Human rights are increasingly being disregarded in Russia, according to a UN report published on Monday. “There is now a structural, state-sponsored system of human rights violations legalized by new or revised legislation utilized to suppress civil society, dissenting views and political opposition,” wrote Mariana Katzarova, the UN Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur, describing the situation in Russia in 2023. Critics of Russia’s war on Ukraine and dissidents are subject to ever harsher treatment, said Katzarova. She estimated the number of convicted political prisoners at 1,372 and sa…