Aleksandr Podrabinek: One against the System. Vladimir Kara-Murza at the sharp end of the confrontation

11 October 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV War unleashes violence. Military personnel are allowed to kill with impunity, law enforcement officials are allowed to hand out punishments without regard…

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Lev Ponomarev on the arrest of Dmitry Gudkov and the closing of Open Russia in the context of continuing pressure on the opposition

3 June 2021 An interview with Lev Ponomarev, human-rights activist and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group [pictured left] by Nikolai Vasilyev of Sobesednik. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Sobesednik.ru]…

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Pavel Chikov: Details of the criminal investigation into Dmitry Gudkov and his aunt

1 June 2021 By Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora international human rights group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy, 1.06.2021] A criminal investigation into alleged large-scale financial harm…

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Legal Case of the Week: Dmitry Gudkov arrested, his home searched and released without charge

Week-ending 4 June 2021 Photo of Dmitry Gudkov: Wikipedia On 1 June 2021 Russian opposition politician and former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov was arrested, his dacha was searched. On…

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