Elizaveta Fokht

Aug 10, 2024 | bbcrussian.substack.com | Elizaveta Fokht

By Elizaveta Fokht. Fourteen time zones away from Washington, in a remote jail in Russia’s Far East, as preparations were finalised for a fanfare announcement of the biggest exchange of prisoners with Moscow since the Cold War, the classical pianist Pavel Kushnir died in silence. The musician had spoken out repeatedly against the invasion of Ukraine and was eventually arrested in May and remanded at a pre-trial detention centre in Birobidzhan.

Feb 3, 2024 | msn.com | Elizaveta Fokht |Ilya Barabanov |Olga Ivshina

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Feb 3, 2024 | news.nestia.com | Elizaveta Fokht |Ilya Barabanov |Olga Ivshina

Image source, T.ME/KRSOLDATA Image caption, Fighters of a Storm V unit at Christmas prayers, January 2024 By Elizaveta Fokht & Ilya Barabanov & Olga Ivshina BBC Russian Russia has been releasing prisoners to fight in Ukraine for more than a year, originally offering them a pardon and freedom after six months, even if they have been convicted of a violent crime. But the BBC has discovered this deal is a thing of the past.

Feb 3, 2024 | msn.com | Elizaveta Fokht |Ilya Barabanov |Olga Ivshina

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Feb 3, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Elizaveta Fokht |Ilya Barabanov |Olga Ivshina |Olga IvshinaBbc Russian

Russia has been releasing prisoners to fight in Ukraine for more than a year, originally offering them a pardon and freedom after six months, even if they have been convicted of a violent crime. But the BBC has discovered this deal is a thing of the past. Now, they no longer get a pardon, face tougher conditions and instead of going home early, they must fight until the end of the war.