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Am 24.02.2026 jährt sich zum vierten Mal Russlands umfassender Angriff auf das gesamte Territorium der Ukraine. Vier Jahre später wird der Krieg gegen die Ukraine vor allem aus militärpolitischer Sicht diskutiert, es finden auf hoher politischer Ebene Verhandlungen über Grenzverschiebungen, Waffenstillstand und NATO-Mitgliedschaft statt.

Despite the growing repressions on opposition, civil society and media representatives in Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, not all civil society structures, including environmental protests, have disappeared. Across many regions in the country environmental groups are protesting against local problems, such as air and water pollution, mismanagement of waste or demolition of green zones. Some of the activists are being prosecuted, but a number of campaigns have also led to positive results.

Authoritarian systems rely on the normalisation of violence. Threats against journalists are very rarely investigated, creating an atmosphere of impunity. As for physical attacks, they are fairly rare, but they happen – and there is also little interest in fully investigating them. The message is clear: you are on your own.