release of Lev Skoryakin, the new sentence for Azat Mifthakov, the ongoing case of Yuri Mikheev and the significant case of the Chita anarchists.

Through war, despotism and social change: Russia’s Anarchist Black Cross

Submitted by Редакция on 30 August, 2024 - 14:29

For this year’s International Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity Week, Freedom interviewed the Anarchist Black Cross-Moscow to discuss their long history in Russia supporting imprisoned Russian anarchists, the challenges they face under Putin’s regime and their work during the war on Ukraine.

Fundraiser for the anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui’s legal defence

Submitted by Редакция on 31 May, 2024 - 16:18

The anarchist Ruslan Siddiqui is accused of attacking the Dyagilevo military aerodrome, using quadcopters, and of damaging railway lines (in Ryazan region) that were used to transport military equipment and fuel to the Russian army in Ukraine.

Anti-War Human Rights Initiative Solidarity zone launching a fundraiser to pay for the next six months’ work by Ruslan’s lawyer. For six months’ legal work we need to raise €4290.

This happened in Russia: workers’ occupation of Vyborg’s pulp and paper mill

Submitted by Редакция on 16 May, 2024 - 15:25

Our translation of the Antijob project article.

Not so long ago we wrote about the occupation of mills and factories in Argentine, but as our subscribers rightly noted something similar, but unfortunately on a smaller scale and with its own specifics, had happened in Russia’s modern history as well. 

Fundraiser for the defence of anti-fascist Yuri Mikheev

Submitted by Редакция on 15 May, 2024 - 16:23

Yuri Mikheev is an anti-fascist from Lobnya, just outside Moscow. On 10 November 2023, he and a friend were detained on the territory of a military unit in the Moscow region. The FSB accused the young men of planning to set fire to military equipment. A case was initiated under criminal articles regarding "preparation for sabotage". Yura faces up to 10 years.

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How we vandalized the US embassy wall in Moscow and were not caught

Антти Раутиайнен

June 11th is the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason & All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners. This action day has a long history, it was organized first time 20 years ago in 2004. In the first year, we managed to paint a graffiti to wall of one of the most guarded objects of Moscow,...

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Presentation on the Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale war

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Anarchist group ANA Regensburg hosted my online-presentation on 16th of May 2024, in which I discussed tactics of anti-war activism in Russia, and reasons why the anti-war movement has not been able to make an impact to change the course of events yet. Cases of anarchists repressed for anti-war...

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