Ekho Moskvy editorial board: ‘We ask the President of the Russian Federation to intervene in the situation’

2 February 2022 By the editorial board of Ekho Moskvy Source: Ekho Moskvy In connection with the threats made against our colleagues from Novaya gazeta and Dozhd* TV channel by…

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Liya Akhedzhakova: Why is the label of foreign agent applied to the best people in our profession? To the very best!

7 December 2021 A speech given by the laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Award, actress Liya Akhedzhakova, during the presentation of the Star of Theatre award in the nomination…

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‘They were using secret documents’: how the trial began to challenge the status of ‘media-based foreign agent’

24 March 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Дождь] On 24th March, the first session was held of the administrative appeal of the human rights defender,  a member of the…

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Karinna Moskalenko: The Yves Rocher case was significant in that Navalny was recognised as having been victim of the violation both of Article 6 and Article 7 of the European Convention

13 February 2021 The lawyer Karinna Moskalenko is a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and founder of the Centre for the Promotion of International Defence Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

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“One day the bubble will burst.” Andrei Makarevich on Navalny’s film and Russians’ apathy

20 January 2021 Andrei Makarevich in an interview with TV Rain Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Дождь] The Putin’s Palace investigation by Aleksei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation [the FBK] garnered more…

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