SocietyRussian rights group documents at least 69 deaths among victims of political persecution since 2022
Memorial’s Political Prisoner Support project says at least 69 people subjected to politically motivated persecution by Russian authorities have died in Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Illness and lack of medical care were the leading causes; the report also recorded deaths from beatings, torture, suicide, hunger strike, and the deliberate killing of Alexey Navalny in a penal colony.
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Russian rights group documents at least 69 deaths among victims of political persecution since 2022