Russia: five years in prison for a professor critical of the government. Boris Kagarlitsky is the author of numerous publications and studies on the left political movement in Russia and around the world.
Indicted for “public calls for terrorist activities, using the internet” and placed in pre-trial detention in July 2023. Since the start of the offensive by Russian troops in Ukraine and the adoption of laws banning all critical speech, several independent Russian media have been forced to suspend their activities or leave the country.