Ilya Krasilshchik is a Russian journalist. He faces 10 years in prison for allegedly spreading fake news on the killings of civilians in Ukraine. Illia had co-founded Meduza, a Russian language web news outlet based in Riga, Latvia. 

 

 

Ksenia Krimer is a historian and author. She is currently a visiting research fellow at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam, Germany. 

 

 

 

 

Ulrike von Hirschhausen is also a historian. She teaches at the University of Rostock with a special focus on empires.