20 June 2024
“Our nation is still surrounded by the fear”
We have talked to Estonians of several generations about the impact that the mass deportations of Estonians in the 1940s have had on the lives of their family and their country.
19 June 2024
Trials against Ukrainians in Rostov: four men found guilty in murder and attempted murder
The South District military court in Rostov-on-Don handed down sentences to four Ukrainian citizens, accused of the murder of the warlord Arsen "Motorola" Pavlov and his bodyguard in 2016, as well as of the attempted murder of Alexander Zakharchenko, the head of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic, in 2017. On June 18, 2024, the court sentenced Oleksandr Pohorelov to life in prison; Artem Yen to 17 years of strict regime penal colony; Vasyly Churylov to 13 years of strict regime penal colony, Oleksandr Tymoshenko to 12 years of strict regime penal colony.
17 June 2024
Sandarmokh in 2024: Travel Notes
Russian authorities have been methodically trying to undo the efforts to preserve the memory of mass executions in Sandarmokh, Karelia, during the Great Terror. Our volunteer reports on her recent trip there.