Welcome to Rights in Russia

“[…] the striving for freedom never died out in Russia, and over the centuries in each generation there have been people who devoted their lives to the struggle for freedom, and sacrificed their lives for freedom’s sake.” – Liudmila Alekseeva (1927-2018)




“[…] We are not civil society. But we prepared the ground to enable civil society to emerge, and it has emerged.” – Arseny Roginsky (1946-2017)




Our Publications
Our publications from the past week:
Our videos:
25 Questions with Bill Bowring [in Russian]
Rights in Russia interview with Mary Page [in English]
Our podcasts
Our translations:
Materials from human rights organisations and joint statements by groups of individuals or organisations
Materials from individual human rights defenders, human rights lawyers, civil society activists, legal experts, journalists, writers and politicians.
Our blogs:
Our book reviews:
Book reviews on Rights in Russia
We hope you enjoy your visit to Rights in Russia.
If you would like to contribute in any way to our work, please get in touch by email [email protected].
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Rights in Russia