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Read more about the article Lev Shlosberg: A Constitution that was dreamed of, yet never materialized 

Lev Shlosberg: A Constitution that was dreamed of, yet never materialized 

12 December 2024 by Lev Shlosberg Source: Facebook On 12th December 1993 after much hesitation, I voted against the draft Russian Constitution.  _______________ I didn’t like the fact that the…

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Read more about the article Statement by the Russian Helsinki Group: In Defence of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Statement by the Russian Helsinki Group: In Defence of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

21 October 2023 Source: Russian Helsinki Group On the basis of the fundamental principles of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, ‘Recognition, observance and protection of human and civil rights…

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Read more about the article Elena Lukyanova: This is a state not bound by law

Elena Lukyanova: This is a state not bound by law

8 June 2022 Aleksandr Zhelenin interviewed Elena Lukyanova for Rosbalt Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Rosbalt] "Russians are now going to live in a closed space, cut off from all…

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Read more about the article Tamara Morshchakova: Unless we create a security system that protects humanity – the most fragile thing in the world – we might all perish. All together or one by one.

Tamara Morshchakova: Unless we create a security system that protects humanity – the most fragile thing in the world – we might all perish. All together or one by one.

31 March 2022 an interview with Tamara Morshchakova, a legal expert and former juddge of the Russian Constitutional Court Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Вечерние ведомости] Former Russian Federation Constitutional…

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Read more about the article Viktor Kogan-Yasny: Public opinion in a dictatorship: Crimea, the Constitution, etc.

Viktor Kogan-Yasny: Public opinion in a dictatorship: Crimea, the Constitution, etc.

16 March 2022 by Viktor Kogan-Yasny, writer, political and civil society activist and commentator, advisor to the chair of the Yabloko party Analysing surveys of public opinion in a dictatorship…

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Read more about the article Aleksandr Podrabinek: Their president isn’t a real president!

Aleksandr Podrabinek: Their president isn’t a real president!

20 November 2021 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Belsat Last week in America it was discovered that the president in Russia isn’t the real president! We’ve known this for a long…

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Read more about the article Boris Vishnevsky on the legislation on ‘undesirable organisations’: “The former Constitutional Court would simply abolish these laws.”

Boris Vishnevsky on the legislation on ‘undesirable organisations’: “The former Constitutional Court would simply abolish these laws.”

11 June 2021 by Boris Vishnevsky, member of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly and Moscow Helsinki Group Prize laureate Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Echo Moskvy] The Duma Committee…

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Read more about the article “The peaceful character of public events must, finally, become the norm.” Appeal by constitutional experts to the federal human rights Ombudsman

“The peaceful character of public events must, finally, become the norm.” Appeal by constitutional experts to the federal human rights Ombudsman

Ilya Shablinsky, constitutional expert and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group 12 April 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] To the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Russian…

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Read more about the article Karinna Moskalenko: “If I am convinced of my position, and I am unable to protect human rights at the national level, then I go to the European Court of Human Rights.”

Karinna Moskalenko: “If I am convinced of my position, and I am unable to protect human rights at the national level, then I go to the European Court of Human Rights.”

Karinna Moskalenko 26 April 2021 An extract Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] S. Kriuchkov: [...] Based on the everyday realities of many of our compatriots today, there…

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Read more about the article Boris Vishnevsky: “After the verdict of the Venice Commission, Russia can be confidently called an ultra-presidential republic.”

Boris Vishnevsky: “After the verdict of the Venice Commission, Russia can be confidently called an ultra-presidential republic.”

25 March 2021 by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Novaya Gazeta]  The…

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