Anna Karetnikova: And for those who don’t make it, please forgive me!
12 - 19 January 2026 by Anna Karetnikova Source: Facebook 12 January 2026 Public opinion is an amazing thing (I think to myself all of a sudden, not that I’m…
Sergei Davidis: ‘Everyone who speaks out against the war and the dictatorship is an ally’
11- 31 December 2025 by Sergei Davidis Source: Facebook 11 December 2025 Starting from the most general considerations and practical experience, we had no reason to expect anything good to…
Memorial’s project Support for Political Prisoners is three years old!
7 April 2025 by Memorial Source: Facebook Over these three years, around 2,500 people in Russia have been imprisoned for political reasons. Hundreds of individuals and organizations have been added…
Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre on the exclusion of members of its board located in Russia
11 April 2024 Source: Aleksandr Cherkasov, Facebook The Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre has decided to exclude from membership of its board two individuals based in Russia, Oleg Orlov and…
‘Don’t give up’: the Kremlin has killed Aleksei Navalny. Statement by the board of the Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre
17 February 2024 Source: Facebook The Russian authorities - from officials of the Penitentiary Service who created the torturous conditions of detention, to the prosecutors and judges who fabricated endless…
Aleksandr Cherkasov
Aleksandr Cherkasov: The defeat of the Putin regime is necessary for Russia itself
Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 31 July 2023 Danila Galperovich interviews Aleksandr Cherkasov Source: Voice of America The former head of Memorial Human Rights Centre that was closed down by the Russian…
Rights in Russia interview – with Nataliya Sekretareva, head of the legal team at Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre
Mary Page talks with Nataliya Sekretareva, a Russian human rights lawyer who works as head of the legal team at the Memorial Human Rights Defence Centre. Before that, Nataliya worked…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Cherepovets resident Vitaly Torochkov is a political prisoner
16 March 2023 Vitaly Torochkov was remanded in custody on charges of inciting terrorist activities for reposting a video on the VK social media site Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Ufa resident Azat Lukmanov is a political prisoner
10 March 2023 Azat Lukmanov has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Nikita Tushkanov, a teacher from Komi, is a political prisoner
3 March 2023 Nikita Tushkanov has been remanded in custody on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and justifying terrorism for anti-war posts on the VKontakte social media site Source:…
