The number of political prisoners in Russia has risen sharply this year in a trend that recalls late Soviet-era repression, Russia’s leading rights group Memorial said on Oct. 27.
Agence France-Presse: Russia rights group sees political prisoners soar
Russian police and National Guard (Rosgvardia) soldiers wearing face masks walk along Red Square in central Moscow on June 18, 2021, amid the crisis linked with the COVID-19 pandemic.
