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VOA Russian: Russia tortures civilians in occupied Ukrainian territories, activist group says


FILE - A recently swapped Ukrainian prisoner of war cries while calling his relatives after a prisoner exchange on the Ukrainian-Russian border, on Jan. 31, 2024. Russian forces are accused of kidnapping and torturing civilians they deem dangerous.
FILE - A recently swapped Ukrainian prisoner of war cries while calling his relatives after a prisoner exchange on the Ukrainian-Russian border, on Jan. 31, 2024. Russian forces are accused of kidnapping and torturing civilians they deem dangerous.

VOA Russian speaks to Yevgeniya Chirikova, a coordinator of the Activatica initiative that tracked down the Kremlin's system of mass torture and violence on Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian army. Using the blueprint that Moscow previously used in Chechnya, Activatica says Russian forces kidnap civilians they deem dangerous and put them in illegal detention centers where they are subjected to systematic torture sanctioned by the authorities in Moscow.

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