Arrest, detain, repeat: the Russian war critics caught in jail 'carousel'

Aziz Umerov looks at a portrait of his sister Leniye Umerova, a Ukrainian from Russian-annexed Crimea arrested in Russia, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 11, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

(Reuters) - Timofei Rudenko can't seem to stay out of jail.

The 30-year-old was arrested and detained five times in the space of two months over the summer for a series of misdemeanours including swearing at passers-by and disobeying police officers, according to Russian court records.