‘I’d never heard of this type of torture before’ Human rights observer says Russia’s first monitoring mission in Ukraine documented the Kremlin’s evolving state terror system — Meduza
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In January 2025, Memorial Human Rights Center members visited Ukraine and conducted the first monitoring mission by Russian observers since the start of the full-scale invasion. They visited the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions, along with the cities of Poltava and Odesa. During the trip, Memorial’s team documented violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes committed by the Russian army. The group plans to present its findings later this spring. Meduza spoke with Memorial observer Vladimir Malykhin about what he saw in Ukraine and why the monitoring mission is crucial to improving our understanding of contemporary Russia.

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In January 2025, Memorial Human Rights Center members visited Ukraine and conducted the first monitoring mission by Russian observers since the start of the full-scale invasion. They visited the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Chernihiv regions, along with the cities of Poltava and Odesa. During the trip, Memorial’s team documented violations of international humanitarian law and war crimes committed by the Russian army. The group plans to present its findings later this spring. Meduza spoke with Memorial observer Vladimir Malykhin about what he saw in Ukraine and why the monitoring mission is crucial to improving our understanding of contemporary Russia.

  • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    14 hours ago

    If you haven’t heard about having to stand up for hours at end as a torture, then you haven’t heard a lot.

    It was a punishment in the Nazi death camps, with the added bonus they were surrounded by electrified wire, fall and you die.

    • trollercoasterEnglish
      20·
      13 hours ago

      Came here to mention this.

      Russia is literally using Nazi methods against people they like to accuse of being Nazis.

      • casmael@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        10 hours ago

        Projection as usual. Every accusation is an admission. But yeah. Fucking scum.