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Vasily Zharkov

Vasily Zharkov
Incident Date: July 18, 2025
Incident Type: Foreign Agent
Institution: European Humanities University, Vilnius

Summary: On July 18, the Russian Ministry of Justice added Vasily Zharkov, a visiting lecturer at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, to the list of foreign agents, according to Radio Liberty.

Details: Vasily Zharkov is a PhD candidate in history and former dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninke). Currently located outside the Russian Federation.

Sources: Radio Liberty, MediaZone

18 July 2025

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T-invariant and the CISRUS center are releasing another press release “Chronicles of the Persecution of Scientists” No. 25 dated September 30, 2025. The first issue of “Chronicles of the Persecution of Scientists” was published exactly two years ago on September 30, 2023. Today we will summarize some results of the work of the repressive machine of the Russian authorities.

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