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Articles by Ivan Zhilin
Those who started the war should be the ones leaving
In May, Geneva Solutions published stories of Russians who opposed the war with Ukraine but refused to flee despite repression. At that time, 35 criminal and more than 600 administrative cases were opened in Russia for anti-war speeches. Now there are 53 criminal cases and 1,938 administrative cases, and the numbers are growing every day. But those pacifists won’t abandon their convictions in the face of repression. Russian journalist Ivan Zhilin continues to tell the stories of opponents.
Russians brace themselves for increase in crime as poverty and job losses mount
The war against Ukraine and the ensuing sanctions have exacerbated many of Russia's domestic problems. Perhaps most sensitive of all is the issue of poverty, writes journalist Ivan Zhilin. An estimated 600,000 Russian citizens have lost their jobs because of the withdrawal of Western companies alone, according to Andrei Turchak, secretary of the General Council of the United Russia Party.
Ukraine stories: Ces opposants qui refusent de quitter la Russie
Ukraine stories Abonné La diffusion d’informations contraires au discours officiel sur les forces armées russes peut entraîner jusqu’à quinze ans de prison et les amendes cumulées des manifestants ont atteint 1,5 million de francs. Alors que des milliers de personnes quittent le pays, le journaliste Ivan Zhilin rencontre des opposants au régime, qui restent malgré tout Publié mercredi 11 mai 2022 à 05:16 Modifié mercredi 11 mai 2022 à 05:20
The war opponents refusing to leave Russia
Spreading fake news about the Russian armed forces can be punished with up to 15 years in prison. Fines go as high as CHF15,000. While thousands of war opponents flee the country, others have decided to stay and fight for peace. Russian journalist Ivan Zhilin met with some of them. 10.05.2022 Yekaterinburg: capital of the Urals and the country’s fourth most populous city in the country, with 1.5 million inhabitants.
The war opponents refusing to leave Russia
Spreading fake news about the Russian armed forces can be punished with up to 15 years in prison. Fines go as high as CHF15,000. While thousands of war opponents flee the country, others have decided to stay and fight for peace. Russian journalist Ivan Zhilin met with some of them. Yekaterinburg: capital of the Urals and the country’s fourth most populous city in the country, with 1.5 million inhabitants.
'Russia's opposition needs to put aside their quarrels and unite against the war'
History is repeating itself. Whenever there is an opportunity for Russia's opposition groups to unite to bring about change in the country, these efforts end in disunity – a flaw which contributed to today's war, writes former Novaya Gazeta journalist Ivan Zhilin. 02.05.2022 It seems impossible to fix our country. Even in times like these, its best people stubbornly repeat the mistakes that led to the attack on Ukraine. How did we allow the war to happen?
"Ukraine Stories": journal intime d’un journaliste russe anti-guerre
Ukraine Stories Abonné OPINION. Cet article est issu du projet Ukraine Stories qui soutient et publie le travail de journalistes ukrainiens et russes victimes de la guerre ou de la censure. Ivan Zhilin habite Ekatérinbourg. Il raconte son sentiment d’impuissance face à l’impossibilité de raconter la vérité Par Publié mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 20:11 Modifié jeudi 28 avril 2022 à 08:56
"Ukraine Stories": journal intime d’un journaliste russe anti-guerre
Ukraine Stories Abonné OPINION. Cet article est issu du projet Ukraine Stories qui soutient et publie le travail de journalistes ukrainiens et russes victimes de la guerre ou de la censure. Ivan Zhilin habite Ekatérinbourg. Il raconte son sentiment d’impuissance face à l’impossibilité de raconter la vérité Par Publié mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 20:11 Modifié mercredi 27 avril 2022 à 20:13
Diary of a Russian journalist who disagrees with the war: part 2
This article is part of our project, “Ukraine Stories”, supporting Ukrainian and Russian journalists who are victims of war or censorship. Ivan Zhilin, a journalist living in Russia's fourth largest city, Yekaterinburg describes life since the war started and the response to the war in his city. 22-23 April. Days 58 and 59 of the war Writer Alexei Ivanov accompanied his book “Yoburg” (a slang name of the city of Yekaterinburg) with the epigraph: “City of the Brave”.
Yekaterinburg Protesters Will Hold Out for Proof Church Project Is Canceled
For now, residents are celebrating a cautious victory over plans to build in their much-loved inner city haven. YEKATERINBURG — Thousands of residents of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains who have been protesting the construction of a new church in the city’s central park have vowed to keep up their vigil until they hear an official announcement the project has been canceled.
Crimea: peninsula of torture
Three years on from Crimea’s annexation by Russia, brutal torture is being used to scare the peninsula into silence and submission. Three years on since the Russian authorities took control of Crimea, Russian security forces’ actions on the peninsula increasingly recall methods that first gained infamy in the North Caucasus. Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists disappear without a trace, people who protest the policies of the new authorities are arrested, Salafi Muslims are persecuted.
The women of Brest Station
These Chechen women are falling foul of changing attitudes on the EU’s eastern border, but they have made the railway station in Brest an unlikely piece of home in Belarus. The waiting hall of the train station in the Belarusian city of Brest looks monumental, even grandiose — and yet startlingly cosy.
Words and war: Russian and Ukrainian linguists struggle to find common ground
The Russo-Ukrainian conflict has affected all aspects of relations between the two countries – even the way they talk (or don’t talk) about it. ??????? The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has effectively brought contact between linguists in the two countries to a halt. If in the past they held conferences, ran professional exchange programmes, shared information and studied linguistic questions together, now they generally work in isolation.
'Russia's opposition needs to put aside their quarrels and unite against the war'
History is repeating itself. When there is an opportunity for Russia's opposition groups to unite to bring about change in the country, these efforts end in disunity – a flaw which contributed to today's war, writes former Novaya Gazeta journalist Ivan Zhilin. 02.05.2022 It seems impossible to fix our country. Even in times like these, its best people stubbornly repeat the mistakes that led to the attack on Ukraine. How did we allow the war to happen?
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