Case law
ECHR
Europe
Experts
Research Centre
Torture
Torture: Absolute Prohibition
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Experts
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War in Ukraine
Between War and Rule of Law: Criminal Justice in Ukraine Under Fire
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Experts
Imperialism
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Institutional Loyalty and Identity Dependence: the Phenomenon of ‘Liberal Imperialism’ in Post-Soviet Religious Discourse
Compulsory self-identification as a 'foreign agent' — a legal mechanism introduced in the Russian Federation…
Experts
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Russia
“Motherland” Protects Its Fraudsters: Russia Is Building a Telephone Iron Wall
Russia has taken another step toward ensuring the safety of its citizens — and, as…
Experts
Imperialism
Neocolonialism
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
“We’ll Be Closing the Windows”: The Self-Isolation of Russian Society as a Performance of a Carceral State
— How many open windows do we have in total? — They’re all open. —…
Imperialism
Mercenary
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
In Memory of Serhiy Kokurin
Eleven years ago today — March 18, 2014 — as Putin solemnly declared the "peaceful…
Experts
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Russia
Anesthesia of Consumption and Surgery of Control: A Two-Phase Model of Authoritarian Governance of the Digital Space in Russia
Social science has long sought to explain why citizens of authoritarian states do not mount…
Crime prevention
Experts
Organised crime
Police
Policing
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Statistics
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
Dmytro Yagunov: Crime and Social Control in Ukraine 2013-2025: Analysis of Transformation Under War Conditions
This study examines crime trends in Ukraine from 2013 to 2025, with particular focus on…
Experts
Imperialism
Mercenary
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
Sacred Imperialism: ‘Traditional Values’ and the Continuity of Russian Colonial Policy
This article examines how the concept of ‘traditional values’ functions as the main instrument of…
Experts
Imperialism
Mercenary
Neocolonialism
Research Centre
Russia
Russian invasion
Ukraine
War crimes
War in Ukraine
Foreign Aggression, Own ‘Operation’: How Russia Appropriated the Language of International Law
At the end of February 2026, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a series of official…
