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Investigation: Inside Russia's FSB prison system in Crimea
Investigations

Investigation: Inside Russia's FSB prison system in Crimea

by Olesia Bida

Two new Russian pretrial detention centers in occupied Crimea form part of a system in which Ukrainian civilians are held for months without formal charges, access to lawyers, or family contact, and detainees report torture and abuse under the watch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), a new investigation by the Kyiv Independent reveals. Former detainees told the Kyiv Independent that their relatives sometimes did not know whether their abducted loved ones were still alive. Russia's Fed

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The price of doing business in Russia

When Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, most global businesses rushed for the exit. Swiss food and drink firm Nestlé was not among them. The company hunkered down, a decision it framed as ensuring local people's "right to food." It made little difference to the Kremlin. On Sept. 17, the Russian government placed Nestlé Russia under temporary external administration, a move that could lead to the company's ultimate confiscation or nationalization. Nestlé now says it is "assess

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