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1. The Persecution Doesn't Stay at Home

A LGBT rights activist asserts that homophobic groups from Russia are still persecuting her in exile in Lithuania.

Tags: lithuania, repression, politics, censorship, russians abroad, lgbt
2. iState: A Russian Government Messenger?

The Duma has approved the creation of a national messenger app to digitize the government and collect data on its citizens' chats.

Tags: surveillance, internet, government, messenger, censorship, whatsapp
3. Russia's War on Books

Police in arrested 10 current and former employees of Russia's largest publishing house on charges of "LGBT propaganda."

Tags: arrest, Moscow, lgbt, books, censorship, dissent
4. Russia Comes for Norwegians

The independent Norwegian news site The Barents Observer has been declared "undesirable" by the Russian government.

Tags: dissent, censorship, press freedom, norway
5. Pyrates Beware!

Russian internet users are switching to legal means for streaming media — a consequence of the war in Ukraine.

Tags: censorship, law, internet
6. Roskomnadzor Casts Vanishing Spell on Fanfics

Roskomnadzor has blocked the largest Russian-language fanfiction site. 

Tags: politics, internet, literature, censorship, lgbt
7. The Power of the Zine

Artist Anna Dial uses updated samizdat methods to publish her "zines" and avoid censorship. 

Tags: censorship, art, samizdat
8. The Registration Lady Can't be Stopped

Despite fines and threats, a Kaluga activist continues to help migrants access benefits in Russia.

Tags: censorship, war in ukraine, draft, social issues, migrants, immigration
9. Lessons Unlearned from Russian Literature

A primary school literature teacher was forced to resign after using Russian classics to teach students about war. 

Tags: censorship, literature, Irkutsk, tolstoy, dostoevsky
10. Dostoyevsky, The New LGBT Propaganda

An online retailer removed books by Dostoyevsky, Murakami, Wilde, Sorokin, and others under the "LGBT Propaganda" law.

Tags: law, dostoevsky, literature, censorship, lgbt

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