OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 316: Searches, provocations and repression

29 July 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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Podcast: Then & Now #9 – Teresa Cherfas in conversation with Tetyana Sokolova, for many years a midwife at Mariupol’s City Maternity Hospital No. 2

25 July 2023 by Teresa Cherfas Welcome to the ninth edition of our Russian-language podcast Then & Now with me, Teresa Cherfas.  My guest today is Tetyana Sokolova, a professional midwife of 40 years at Mariupol Maternity…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 315: Prosecutors demand another 20 years behind bars for Navalny in closed trial

22 July 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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Martin Dewhirst reviews ‘How to end Russia’s War on Ukraine: Safeguarding Europe’s futures, and the dangers of a false peace,’ a report published by Chatham House

22 July 2023 by Martin Dewhirst Martin Dewhirst reviews How to end Russia’s War on Ukraine: Safeguarding Europe’s futures, and the dangers of a false peace, edited by James Nixey, published by…

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Rights in Russia interview – with Nataliya Sekretareva, head of the legal team at Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre

Mary Page talks with Nataliya Sekretareva, a Russian human rights lawyer who works as head of the legal team at the Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre. Before that, Nataliya worked…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 30 June 2023]

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Ilya Shablinsky on the important events of the past week – no legal consequences for Prigozhin’s mutiny, Ukraine’s offensive, new court verdicts in Russia [Spektr.Press]

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 3 July 2023 By Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press I am still trying to make sense of what happened last week. The FSB reported the termination of…

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