Katerina Mayakovskaya is a correspondent for the Volga Desk of RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service.
An activist in Russia says his life changed forever after he staged a one-person picket in Samara. Aleksandr Mulyukin says the authorities used insulin as a "lever of control," denying him the medication he needs to treat his diabetes. Now, he and his family have fled the country.
