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"It is not just that the war was a bad idea, and should be stopped. A bully pulls strings, gets breathing space, rearms, and comes back stronger. Hell, even the office bully knows the rules here. How to influence public opinion that bullying must not be tolerated, and that what is different from you doesn't deserve to be wiped out?

However, it's a hard, and long road to remove centuries-long mentality of racism, genocide, sexism that Russians were raised with. This is a project for generations ahead, continuing after us. But we must make a start."

General

• Taking on Putin through porn: how Russians are finding out the truth about Ukraine | Jemimah Steinfeld Little moderation, huge audiences and biddable owners make porn and gambling sites a safe haven from censors, says Jemimah Steinfeld, editor-in-chief of Index on Censorship https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/02/putin-porn-russians-truth-ukraine-gambling-sites
• Novaya Gazeta Europe will cover what is happening in Russia in several languages. It will cover international and Russian news for people who read in Russian and who share European values.https://novayagazeta.eu/

• Wikimedia Russia has been dissolved. The general assembly of Wikimedia RU decided to disband after it was made clear to the president of Wikimedia RU, who used to work as an assistant professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, that he was to be classified as a "foreign agent" and had to resign from his post at the university.Closing Wikimedia RU was done to protect the (now former) members of the non-profit organization that supports Russian Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8&oldid=134968726#%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%A3_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8F

• An amazing data story based on the analysis of hundreds of thousands texts by RIA - leading Russian pro-Kremlin news agency - conducted by Novaya Gazeta Europe, Dekoder and Süddeutsche Zeitung. https://specials.dekoder.org/ru/propaganda/v-seti-propagandy
• While European sanctions and distrust look like this situation and limiting common people in bringing their things while traveling in EU, Russian authorities have been able to produce twice as much ammunition as US an EU in the past year - because Western companies keep doing business with Russian regime.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/russia-sanctions-missile-production.html

• Korte Mars richting Moskou – en terug https://peterstormt.nl/2023/06/27/korte-mars-richting-moskou-en-terug/
• Former U.S. Official Shares Details of Secret ‘Track 1.5’ Diplomacy With Moscow https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/26/former-us-official-shares-details-of-secret-track-15-diplomacy-with-moscow-a81972
• FSB analyst: Russian security services did nothing to stop Wagner | Conflict Zone Since Yevgeny Prigozhin fled Russia, speculation has continued about what Vladimir Putin will do next and what threats his regime may face. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLCC2SkBHNI&ab_channel=DWNews
• This is a very clear and clever text, about why civil war in Russia is already on, through political philosopher Vladimir Pastukhov. He is definitely ne one of the main and brightest voices in political and society analysis of the late Putin’s Russia. Unfortunately only in Russian, but deepl does s really good job, it’s worth it. https://republic.ru/posts/108914
• https://www.anarchistagency.com/critical-voices/crimethinc-russian-anarchists-on-the-wagner-mutiny/
• https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/06/25/prigozhin-s-coup-attempt-exposes-putin-s-vulnerability
• Re: Russia Expertise, Analysis & Policy Network LMA Foundation re-russia.net https://re-russia.net/en/
• Anarchist Library Amsterdam on Instagram: "June 28 at 19:00 - The Anarchist movement in Russia in times of war How are Russian anarchists resisting against the war, and what are the consequences of anti-war activities? Olga Matuz from Anarchist Black Cross Moscow will talk about anti-repression and anti-war activities, and also about what can be done to support anarchists and anti-war activists facing repression. MKZ, https://www.instagram.com/p/CtpCeNxIDnv/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==
• https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/a-very-russian-revolution/ - I do not necessarily agree with every observation in this analysis, but Olesya Khromeychuk is a commentator well worth reading, also in this critical take on last Saturday and the media dynamics of Russiawatching
• https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90051
• https://snyder.substack.com/p/prigozhins-march-on-moscow
• Radio War Nerd EP #384 — Prigozhin's Mutiny, featuring Anatol Lieven https://www.patreon.com/posts/unlocked-radio-85161627
• Shoigu... just in case you forgot the story of his son, here it is, again: watch the video as a reminder of the 'context' of what happened last Friday and Saturday https://theins.ru/en/news/262422
• Russian Public Appears to Be Souring on War Casualties, Analysis Shows Support for the war in Ukraine remains high but could potentially turn if concern over the high numbers of casualties persists, according to FilterLabs AI.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/us/politics/russia-public-opinion-ukraine-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
• Real Time Analysis of Russian Attitudes Toward the War in Ukraine: Find Out What Everyday Russians Think About the War https://www.filter-russia.com/
• https://www.cfr.org/blog/russias-war-against-ukraine-catalyzing-internet-fragmentation - Russia’s War Against Ukraine is Catalyzing Internet Fragmentation After its invasion of Ukraine, concerns flared over a decoupling of Russia from the global internet. This has not materialized, but we may be witnessing the start of a more fundamental fragmentation …
• ‘Cheerleader des doods’ van het Kremlin In het Westen roept Olga Skabejeva niets dan afschuw op vanwege haar meningen, die geregeld nog verdergaan dan de Kremlinpropaganda. De presentator van het dagelijkse discussieprogramma 'Zestig minuten' draagt ze met haar snerpende, nasale stem op triomfantelijke toon avond aan avond uit.https://fd.nl/politiek/1455713/cheerleader-des-doods-van-het-kremlin
• "There is nothing cheaper in Russia than human life" Boris Dralyuk, literary translator, poet, and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books, about the perception of Russia’s war of aggression in the US, Ukraine’s culture wars, and the future of the Russian language.https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000142188276/there-is-nothing-cheaper-in-russia-than-human-life
• Here’s a new international initiative. Saw a poster around yesterday: https://cancelrussia.info/
• https://www.raamoprusland.nl/dossiers/nederland-en-europa/2151-megafoons-van-het-kremlin-blokkeren-of-niet
• https://theins.ru/en/news/251259 Only about 10% of Russian television workers support the war in Ukraine and believe that Russia is «exterminating Nazis» there. The head of a major Russian TV channel, speaking on condition of anonymit
• https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2022/04/12/milliardi-na-propagandu-rashodi-byudzheta-na-gossmi-podskochili-vtroe-na-fone-voini-a19511 Q1 in 2022 was spent 17,5 billion rubles on prop from state budget.
• https://en.squat.net/2022/10/31/amsterdam-building-from-russian-oligarch-squatted/
• https://decorrespondent.nl/13380/deze-wetenschapper-dacht-een-oorlogsexpert-te-zijn-tot-ze-in-de-horror-van-de-russische-oorlog-belandde/411515280-43515f71 Deze wetenschapper dacht een oorlogsexpert te zijn. Tot ze in de horror
• https://twitter.com/jamnewscaucasus/status/1523927947366875138?s=21&t=M0kSQR2uSsVAhohbYAI8IQ About Victory day & Russian media ‘Blood on your hands’
• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/27/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-power Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin
• Explosies Transnistrië zorgen voor onrust in Moldavië en dat is 'precies wat Moskou wil' - https://nos.nl/l/2426852
• ‘Jullie beeld van Oost-Europa komt voort uit jarenlange Russische propaganda’ https://www.volkskrant.nl/a-b8c5a578
• https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/666747798/aantal-asielaanvragen-uit-rusland-fors-hoger-daders-of-slachtoffers
• Re: Russia | Eng An expert and discussion platform aiming to address key issues of Russian politics, economy and society. It produces a constantly updated review of current expertise, new data and global discussion on the state of Russia, and publishes its own research https://t.me/rerussia_eng
• "We Are Not Doing Anything Illegal, Why Be Anonymous?" — Interview with Maxim Kondratiev from Avtozak LIVE by Angela Gurtsieva https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/05/26/we-are-not-doing-anything-illegal-why-be-anonymous-interview-with-maxim-kondratiev-from-avtozak-live/
• About sanctions & ripe ncc : https://ripe84.ripe.net/archives/video/810/
• the open letter for the dutch ministers of foreign affairs and justice, asking for : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJU5JrWcvplXMT1YICiJlCuHTJC_LtTXdUnl8YeoiK0/edit
• Russia turns its diplomats into disinformation warriors https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-diplomats-disinformation-war-ukraine/
• Op zoek naar de feiten in oorlogstijd https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2022/op-zoek-naar-de-feiten-in-oorlogstijd~v484352/
• https://voxpop.uva.nl/en/content/events/events/2022/06/moscow-times-publishers-discuss-the-russian-war-in-ukraine.html The Price of Lying - VOX-POP The Russophone team of the Moscow Times recently fled Russia.

Russian Diaspora

• A new investigation by Access Now and Citizen Lab reveals first-time use of Pegasus spyware against exiled Russian media. https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/exiled-russian-media-pegasus/
• https://meduza-io.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/meduza.io/amp/en/feature/2023/09/13/even-in-europe-we-are-not-safe Even in Europe, we are not safe A statement from Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov — Meduza
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/18/its-starting-to-get-dark-after-navalnys-death-many-fear-what-putin-will-do-next “Having destroyed opposition at home, he will focus then on those who dare speak abroad,” Bondarev warned."
• Borsjt en een anti-Poetin biertje in het eerste Oekraïense restaurant van de stad https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/225348/eerste-oekraiense-restaurant-amsterdam-oost-sjoerd-warmerdam

Russian Resistance

• Russian soldiers fighting for Ukraine against the Russian Army driving through the Poltava region. https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520472404987990018

• https://karlawagner.eu/what-an-opposition-is-and-what-it-isnt/
• https://censorship.no/en/index.html A mobile decentralised browser, specially developed to bypass internet isolation by russian authorities.
• There are hundreds, if not thousands, partizan, antiwar, decolonial and anarchist groups on telegram. With a political opposition coalition we are preparing a big campaign on geligitimation of putin's elections. we need to find an automated way how to make connections https://www.change.org/illegitimate
• Decolonize runet! Decolonize network measurements! A provocative take on the Russian sovereign internet project https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2023/fahrplan/events/12042.html We try to set up various contrapropaganda snd protest activities, and we need western backing and support
• https://hal.science/hal-03100247/document 35C3 - A Routing Interregnum: Internet infrastructure transition in Crimea after Russian annexation https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9864-a_routing_interregnum_internet_infrastructure_transition_in_crimea_after_russian_annexation - Ksenia's previous talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmskfem30dg
• Feminist Antiwar Resistance wins 2023 Aachen Peace Prize — Meduza https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/05/08/feminist-antiwar-resistance-wins-2023-aachen-peace-prize

The Russian political movement Feminist Antiwar Resistance (FAR), along with Israel’s Human Rights Defenders Fund, has won the 2023 Aachen Peace Prize

• Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAR) Russia https://euvsdisinfo.eu/resistance-wont-stop-the-war-but-it-can-hasten-its-end/
• Dmitry Petrov is a Russian anarchist, anthropologist and historian. After beginning of full-scale Russia invasion he joined Ukrainian army. On April 19 he died in action near Bahmut together with two his comrades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eLYC6F-CtY
• Free Russia NL, among many others, supports TV Rain - here’s the statement initiated by Meduza and signed by hundreds of individuals and organisations. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/12/06/meduza-s-statement-regarding-the-revocation-of-tv-rain-s-latvian-broadcasting-license
• Stichting Free Russia NL is a fact! We have registered our foundation today, we will be continuing our social, cultural, humanitarian and activist work with now official support of private and public funders, volunteers and community. More info on our plans, organisation structure and activities will follow soon!
• https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520472404987990018 “Russian soldiers fighting for Ukraine against the Russian Army driving through the Poltava region. Those white-blue-white flags really are beautiful.
• https://discord.gg/PHssTt4X3z Russian or Belorussian journalists in need are welcome to join my Discord server Russian Press In Exile (Russian PiE), I cooperate with RSF and can put them in contact with the new JX Fund. There are also other growing resources on the server/ people can help each other.
• Free University Moscow created this new and for some here probably useful Telegram channel: https://t.me/FreeStudentMedia. (NB in Russian only though, so it seems)
• https://discord.gg/XVYMcSCx Russian Press in Exile channel (Alexander from Moscow Times is also in the group, I understood there is an effort to create a united media coalition by Tvrain, meduza and moscow times)
• Oprichter Russisch Telegram-kanaal gevlucht naar Nederland: https://nos.nl/video/2427534-oprichter-russisch-telegram-kanaal-gevlucht-naar-nederland-ik-zou-zeker-worden-opgepakt
• Russian political journalist and politician Vladimir Kara-Murza was detained for 'spreading fakes' about actions of Russian army in Ukraine. He faces up to 10 years in jail. He is brave and honest, if you want to write about it I have details( Alina Danilina) , photos and video.
  It's also posted there https://t.me/novaya_europe/659https://t.me/novaya_europe/659 https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/04/22/kara-murza-charged-russia-speech/
• Redacteuren DOXA hangt gevangenisstraf boven het hoofd – https://www.wereldbrand.nl/2022/04/08/redacteuren-doxa-hangt-gevangenisstraf-boven-het-hoofd/
• Open Letter of Dmitry Pilikin, Russian Artist, Curator, Art Historian https://networkcultures.org/blog/2022/04/04/open-letter/
• https://en.squat.net/2022/10/31/amsterdam-building-from-russian-oligarch-squatted/