“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Yana Helmel 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Yana Helmel, a human rights lawyer from Ekaterinburg in Sverdlovsk region who has worked with organisations such as the Interregional…

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“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Olga Vekovshinina 25 questions

Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Olga Vekovshinina, a human rights activist from Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region. Olga Vekovshinina is a member of the Sverdlovsk region Public…

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Legal Case of the Week: Former mayor of Ekaterinburg Evgeny Roizman convicted of ‘organising an unsanctioned event’

Week-ending 14 May 2021 Evgeny Roizman. Source: Wikipedia On 11 May 2021 the former mayor of Ekaterinburg, Evgeny Roizman, was sentenced to nine days in jail for 'organising an unsanctioned…

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Ekaterinburg human rights defender Anna Pastukhova has died

5 May 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group In Ekaterinburg on the evening of 4 May, Anna Pastukhova, the head of the Ekaterinburg Memorial Society, passed away. The cause of death…

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Podcast No. 53. Simon & Sergei – with Sergei Belyaev

This week our guest is Sergei Ivanovich Belyaev, president of the Ekaterinburg human rights organisation, Sutyazhnik. Sutyazhnik, one of the most important human rights organisations in the Urals Federal District,…

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