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Stanislav Aseyev

@stanislavaseyev.bsky.social

Ukrainian journalist, writer, founder Justice Initiative Fund, veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Spent 2.5 years in Russian secret torture camp Izolyatsia (Isolation).

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It's very symbolic: the flag of Russian fascism in the center of Pokrovsk against the backdrop of the destroyed university.

It's as if this is saying: forget what you were once taught, there are no rules, no good and evil, all of this will be wiped off the face of the earth by the "Russian world".

02.12.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Le Christ au Goulag - ThéÒtre de La Concorde Christ au Goulag est le rΓ©cit de deux hommes, l’un ukrainien et l’autre russe, sΓ©parΓ©s par la paroi de leur cellule.

We will be glad to see you in Paris in Theatre de la Concorde for the premiere of my play "Le Christ au Goulag" on December 10-13.

02.12.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The result of this work:

30.11.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The work of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces:

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After numerous attempts by the presidential office to remove General Budanov from his post (which would have been disastrous), Zelenskyy appears to have finally begun to listen to him.

29.11.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Torture Camp on Paradise Street β€” Harvard University Press Longlisted for the 2024 PEN America Translation Prize.In The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his experience as a prisoner from 2015 to 2017 in...
28.11.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#IzolyatsiaMustSpeak

28.11.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

failing to notice how massive corruption schemes were being hatched behind his back.

In the second case, there remains a faint hope for a qualitative reboot of the political system. In the first case, there is none at all.
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28.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But the key question in this scandal remains: the president himself. As has been rightly noted repeatedly, there are two options, both bad: either he was involved in corruption and committed a crime, or he is completely incompetent in selecting top management...
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28.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

...the former deputy prime minister and resignation of two ministers.

All of this was made possible thanks to civil society in Ukraine, which defended the anti-corruption agencies when President Zelensky's office attempted to effectively deprive them of their independence.
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28.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So, the country's top leadership and the president's inner circle found themselves embroiled in a corruption scandal: a search of the now former Head of the presidential office, an interrogation of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, official charge against...
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28.11.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dva aΒ pΕ―l roku vΒ ruskΓ© vΔ›znici: Spisovatele mučili, ΕΎil vΒ nelidskΓ½ch podmΓ­nkΓ‘ch - Seznam ZprΓ‘vy Spisovatel Stanislav Aseyev byl vΒ roce 2017Β zatčen vΒ DonΔ›cku aΒ drΕΎen vΒ tajnΓ©m ΕΎalΓ‘Ε™i Izolacyja. ZaΕΎil mučenΓ­ elektΕ™inou, hlad, psychickΓ½ teror iΒ nesmyslnΓ½ soud.
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This is the best show Putin could have hoped for: not a single straight answer. We have a Canadian brigade in Latvia. But what is the order for this brigade? Will they shoot if Russians cross the border? We know the answer: it would take ages to negotiate it.
Garry Kasparov

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Heller Weg, Donezk. Buch von Stanislaw Assejew (Suhrkamp Verlag) Über den Horror der russischen Besatzung | Buch von Stanislaw Assejew versandkostenfrei & direkt vom Verlag kaufen
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I gave one of the 11 pages of my prison manuscripts to a member of the board of the Hamburger Stiftung fΓΌr politisch Verfolgte as a token of gratitude for the opportunities provided by the Foundation.

Excerpt from the chapter "Madness or normalcy?", in German "Wahnsinn oder Norm?"

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πŸ‘‡

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"Peace plans" appear when you live by a calculator, and a victory plan appears when you have values in your life.

It's probably no use trying to explain to Trump that his peace plan will lead to a bigger war in a few years. Even if he could realize this, it would hardly bother him.

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Yesterday I spoke to hundred of American students at Ukraine House in Denmark in Copenhagen.

Events like these always raise hopes that the next generation of American politicians will have significantly better expertise on post-Soviet countries than the current one.

20.11.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally, what we have been saying for years is confirmed by the American intelligence report: war is the paradigm of fascist dictatorship.

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πŸ‘‡100%

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This video is almost exactly the same as the moment I was wounded: a mortar attack, guided by a drone, contusion and another 20 minutes underground (under a train car in the video) with shrapnel in my neck before the drone flew away.

Turn on the sound to hear what modern war sounds like.

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"The Torture Camp on Paradise Street" is already in Georgian bookstores:
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...

15.11.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

As the saying goes, if you want a thing done well, do it yourself (on the issue of sanctions):

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The Georgian version of "The Torture Camp on Paradise Street":
www.artanuji.ge/book_ge.php?...

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And his main goal is to strike before this readiness occurs.
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11.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But if the Ukrainian army can still hold off Russia with 200,000 deserters, imagine the real military potential of countries like Germany, which are unable to find people for an army of 200,000.

Putin sees all this and understands that Europe is not ready for war with Russia.
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11.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are in darkness for 8-14 hours a day due to infrastructure destroyed by Russia.

The scale of corruption in Ukraine is enormous, and the president seems to have lost touch with reality, judging by his lack of response to it all.
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...over the ruins of cities, over the shot civilians, etc.

The Pokrovsk agglomeration, key to today's defense of Donbas, practically no longer exists.

It's no secret that the number of deserters in the Ukrainian army has exceeded 200,000.
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11.11.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What emerged from this fog will surely reach Europe one day.

This video (Russian column entering Pokrovsk) is like "The Mist" by Stephen King's book, but it is our reality: wherever the Ukrainian soldier retreats, the "Russian world" enters: over the corpses of thousands of its own killed...
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...media corporations in the United States just a radio station?
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