OVD-Info: If you are going to protest on 29 March…
27 March 2026 by OVD-Info Source: OVD-Info Greetings! The hottest topic of recent weeks has been the talk about the potential complete blocking of Telegram in Russia. According to independent…
Oleg Orlov’s speech at his trial: ‘We now find ourselves in the world of George Orwell’
11 October 2023 Oleg Orlov's speech at his trial Source: Radio Svoboda Radio Svoboda has published the text of Oleg Orlov's final speech at his trial for ‘discrediting’ the Russian…
‘Memorial. Political Prisoners’: Muscovite Aleksandr Gedzhadze, convicted in Belarus of disorderly conduct, is a political prisoner
21 November 2022 Aleksandr Gedzhadze, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a Belarusian court, will serve his sentence in Russia Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners.…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Kaliningrad opposition activist Vadim Khairullin, convicted under the so-called ‘Dadin’ article of the Russian Criminal Code, is a political prisoner
16 September 2022 Vadim Khairullin will spend a year in a penal colony for participation in rallies of solidarity with the Belarusian opposition and in support of Aleksei Navalny Source:…
OVD-Info: UN calls on Russia to repeal laws on ‘foreign agents’, ‘fake news’, and discrediting the Army
4 November 2022 Source: OVD-Info The UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) has published its concluding observations on the human rights situation in Russia, in which it called for the…
Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Kirill Ukraintsev, chair of the Courier trade union, is a political prisoner.
10 June 2022 Ukraintsev is being prosecuted under the ‘Dadin’ article of the Russian Criminal Code for organising protests by delivery and taxi drivers Source: Human Rights Project 'Support for…
Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Maria Chugunova, who took part in a rally in support of Navalny and has been convicted of blocking a road in downtown Moscow, is a political prisoner
15 June 2022 Maria Chugunova has been sentenced to eight months in a general-regime penal colony. Source: Human Rights Project 'Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial' The Human Rights Project ‘Support…
Boris Vishnevsky: They will be fine without rallies and rights. State Duma to consider a new bill restoring Soviet ‘freedom of assembly’
12 June 2022 By Boris Vishnevsky, politician, political commentator, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, member of the Yabloko party, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize in…
Sergei Davidis: Ten years on from Bolotnaya
7 May 2022 By Sergei Davidis Source: Facebook Lots of people go back over the past, trying to reach a view on one thing or another with the benefit of…
Podcast No. 105. Simon & Sergei – with Andrei Kalikh
Our guest on the podcast this week is Andrei Kalikh, a human rights researcher, journalist, and activist with a special interest in the issue of corruption. In the past, Andrei…
