Russia’s Informers. A discussion with Sergei Medvedev, Olga Romanova and Aleksandr Cherkasov [Radio Svoboda]

26 April 2023 Olga Romanova and Aleksandr Cherkasov on how the culture of denunciation has been reborn in Russia Source: Radio Svoboda Sergei Medvedev: In a year of war, denunciation culture…

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Olga Romanova: Fishman on the country and Nemtsov

Olga Romanova 3 May 2022 Olga Romanova reviews Mikhail Fishman's new book: Преемник. История Бориса Немцова и страны, в которой он не стал президентом [The Successor. The history of Boris…

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Olga Romanova: A very good story

16 April 2021 by Olga Romanova, head of the human rights organisation Russia Behind Bars and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize  Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: facebook.com/Ooo.Romanova] An…

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When torture becomes “everyday work”: Olga Romanova on what’s going on in the prison colonies of Vladimir region and across Russia

25 March 2021 Current Time interviews Olga Romanova, director of the human rights organisation Russia Behind Bars and recipient of the Moscow-Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Current…

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Russia Behind Bars launches ‘Anti-Hater’ campaign to defend NGOs from hate attacks in the media

6 August 2020 The Russia Behind Bars foundation for the assistance of convicted persons is launching a campaign called “Anti-hater.”  The aim is to develop ways to defend NGOs that…

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Olga Romanova: Release the prisoners, unload the prisons! What is happening in prisons during the coronavirus pandemic

4 April 2020 Olga Romanova, head of the human rights organisation Jailed Russia, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group Award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: My Russian Rights] As…

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