Russian anti-war socialist and political prisoner, Boris Kagarlitsky, sent the following article from the penal colony in Torzhok, Russia, where he is serving a five-year sentence for 鈥渏ustification of terrorism鈥. It has been translated by Dmitry Pozhidaev.
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In the second part of our interview, Russian higher education trade unionist Pavel Kudyukin speaks to 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Federico Fuentes and Serhii Shlyapnikov about the crackdown on universities and the campaign to free leftist academics and others jailed for their political views.
Jailed anti-war sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky鈥檚 final appeal against his five-year jail term will be heard on June 5, reports Federico Fuentes.
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Renowned Russian sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky sent the following message from prison to his daughter, Ksenia, on March 26. In it, he discusses the fallout of the horrific terrorist attack carried out at Moscow鈥檚 Crocus City Hall on March 22. Translated by Renfrey Clarke.
Renowned Russian sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky was jailed on February 13 for five years on trumped-up charges of "justifying terrorism". In reality, his only crime has been to speak out against Russia's war in Ukraine. Renfrey Clarke has translated Kagarlitsky's first public letter sent from prison to his daughter, Ksenia.
Greens MPs Larissa Waters,聽Max Chandler-Mather and Jenny Leong, as well as National Tertiary Education Union general secretary Damien Cahill and Geelong Trades Hall Council president Zeta Henderson, are among those calling for anti-war activist Boris Kagarlitsky鈥檚 release from a Russian prison. Federico Fuentes reports.