[Russia] - As Russia Targets Activists Helping Ukrainian Refugees, Future Aid Grows Uncertain

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The recent arrests of two Russian volunteers helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war and living under occupation have thrown the future
of this aid into uncertainty, activists and observers told The Moscow Times.Nadezhda Rossinskaya, also known as Nadin Geisler, was arrested
on Feb
volunteer groups that have helped Ukrainian civilians to find housing, shelter and benefits in Russia or leave for a third country since
from international humanitarian agencies, this volunteer work has been considered vital to helping Ukrainians survive Russian occupation
hundreds of Ukrainians crossing back into Kyiv-controlled territory nearly every day from Russia, where they were either forcibly deported
According to his son, Demidenko was abducted at Kolotilovka after reporting an alleged scheme to solicit bribes from Ukrainians to a local
of these two prominent volunteers means that the tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees seeking assistance in Belgorod or help to leave the
legal coordinator of Rossinskaya's defense and a lawyer for a human rights project run by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, told The Moscow Times that
the FSB has increased attention to all activists, to all people who help Ukrainians
She also claimed to have helped Russian military personnel, calling on a United Russia MP to confirm her story.She denied that she
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Not only Belgorod, but St
Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg and a bunch of others
One person gave us their last 200 rubles in their account
Some gave us 20,000
I just help anyone without knowing who they are