“We are living inside a catastrophe.” Lev Shlosberg on politics in wartime

16 April 2022 An interview with Lev Shlosberg Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Radio Svoboda] The leader of the Pskov branch of the Yabloko ['Apple'] Party, Lev Shlosberg, and…

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“I fell in love with these people”: How Elena Topoleva-Soldunova came to philanthropy and stayed for 30 years [Miloserdie.ru]

14 April 2022 an interview with Elena Topoleva-Soldunova by Polina Surnina Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Miloserdie.ru] There’s no point waiting for an improvement in the foreign agent law,…

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“While it was happening, she lost consciousness and was actually glad of that.” What we know about the rapes committed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine [Mediazona]

17 April 2022 by Alla Konstantinova (editor: Egor Skovoroda) Source: Mediazona Individual reports of rape began to appear from almost the very start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine but…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 15 April 2022]

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Lev Shlosberg: Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences is intended to make people keep quiet

14 April 2022 By Lev Shlosberg Source: Facebook My friends, first, my thanks to everyone for your concern and support. Let’s start with an aside: we’re all right. “We” because…

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Moscow Helsinki Group members: We believe it is especially important to protect human rights defenders and journalists

13 April 2022 Public appeal by members of the Moscow Helsinki Group to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General's Office 13 Apr 2022 Source: Moscow…

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