US prosecutors announced new charges against former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. They are accused of conspiracy to commit torture; this adds to the already filed drug trafficking and weapons cases against them, which they deny.

#Venezuela #NikolasMaduro #politicalprisoners #torture #SiliaFlores #USA

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On October 2 in Novomoskovsk, Tula Oblast, a car exploded, and the driver was killed. Law enforcement agencies did not name the deceased, but media outlets identified the Hyundai Solaris from photos at the scene as registered to local resident Roman Syromyatnikov.

#prisonersofwar #WarinUkraine #Novomoskovsk #Incidents #torture #Tularegion #fsin

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Centuries changed, but the old pattern remained. It was not so much dangerous criminals who ended up with the executioners, but rather random people and disgraced members of the elite.

#1937 #state #dictatorship #Empire #History #worldwideisolation #monarchy #society #executionersandvictims #PetertheGreat #Putin #torture #repressions #Russia #MiddleAges #theUSSR #Stalin

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Thirty-four-year-old teacher Ilya Yolokhin from the Perm region was not supposed to be at war due to medical reasons – yet he was sent to the occupied Donetsk region. He managed to escape from service, got out of Russia, and now shares what he went through.

#army #WarinUkraine #deserter #interview #personalexperience #RussianMinistryofDefense #mobilization #politicalasylum #psychologicaltrauma #torture #Russia

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