In brief
The database records Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine, UNIAN reports. The outlet also describes arrests of people photographing military graves, citing Politico.
The Russia 200 database, maintained by independent outlet Mediazona and the BBC's Russian service, lists nearly 283,000 Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine, UNIAN reported. The report did not specify the date of the database count.
The named tally does not cover every death. According to UNIAN, Mediazona draws on open sources, including social media posts and local news reports, but lacks the resources to document everyone killed at the front.
Citing Politico, UNIAN also reported that several dozen people had been arrested across Russia since the summer amid pressure on those photographing military graves. It described the formal charges in the closed proceedings as treason involving alleged cooperation with Ukrainian intelligence services.
UNIAN described a man sentenced by a court in Yaroslavl in September to 14 years in a penal colony, linking his prosecution to photographs of graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. Its report did not give his name, the exact sentencing date or the year of that September ruling.
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