“Russia needs peace. Putin must go!” – a public statement by Russian civil society figures

1 April 2022 This statement, circulated by the Congress of the Intelligentsia, as of 1 April 2022 had been signed by Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist, Viktor Shenderovich, writer, Liya…

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Statement by Congress of the Intelligentsia: “You will be cursed!”

21 February 2022 An open statement by the Congress of the Intelligentsia Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы, 21.02.2022] To the Warmongers The main topic of news in recent…

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Statement by the Congress of the Intelligentsia: “We are calling on everyone to speak out in defence of Memorial and to continue the organization’s work”

15 November 2021  Pictured is Lev Ponomarev, human-rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and an author of the petition Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] November 11,…

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Congress of the Intelligentsia: “30 years ago, freedom and democracy were defended”

21 July 2021 Picture: Valery Borshchev, co-chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, co-signatory of the following letter, member of the organising committee “30 years of the people’s victory over the…

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Statement by members of the Congress of the Intelligentsia: “Citizens of Belarus, we see you as setting an example worthy of respect and emulation.”

11 September 2020 Pictured: Co-chair of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Valery Borshchev Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] Russian citizens who follow political developments in our own country and…

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Statement by the Congress of the Intelligentsia: Save Yury Dmitriev!

7 July 2020 Lev Ponomarev, chair of the national NGO For Human Rights and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] The prosecutor has…

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