Writings
Articles, letters, speeches
Five texts from a corpus spanning nearly fifty years. The archive is in development; new texts are added over time.
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21 March 2025Court speechSyktyvkar pretrialSyktyvkar pretrial detention centre
I am the accuser here
Court speech on the day of sentencing, 21 March 2025
I am the accuser here. I accuse Putin’s corpse-stinking ruling clique of preparing, unleashing, and waging a war of aggression.Read in full
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2026
- 31 January 2026EssayT-2 prison, YeletsT-2 closed prison, Yelets
The crisis of Western civilisation
Essay, 31 January – 2 February 2026But do not ask whether our world has betrayed us. Ask whether we have not betrayed it.
2025
- 15 October 2025LetterT-2 prison, YeletsT-2 closed prison, YeletsRussian only
A leftist’s creed
Three letters to Vladimir Volokhonsky, 13–19 October 2025Three letters from Yelets in which Skobov sets out a leftist’s creed — equality as the central value, progress as the widening of universal rights, social justice above economic efficiency. - 21 March 2025Court speechSyktyvkar pretrialSyktyvkar pretrial detention centre
I am the accuser here
Court speech on the day of sentencing, 21 March 2025I am the accuser here. I accuse Putin’s corpse-stinking ruling clique of preparing, unleashing, and waging a war of aggression.
2024
- 27 August 2024LetterSyktyvkar pretrialSyktyvkar pretrial detention centre
The revolt of the elites
Letter to Lyubov Grebneva, 27 August 2024At the foundation of civilisation, of its progress, lies the principle: what isn’t yours is not yours to take.
2023
- 1 September 2023Open letterSaint PetersburgSaint Petersburg, before arrest
For the complete dismantling of Nazi Russia
An address to citizens of the Russian Federation, 1 September 2023We are citizens of Russia who stand for a world where what isn’t yours is not yours to take. Where individuals and peoples are equal in rights and can live without ‘masters’, whether their own or others’.