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It turns out that 0lesya's fellow students were watching her posts — closely. just before her arrest, 0lesya had discovered this online chat. in it, students, some she knew, were discussing denouncing her to the authorities for her anti—war stance. translation: some of them wanted to tell the security - services or the police. others were saying it's better just to discredit me. in the end, they decided that it was their duty as patriots to denounce me. the only time 0lesya's allowed out is to be in court. herfashion statement — her protest against young russians being punished for criti...

Passed to punish dissent. public criticism of president putin's special military operation carries the risk of a long prison sentence. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg travelled to the northern russian city of arkhangelsk to see how russian authorities are silencing opposition to the war. 20—year—old student 0lesya krivtsova has been missing a lot of classes lately. she's under house arrest — her every move monitored by this electronic tag. for social media posts critical of the war in ukraine, 0lesya faces up to ten years in prison. she's been charged with discrediting the russian army...

This opposition politician was convicted of spreading fake news about the army. ilya yashin was sent to prison for eight and a half years. for vladimir kara—murza, the charge is treason. the kremlin critic and anti—war activist faces 20 years in jail. 0n the streets of arkhangelsk, it's not big brother watching you — he's a russian soldier who was killed fighting in ukraine. the patriotic messaging is persuasive. we found little sympathy here for people with anti—war views who are being prosecuted. "those people who are discrediting our army or spreading fakes, they are sick in the hea...

Countries that tried to support ukraine. in the last few hours, we heard some news from the foreign office here in the uk — they have announced the death of another british man in ukraine — the eighth in total. his identity has not yet been confirmed, and officials say his family have requested privacy. so — that was the situation in ukraine — now let's go to russia. for nearly a year, the kremlin has cracked down on public opposition to the war. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the northern city of ar—khang—guhlsk. 20—year—old student 0lesya krivtsova has been mi...

He's a russian soldier who was killed fighting in ukraine. the patriotic messaging is persuasive. we found little sympathy here for people with anti—war views who are being prosecuted. "those people who are discrediting our army or spreading fakes, "they are sick in the head", konstantin says. "they should be sent off to the front line "as cannon fodder." as for 0lesya, she says she dreams of a russia that embraces freedom of speech, where russians are not seen as criminals just for having a different opinion. steve rosenberg, bbc news, arkhangelsk.