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    Azat Miftakhov: Six Years in Prison for Not Breaking a Window
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    Ilya Shakursky: “Now and Then the Flame Dies Down, but Solidarity Is a Stream of Sparks”
  • Fifty Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences: "We Urge the Court to Release Azat Miftakhov"
    Fifty Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences: "We Urge the Court to Release Azat Miftakhov"
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    Torture First, Ask Questions Later (The Case of Azat Miftakhov)
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    Shiyes: The Cost of Solidarity
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    A Letter to the International Congress of Mathematicians on the Azat Miftakhov Case
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    Elena Kostyuchenko: Homophobia Is the Cause
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    Irina Slavina: "I Ask You to Blame the Russian Federation for My Death"
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