12/4/2025 – A U.K inquiry concluded that the poisoning and attempted assassination of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal "must have been authorized at the highest level, by President Putin." Skripal and his daughter were poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in 2018. In addition, a police officer and an English woman were exposed to the nerve agent, with the woman dying several months after the Skripals were poisoned. Russia has denied involvement in the incident. 

​Putin authorized 2018 Novichok poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, U.K. inquiry says

10/14/2025 – On October 14, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had initiated criminal proceedings against prominent exiled opposition figures in exile, including members of the Anti-War Committee of Russia, a leading umbrella initiative of Russia's anti-war movement in exile. The Russian state's apparent misuse of terrorism-related, state security and 'undesirable organizations' legislation is an attempt to silence dissent, as well as an example of transnational repression. 

Russia: Authorities escalate attacks on activists in exile with "terrorism" charges against Anti-War Committee