The picture is of Nadezhda Buyanova, who was born in Lviv on 29 March 1956, but has lived in Russia since 1995. The Ukrainian-born paediatrician faces long sentence on ‘fake news’ charge based on true words about Russia’s war against Ukraine. (Thnx Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)
You can read more about Ukraine and Ukrainians' struggle for freedom in Just Peace Ukraine, a weekly round-up of readings and commentary mostly about the Russo-Ukrainian War, but with heaps of other interesting stuff as well.
https://open.substack.com/pub/martincurt/p/4g15-lashing-out-understanding-russias?r=1enxgv&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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