诺贝尔和平奖得主、俄罗斯独立报纸《新报》前总编德米特里·穆拉托夫在接受BBC采访时表示，普京已经无法再宣称在乌克兰战争中获胜[1]。这场持续近五年的冲突已造成超百万人伤亡[1]。穆拉托夫指出，"永远不会有'胜利'"[1]。
自2022年俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来，言论自由在俄罗斯遭到广泛打压[1]。至少1500人因反对俄罗斯"特别军事行动"而被监禁，这一数字是苏联克格勃时期的三倍[1]。穆拉托夫创办的《新报》本身已被政府国有化，其印刷厂被关闭，网站被封锁，目前仅能通过VPN在线访问[1]。此外，四名记者安东妮娜·法沃尔斯卡亚、康斯坦丁·加博夫、谢尔盖·卡列林和阿尔乔姆·克里格因极端主义罪名被判监禁[1]。
自今年初以来，俄罗斯对使用核武器的提及已超过500次[1]。39岁的钢琴家帕维尔·库什尼尔因发布反战视频被捕，随后在看守所绝食身亡[1]。
Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient and former editor-in-chief of Russia's independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, told the BBC that Vladimir Putin cannot legitimately declare victory in the Ukraine conflict, which has persisted for nearly five years and resulted in over one million casualties [1]. Speaking to the broadcaster, Muratov stated there will never be "victory" in this war [1].
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the country has witnessed a dramatic crackdown on freedom of expression [1]. At least 1,500 people have been imprisoned for opposing the government's policies, a figure three times higher than during the Soviet KGB era [1]. Muratov's own publication, Novaya Gazeta, has been nationalized by the government, its printing facilities closed, and its website blocked—now accessible only through VPN [1]. Additionally, references to the use of nuclear weapons have exceeded 500 mentions since the beginning of the year [1]. The suppression of dissent has extended to individual cases, including pianist Pavel Kushnir, a 39-year-old who was arrested after posting an anti-war video and subsequently died on a hunger strike in a detention facility [1]. Four journalists—Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin, and Artyom Kriger—have also been sentenced to imprisonment on extremism charges [1].