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Authorities evict Chechen Alternative for Germany party member Murad Dadaev (Noah Krieger) from his villa in Hanover following investigation by @istories_eng and @correctiv_org. The article established Dadaev’s connections with Kadyrov’s people in Europe. https://t.co/n9ysOsCdcx

How did a Grozny native whose brother participated in the assassination of Ramzan Kadyrov’s opponent become a prominent figure in the AfD party and gather German far-rightists around him — an investigation by @correctiv_org and @istories_eng 🔽 https://t.co/5hl8HA6xnm

Hackers breach the infrastructure of key Unified Military Register developer. They gained access to data on the development of the register. Soon we’ll reveal how the register works and break down its main components. https://t.co/ZQY8T1SyEQ

A monument to the son of CIA Deputy Director Michael Gloss, killed in the war in Ukraine, erected in Donetsk. It was installed at the school that was previously named after Gloss 🔽 https://t.co/6MwnjUVE8i

Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov proposed to Vladimir Putin to approve the immediate start of preparations for full-scale nuclear tests on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in response to possible U.S. tests. Putin has given his approval. https://t.co/LaAoLMbMHk

According to the figures Russia provided to the UN, almost a thousand women were killed in acts of domestic violence in Russia last year. This represents 47% of all women intentionally murdered in Russia, which is the highest ratio in the last 15 years. https://t.co/Wi4rsOPoky

Russian cadets at military universities and academies are being deprived of the right to resign, as one of them told @istories_eng. At the same time, their military contracts are now permanent under Putin’s 2022 mobilization decree. https://t.co/PPjwcVTrjv

In Russia, the number of those sentenced for “treason” and “espionage” doubled, and 350 people avoided criminal punishment by taking part in the war. @istories_eng data department reports on the Russian court rulings data from the first half of 2025 🔽 https://t.co/sefkKC9IEt

There are deserters who flee the war right from the frontlines. Some of them, like Russian army corporal Pavlov, manage to do so twice. He told us his story 🔽 https://t.co/pITbTBYtX2

The actual figures are higher, as we were only able to examine the publicly available data. Read the stories of teenagers, pensioners, mothers, and entire families sentenced on fabricated charges on our website 🔽 https://t.co/rprQO7bci7

6️⃣ At least 654 Ukrainian civilians have been prosecuted in the occupied territories or in Russia since the beginning of the full-scale war.

5️⃣ At least five of the kidnapped have died in captivity.

4️⃣ Kidnapped Ukrainian civilians are almost never exchanged: only one in 24 those exchanged is a civilian (the rest are military POWs).

3️⃣ In the occupied territories, 28% of the sentenced on these charges are women. The average proportion in Russia would be 6%. At least 8 cases of sentenced teenagers are known.

2️⃣ The average sentence is 13.5 years in prison. There are at least two known cases of life imprisonment.

1️⃣ Sentences for “treason”, “espionage” and “confidential cooperation” are being imposed more and more often: from July to September 2025, they were issued once in every three days, meanwhile before the war Russian courts would issue no more than 16 such sentences per year.

Since Russia annexed the so-called DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson Oblasts, courts established by the occupying authorities have issued >190 sentences for “treason,” “espionage,” and “confidential cooperation with foreigners”. After examining the docs, we've learned that:

in the occupied territories of Ukraine, people are kidnapped and tried as “spies” and “traitors” — with new sentences imposed every 3 days. Teenagers, pensioners, and entire families have fallen victim to the repression. Here is what we have learned 🔽 https://t.co/rprQO7bci7

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