Read more about the jail holding political prisoners sentenced for anti-war activism.
The "Yelets clink" is a jail in Lipetsk region, notorious for its famous inmates from among the leaders of the criminal underworld, so-called "thieves-in-law" and "criminal authorities". There is even a saying about the town where the jail is located, that "Yelets is the father of all thieves". People who are persecuted for their religion are sent to the "Yelets clink", and from the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, people convicted for anti-war activism were sent there too. Read on for the history of the jail, the use of torture there, its famous inmates and the political prisoners currently held there.
Read more about the jail holding political prisoners sentenced for anti-war activism.
The "Yelets clink" is a jail in Lipetsk region, notorious for its famous inmates from among the leaders of the criminal underworld, so-called "thieves-in-law" and "criminal authorities". There is even a saying about the town where the jail is located, that "Yelets is the father of all thieves". People who are persecuted for their religion are sent to the "Yelets clink", and from the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, people convicted for anti-war activism were sent there too. Read on for the history of the jail, the use of torture there, its famous inmates and the political prisoners currently held there.
Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. "There is a significant risk of insider threat or hacking of Telegram systems that could expose all of these chats to the Russian government," said Eva Galperin with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has called for Telegram to improve its privacy practices. The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. A Russian Telegram channel with over 700,000 followers is spreading disinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine under the guise of providing "objective information" and fact-checking fake news. Its influence extends beyond the platform, with major Russian publications, government officials, and journalists citing the page's posts.
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