Olesia Krivtsova
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Scholar Nikolai Zyuzev sentenced to 7 years in prison for treason (opens the original)
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The researcher, who has dual Russian and Canadian citizenship, was detained during a visit to his home region of Komi, northern Russia, in the summer of 2025. The Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi has sentenced philosopher and sociologist Nikolai Zyuzyev, who holds both Russian and Canadian citizenship, to seven years in a maximum-security prison. Security services accused him of “high treason”. The verdict was reported by TASS, citing the FSB. The security service claims that the academic a
Pro-Russian hackers declare ‘cyberwar’ on Norway (opens the original)
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The pro-Russian hacking group Server Killers has announced that it is declaring “cyberwar” on Norway and has claimed responsibility for a large-scale DDoS attack on the country’s government digital services. The attack on the infrastructure of Norway’s Digitalisation Directorate (Digdir) began during the night of 24 August and has now continued for a third day, Norwegian TV 2 reports. At various points, around ten services have been affected, including the electronic identification systems ID-po
The GRU family: How Russian intelligence officers settled in Norway (opens the original)
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Moscow continues to send GRU officers to Norway under diplomatic cover. The Barents Observer looks at their identities. Military attachés working at embassies are standard practice for diplomatic missions around the world. Their role is to maintain contacts with the host country’s military and defence authorities, monitor security issues and military cooperation, and perform other official duties. This is legitimate and official work. However, military attachés operate in an environment of great
Supreme Court removes only opposition party from election (opens the original)
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Russia’s Supreme Court on 10 August upheld a lawsuit and cancelled the registration of Yabloko’s federal candidate list for the State Duma elections. Yabloko says it intends to appeal the ruling, which has not yet entered into force. The lawsuit filed by pro-Kremlin political party Rodina was registered by the Supreme Court on 7 August – almost immediately after the Central Election Commission (CEC) had registered Yabloko. Rodina demanded that Yabloko’s list be removed from the election, citing
“Putin has done a lot of good”: Norwegian activists head to Russia once again (opens the original)
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Members of the organisation Bike for Peace regularly travel to Russia, where they meet politicians and state officials, earning favourable coverage from Russian state media. Ahead of their current visit, we spoke to the activists about dialogue with the Kremlin, the war in Ukraine, and why their leader believes “Putin has done a lot of good.” While Norway remains one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters and has joined its European allies in condemning Russia’s aggression, a small group of Norwegia
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