The Stage Awards winner With Fire and Rage detained by Russian police

In a quote provided by Arts on the Frontline, Zudiyeva reflected on her previous arrest by Russian police in 2019, following the annexation of the Crimea in 2014.

She said: "They wanted to make me scared. But it was exactly the other way around. Surviving this meant I overcame my fear."

Lafferty said that Zudiveya’s work represented one of the "main contributors" to With Fire and Rage, and said "her story and testimony made up one of the main segments of the piece.

"She has continued to write and document, and now has been detained again [...] She is really very brave, she doesn’t take this as a warning. She continues to speak out," Lafferty said.

The targeting of journalists and artists within the Russo-Ukrainian war has been well-documented. The war officially began with the annexation of Crimea in 2014, although it escalated further in February 2022, when Russian forces invaded further into the country.

According to Reporters Without Borders and the Institute of Mass Information, at least 26 journalists were deliberately targeted with rifle or artillery fire in 2022.

Victoria Amelina, a writer turned war crimes researcher who was also part of With Fire And Rage, was killed by a rocket in the eastern city of Kramatorsk at the beginning of July 2023.