Igor Rudnikov News Today

Since his arrest on charges of espionage just over a month ago, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been held in Russia’s most notorious prison, Lefortovo, located in a leafy residential district of Moscow.   Its impenetrable walls once muffled the cries of Soviet-era political prisoners tortured and executed by security officers during Stalin’s purges.  While bullets no longer fly in Lefortovo’s holding cells, the prison’s central role in Russia’s system of political ...

The Russian fortress where US journalist is held

"Its a frozen prison, theyre isolating you as much as possible from the outside world and from other prisoners, apart from your cellmate," said Igor Rudnikov, a former detainee and journalist.

Inside Lefortovo prison, inmates are not permitted to see or speak with anyone other than their assigned cellmate. The FSB security service designed the detention facility, which has housed a long list of high-profile figures, to keep detainees in near-total isolation

US journalist Evan Gershkovich's court appearance in Moscow on Tuesday will be a rare break from his isolation in Lefortovo prison -- a symbol of repression

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday published an article that detailed the conditions of Lefortovo, a Russian prison where one of its journalists is being held.

Russian journalist Aleksei Malinovsky and his family have been granted political asylum in France, where they fled in September fearing for their safety

Russian journalist Aleksei Malinovsky and his family have been granted political asylum in France, where they fled in September fearing for their safety

Russian journalist Aleksei Malinovsky and his family have been granted political asylum in France, where they fled in September fearing for their safety after police raided their house and assaulted him.

Russian journalist Aleksei Malinovsky and his family have been granted political asylum in France, where they fled in September fearing for their safety