There was talk of reforming Russian prisons, but “they never did it. That’s why we still live in barracks. Still live like slaves. One hundred women are sharing three toilets, and you can ...

There are currently up to 45,000 women in Russia’s prisons, most of whom are serving time for minor infractions, Seleznev claimed. “We gave the opportunity to men, leaving prison early ...

By Ekaterina Bodyagina and Anatoly Kurmanaev Russia released a group of women from a prison in late May to join the fighting in Ukraine, according to two former inmates who maintain contact with ...

An independent Russian prisons watchdog group also said ... She said she had heard of women convicts being sent to Ukraine late last year. "They [the female prisoners] were taken from the colonies ...

In 2019, the play was read to inmates of a women's prison in Siberia, and Russia's state penitentiary service praised it on its website, Petriychuk's lawyer said. The case against Berkovich and ...

Russian soldiers who had been holding positions at a women’s prison in the village of Malaya Loknya, Kursk Oblast, but retreated under pressure from Ukraine’s Armed Forces, have received orders and ...

Nearly 100 prisoners of war were recently released in an exchange between Russia and Ukraine, including nine Ukrainian women who were ... facing up to 24 years in prison. Oleksandr Irkha is ...

In 2019, the play was read to inmates of a women’s prison in Siberia, and Russia’s state penitentiary service praised it on its website, Petriychuk’s lawyer said. The case against Berkovich ...

Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12½ years in a maximum security prison. July 4, 2024 The women’s ...