This week’s message of moral support to Putin’s political hostages is offered in the shadow of yet another Russia-Ukraine ceasefire negotiation, optimistically scheduled for tomorrow, June 2nd, in Istanbul.

But neither the urgency of the effort to end Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, nor any of the other ongoing crises capturing each day’s headlines, should detract from the continuing plight of those individuals being unjustly held by the Putin regime.

So once again we remember:

The People of Ukraine
The Azov 12
David Barnes
Ales Bialiatski (in Belarus)
Gordon Black
Andrei Chapiuk (in Belarus)
Antonina Favorskaya
Konstantin Gabov
Robert Gilman
Stephen James Hubbard
Sergey Karelin
Ihar Karney (in Belarus) on
Vadim Kobzev
Darya Kozyreva
Artyom Kriger
Uladzimir Labkovich (in Belarus)
Michael Travis Leake
Aleksei Liptser
Ihar Losik (in Belarus)
Mikita Losik (in Belarus)
Daniel Martindale
Farid Mehralizada (in Azerbaijan)
Nika Novak
Marfa Rabkova (in Belarus)
Igor Sergunin
Dmitry Shatresov
Robert Shonov
Eugene Spector
Valiantsin Stafanovic (in Belarus)
Siarhei Tsikhanouski (in Belarus)
Laurent Vinatier
Robert Romanov Woodland
Vladislav Yesypenko (in Crimea)
Yuras Zyankovich (in Belarus)

. . . and any others I may have missed.

Know that you are not forgotten, and that efforts toward your homecoming continue.

Please stay strong.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/1/25