“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.

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#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.”

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#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.

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#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.”

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#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.

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#Финляндия #anarchy #AutonomousAction

Congratulate anarchist political prisoner and anarchist Danil Chertykov on his birthday!

On February 8, Danil Chertykov turns 32 years old. He is celebrating his birthday in captivity for 4th time.
Danil Chertykov is an anarchist and antifascist from Yekaterinburg. He worked as a veterinarian, and in his free time devoted himself to music, playing guitar in the riot-folk band Rocker Balboa.

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#Россия #Екатеринбург #anarchy #AutonomousAction

A new fundraiser to pay for a new lawyer for antifascist Anton Kalakin

Anton is currently being held at Detention Center No. 1 (SIZO-1) in Irkutsk. He needs qualified legal assistance in order to challenge the verdict of the Second District Military Court, which in October sentenced him to six years in prison over two comments posted on Telegram.
Anton left the first comment in the Telegram channel “Irkutsk Blog” in July 2024. Under a post about Governor Igor Kobzev, who considers spending on the war to be a higher priority than repairing schools, Anton wrote:

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#Россия #Иркутск #anarchy #AutonomousAction

"While we were on the ground in the fight, we didn't foresee how the divergent strategic impulses were contrary to the point of fracture. We couldn't maintain cohesion because the processes became mutually exclusionary. Everyone talked about respecting diversity of tactics but the non-profits and respectable Indigenous organizers didn't want to include radical autonomous actions they had no control over."

From pages 86-87, No Spiritual Surrender, Indigenous Anarchy in Defense of the Sacred by Klee Benally, in the chapter that discusses the movement to prevent "treated" sewage water used to make snow for skiing on a peak sacred to the Diné people.

I don't really know shit about fuck, and maybe there's a warning here that we (people who haven't historically learned from, joined the struggle of, or validated the experience of Black and other Indigenous autonomous people) might do well to actually listen to.

#NoSpiritualSurrender #KleeBenally #Autonomy #AutonomousAction #NonProfitIndustrialComplex

Russia designates Telegram channel run by teenage anarchists as a terrorist organization

The Zabaykalsky Regional Court has designated the “Zabaykalskoye Left Association” (ZLO) as a terrorist organization and banned its activities in Russia

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#Россия #Чита #anarchy #AutonomousAction

Good news in the new year: the fundraising campaign for Ruslan Sidiki’s defense has been completed

In less than two months, you have donated 235,000 rubles (2600 euros) for Ruslan Sidiki’s legal defense. We have already paid the lawyer’s fees for November and December, and the remaining amount will cover expenses through the end of February.

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#anarchy #AutonomousAction