List of obvious abuses of Soviet Union & Russia

List of Soviet and Russian invasions since 1917: https://www.numbers-stations.com/articles/soviet-and-russian-invasions-since-1917/

Soviet invasion of Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Poland

Soviet invasion of Finland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_War

List of military occupations by Soviet Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupations_by_the_Soviet_Union

Russian wars for the last 30 years and their consequences: https://ukrainer.net/russian-wars/

Russian biolabs

List of Soviet/Russian biological weapons institutions:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_biological_weapons_program

-Biopreparat: 18 labs, test sites, and production centers

-USSR Ministry of Agriculture

-USSR Ministry of Defense

-Poison Laboratory of the Soviet Services

-Project Bonfire

-Project Factor

-Chimera Project

-Project Ekologiya

Notable biological agent outbreaks:

-smallpox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Aral_smallpox_incident

-anthrax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak

-Marburg virus

Russia and weapons of mass destruction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

Human trafficking in Russia

Estimated 794,000-more than 1 Million people according to https://globalvoices.org/2023/04/26/human-trafficking-forced-labor-and-exploitation-of-migrants-in-russia/#:~:text=Estimates%20of%20the%20scale%20of,and%20two%20for%20forced%20labor.

Trafficking in persons report: https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-trafficking-in-persons-report/russia/

Russian women have been trafficked 40-50 countries: https://publications.iom.int/books/mrs-no-7-trafficking-sexual-exploitation-case-russian-federation

Human trafficking in Ukraine

Prior to Russian invasion in 2022: estimated 300,000 Ukranians had suffered from human trafficking since 1991 https://www.usaid.gov/ukraine/fact-sheet/dec-16-2022-trafficking-persons#:~:text=Prior%20to%20Russia%27s%20invasion%20in,abroad%20and%2017%2C000%20in%20Ukraine

46K trafficked 2019-2021 (according to above article)

War on Ukraine has caused a human trafficking crisis (use of rape as a weapon of war):https://www.usip.org/publications/2022/06/russias-war-has-created-human-trafficking-crisis-says-un-envoy

Russia attacking Churches in Ukraine

Attack on Eastern Sunday:

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-attacks-church-ukraine-easter-sunday-2-casualties-report-1794629

Russia attack destroys ancient monastery in Ukraine:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/4/russian-artillery-hits-monastery-in-ukraines-east-zelenskyy

500 Ukrainian Churches and religious sites damaged by Russian military:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/february/ukrainian-churches-damaged-russia-war-religious-freedom-irf.html

Russia attacks on Ukrainian churches are war crimes:

https://baptistnews.com/article/russias-attacks-on-ukrainian-religious-sites-are-war-crimes/

Russian Chemical and Biological weapons

Facts sheet and timeline: https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/timeline-chemical-biological-weapons-developments-during-russias-2022-invasion-ukraine

Relationship between Putin and Nicaragua

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua–Russia_relations#:~:text=On%20July%2012%2C%202014%2C%20Vladimir,consulate%20on%20the%20Crimean%20peninsula

Putin made a visit to Nicaragua in on July 12, 2014 and met with President Ortega.

In November 2020, Nicaragua opened a consulate on the Crimean peninsula.

In 2022, Nicaragua voted against condemning Russia for their invasion of Ukraine (they were one of four, along with North Korea, Belarus, and Syria).

In June 2022, Nicaragua authorized Russian military to enter country: https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2022/11/nicaragua-russias-new-client-state/

Overview of Russia-Nicaragua relations: https://fairbd.net/russia-nicaragua-relations-explained/

Relationship between Putin and Cuba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba–Russia_relations#:~:text=Cuba%20and%20the%20Russian%20Federation,-Vladimir%20Putin%20with&text=In%20December%202000%2C%20Putin%20visited,economic%20ties%20with%20each%20other

Putin visited Cuba in December 2020 and along with Fidel Castro, looked for a lifting of the embargo.

Russia and Cuba continue to maintain close economic ties. In July 2009, Russia began oil exploration in Gulf of Mexico after signing a deal with Cuba.

In 2013, Medvedev (PM of Russia at the time) visited Cuba and signed agreements on education, health, aeronautics and space technology, and hydrometereology.

In March 2014, Cuba recognized Crimea as part of Russia.

Cuba did not endorse Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel visited Putin in Moscow in November 2022 where they criticized Western sanctions against Russia and Cuba; and they opened a monument to Castro in one of Cuba’s districts.

Russia and Cuba strengthen relations:https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/cuba-and-russia-strengthen-strategic-partnership/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-cuba-ink-deals-revitalize-islands-ailing-economy-rcna85408