May 13 — Birthday of Tyumen Case Defendant Nikita Oleynik

He will turn 31 years old. According to the support group, this is already the fourth birthday he is spending in captivity.
Nikita is an anarchist and anti-fascist from Surgut. Together with another defendant in the “Tyumen case,” Roman Paklin, he helped create the libertarian library Storm Petrel, which collected books on anarchist theory and philosophy. Nikita studied surgery at Surgut State University and is fond of philosophy, literature, poetry, art, and music. He was also interested in boxing and spent a lot of time in nature.

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Anarchist Azat #Miftakhov reported the torture he was subjected to after being transferred to Polar Owl - Penal Colony in #Kharp

On April 21, the day after arriving at the colony, Azat was taken to the administration building. They tried to force him to clean a toilet there. After he refused, he was systematically tortured. Yesterday, "The Insider" media published a detailed account by Azat, which they translated into English today. We are republishing an article by The Insider, in which Azat also names his torturers. You may find the postal address and details for financial support after the translation.

https://avtonom.org/en/news/anarchist-azat-miftakhov-reported-torture-he-was-subjected-after-being-transferred-polar-owl

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Azat Miftakhov is being transferred to the colony where Alexei Navalny was murdered

Anarchist, mathematician, and political prisoner Azat Miftakhov was sentenced on March 28, 2024, to 4 additional years in prison. On September 4, 2023, he was detained upon leaving IK-17 in Omutninsk, Kirov region, where he had already served his first sentence—allegedly for breaking a window at a United Russia office in Moscow’s Khovrino district. The basis for the new prosecution for “justifying terrorism” was (allegedly) comments Azat made while watching a TV program with other inmates about anarchist Mikhail Zhlobitsky, who carried out an explosion at the FSB office in Arkhangelsk.

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#Россия #Воркута #Париж #anarchy #AutonomousAction

How will the Russian left play a decisive role in changes in Russia?

At the "Father Frost against Putin 2026" festival, January 10 2026, political and trade-union activist Mikhail #Lobanov talked about what is happening to the active part of #Russian society — and how Russian socialists and anarchists should make use of the growing demand for left-wing ideas in order to prepare for the future struggle to democratize Russia and the world.

https://avtonom.org/en/news/how-will-russian-left-play-decisive-role-changes-russia

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Follow our Instagram in English

Autonomous Action, a Russian-speaking libertarian communist organisation since year 2002, has now an Instagram in English.
We hate Meta and other capitalist Mega corporations, but we choose our platforms according to reach, not according to purity of principles. In case you prefer horizontal non-profit platform, please follow our bilingual account in Mastodon.

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“People are still stuck in this cage”

How did a young, successful programmer become a “terrorist” and “extremist”? How did prisoners and prison guards react to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And why did some prisoners, even those who were in prison for desertion, go to war? Viktor Filinkov, a defendant in the “Network” case who got 7 years in prison, talked about this in an interview with Posle.

https://avtonom.org/en/node/62470
#Россия #СанктПетербург #Оренбург #Казахстан #anarchy #AutonomousAction

Congratulate imprisoned anarchist Ruslan Sidiki on his birthday March 16

He will turn 38 years old. Ruslan Sidiki is a citizen of Russia and Italy, an electrician from Ryazan, an explorer of industrial areas, bicycle traveler, anarchist, and partisan. Last year the 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Ruslan Sidiki to a record 29 years in prison. Two acts of sabotage against Russian military infrastructure carried out by Ruslan in 2023 were classified by the court as “terrorist acts.”

https://avtonom.org/en/node/62457
#Россия #РязанскаяОбласть #Ряжск #anarchy #AutonomousAction

New Fundraiser for the Defense of Anarchist Ruslan Sidiki

Anarchist Ruslan Sidiki, who was sentenced to 29 years in prison, continues to await his appeal in the Ryazhsk pre-trial detention center (SIZO) in the Ryazan region.
But this is not just waiting — it is a constant struggle. Ruslan is being denied access to books, newspapers subscribed in his name do not reach him, and for the second time in a row the same investigator has refused to open a criminal case regarding the torture Ruslan endured during his arrest.

https://avtonom.org/en/node/62426
#Россия #РязанскаяОбласть #Ряжск #anarchy #AutonomousAction

Antifascist Bogdan Yakimenko Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

Other Defendants in the Antifa United Case Receive 2.5 and 3.5 Years.
Judge Ekaterina Stepina of the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow delivered a verdict to three antifascists in the case of Antifa United, which law enforcement agencies—and now the court as well—consider an “extremist community.”

https://avtonom.org/en/node/62414
#Россия #Москва #anarchy #AutonomousAction

Short introduction to the Finnish party system

In September 2024, I gave a presentation in Dresden about struggles against the right-wing government in Finland. Freedom published a text based on that presentation last September, but due to character limitations I had to skip an introduction to the Finnish party system. This background is necessary for understanding the emergence of right-wing populism in Finland and why it was accepted into government.

https://avtonom.org/en/node/62392
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