Zabia Wola, Poland, Oct 20, 2024 (AFP) - Russian dissident in jail found 'many unknown' political convicts

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2024-10-20

As he was transferred through various jails of Russia's vast prison system, Oleg Orlov had a mission: to find out how many political prisoners there were in each facility. The veteran dissident, freed in August in the biggest Russia-West prisoner swap since the Cold War, knew the lists. His Nobel Prize-winning rights organisation Memorial has painstakingly recorded the names of people jailed for denouncing Moscow's Ukraine invasion. The 71-y......

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