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CNN  —  Ukrainian forces have announced the withdrawal of its forces from Avdiivka, a key town which in recent months became one of the most fiercely contested battles on the eastern front.

Even within Russia’s notorious penal colony system , prison FGU IK-3, or the Polar Wolf as it is more commonly known, has a reputation for cruelty. In winter...

Even within Russia’s notorious penal colony system, prison FGU IK-3, or the Polar Wolf as it is more commonly known, has a reputation for cruelty.

Conditions in the Arctic penal colony where Alexei Navalny died are essentially 'legalised torture', say survivors

Alexei Navalny spent his final days in a hellish penal colony in the Russian arctic where prisoners are frequently tortured with beatings and electric shocks.

Alexei Navalny disappeared from a prison about 150 miles east of Moscow early that month — only to resurface three weeks later at a dark, freezing, Gulag-style camp above the Arctic Circle, one of several notorious inmate camps known for their water torture and electric-shock abuse.

After 19 days with his whereabouts unknown, Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has been found at a strict-regime prison north of the Arctic Circle. The "Polar Wolf" prison is notorious for its brutal conditions and daunting isolation.

Ukrainska Pravda Award honours outstanding people and stories that shaped and transformed Ukraine over the previous year. This year's award ceremony took place in Kyiv on 20 December. Ukrainska Pravda editors chose the winners in the Journalist of the Year, Artist of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Civic Position, Best Humanitarian Project and Ukrainska Pravda's Hero categories.

Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, an MP from the liberal opposition Holos (Voice) party, now heads the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament) Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information, replacing of Nestor Shufrych, an MP from the outlawed Opposition Platform – Fore Life (OPFL) pro-Russian party. Shufrych has recently been charged with treason.

Months of planning with the United States were tossed aside after Ukraine’s forces were bloodied by Russia in the early days of the counteroffensive.