Annex 1: Bibliography
Oral sources, including anonymous sources
Artem Klyga, Online interview with EUAA, 8 October 2025, and Email correspondence with EUAA, 31 October 2025. The source is a military lawyer, practicing since 2018. Since 2023, the expert has been working as a lawyer at the human rights organisation ‘Stoparmy Movement’ (Russia), and since 2025 as a legal aid coordinator at the human rights organisation Connection e.V. (Germany).
Human rights lawyer, Online interview with EUAA, 23 October 2025. The source is a lawyer specialising in human rights issues in Russia and has first-hand information on the current situation in the country. The contact preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Huseyn Aliyev, Online interview with EUAA, 7 October 2025. Huseyn Aliyev is a senior lecturer at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow. His research focuses on non-state armed groups and security and law enforcement structures in the Russian Federation (particularly in the North Caucasus) and Ukraine.
Ivan Pavlov, Online interview with EUAA, 10 October 2025. The source is the managing director of Human Rights Initiatives Consortium, which includes such human rights projects as the Department One, Team 29, and Attorney Project.
Lawyer specialising in LGBTIQ issues, Online interview with EUAA, 26 September 2025, and Email correspondence with EUAA, 20 November 2025. The source is a lawyer with 12 years’ experience in the field, who works with LGBTIQ Group ComingOut and Crisis Group ‘Northern Caucasus SOS’. The contact preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons.
Marianna Muravyeva, Online interview with EUAA, 3 October 2025. Marianna Muravyeva is a Professor at the Aleksanteri Institute – Finnish Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Helsinki. She specialises in legal history, LGBTIQ and women rights, gender equality, violence against women, family violence, and sex crimes, with a particular focus on the Russian Federation and the post-Soviet societies.
OVD-Info, Online interview with EUAA, 21 October 2025, and Email correspondence with EUAA, 12 November 2025. OVD-Info is an independent human rights project, which was founded in 2011 and works on the ground in Russia, providing legal aid, engaging in advocacy, and collecting data on political repressions in the country. The contact preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons.