In his modest apartment in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, former university lecturer Roman Melnichenko is in trouble for speaking out against Russia’s offensive in Ukraine. The 49-year-old is fighting the courts to be able to teach again, despite the risk of ending up in prison.

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