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Two anarchists from Belarus sentenced to 7 years for series of direct actions

On February 12, 2020, Mikita Yemelyanau and Ivan Komar were found guilty of intentional destruction of property on several accounts. Activists were detained on October 20, 2019, just after an attack with a Molotov cocktail on the pre-trial detention facility in Minsk made in solidarity with another anarchist Dzmitry Paliyenka (who was kept there at […]

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A Call for Solidarity Actions February 22-29

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We must not forget the anarchists and anti-fascists suffering repression in Russia! We are calling for people to take action of all forms to express support for these prisoners, to protest the prison system, and to spread information about the use of torture as an instrument of repression in Russia.

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Defendants in Network Case Receive Up to 18 Years in Prison

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The Volga District Military Court, [sitting in Penza], has [convicted and] sentenced seven defendants in the Network Case. Dmitry Pchelintsev was sentenced to 18 years in a maximum-security penal colony. Ilya Shakursky was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony and fined 50,000 rubles. Investigators claimed they were organizers of a “terrorist community.” Both

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Mikita Jemialjanau | Nikita Emelyanov

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Mikita Jemialjanau | Nikita Emelyanov Arrest date: 20.10.2019Charges: — intentional destruction or damage to property— desecration of buildings— illegal actions with explosives— disobedience to the administration of a correctional institutionSentence: 4 years, 3 more years added for defying prison administrationPlace of detention: ST-1Release date: June 2026 Mikita was born on 24 March 2000 in Minsk

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Anarchist Black Cross Moscow is quitting support for Arman Sagynbaev

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The Moscow Anarchist Black Cross group is supporting the declaration released by the Rupression-campaign about Arman Sagynbaev, prisoner of the so-called Network case, and will stop supporting him. Arman has been removed from the list of political prisoners, supported by the ABC Moscow. From now on, no donations transferred via Anarchist Black Cross Moscow for the

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