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Romain Colas

International Business Times

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'Raped, Jailed, Tortured, Left To Die': The Hell Of Being Gay In Turkmenistan

Two men who escaped one of the world's most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for...

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International Business Times

Romain Colas

The Strange Case Of Evgeniya Mayboroda, Russia's Rebel Retiree

The elegant 74-year-old Russian put her hand on her heart as the verdict fell. Five and a half years in prison for posts opposing the war in Ukraine....

09.07.2025 10

International Business Times

Romain Colas

As War Grinds On, Ukraine's Seniors Suffer

Like thousands of senior citizens in Ukraine, Zinaida Gyrenko was spending the sunset years of her life in a shelter, her retirement upended by...

17.04.2025 9

International Business Times

Romain Colas

Near Chechnya, Tracing The Life Of A Georgian-Ukrainian Soldier

Baker Sergo Gornakashvili grew up near Georgia's Pankisi Gorge, haunted by echoes of the wars in nearby Chechnya, before trading his apron for a...

02.12.2024 4

International Business Times

Romain Colas

How Doodles Got A Russian Art Teacher Locked Up For 20 Years

Art teacher Daniil Klyuka believes the headmistress of the provincial Russian school where he worked reported him for doodling horns on pictures of...

11.11.2024 10

International Business Times

Romain Colas

'Freedom': Russian Anti-war Sisters Find New Home In Exile

In a Russian forest, the Grigoryeva sisters had found a comforting refuge in their old wooden house, their "izba". It was an isolated spot where...

25.10.2024 2

International Business Times

Romain Colas