Weekly Update week-ending 25 June 2021

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Monique van Ravenstein reviews ‘Red Wave’ by Joanna Stingray

30 June 2021 By Monique van Ravenstein Monique van Ravenstein reviews Red Wave: An American in the Soviet Music Underground  by Joanna Stingray and Madison Stingray, Doppelhouse Press, 2020, pp. 416, Los Angeles,…

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Podcast No. 78. Simon & Sergei – with Vanessa Kogan

This week our guest on the podcast is Vanessa Kogan, director of the Legal Initiative Project. Over the years, the project's lawyers have provided legal assistance to thousands of people.…

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Lev Ponomarev: Only by our efforts can we end the practice of torture

22 June 2021 by Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] “THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED BY…

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“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Mikhail Savva 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week answering his 25 questions is Mikhail Savva. Mikhail Savva is a human rights activist, political scientist and former professor at Kuban State University who…

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Aleksandr Verkhovsky on how Russia fights extremism and xenophobia

17 June 2021 Radio Liberty interviews Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] Russia is fighting extremism and xenophobia with all its strength.…

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