Week-ending 15 October 2021 Andrei Pivovarov, executive director of the opposition group Open Russia On 11 October 2021 colleagues of the former executive director of the pro-democracy Open Russia movement,…
Week-ending 25 June 2021 On 23 June 2021 Andrei Pivovarov, former head of the Open Russia movement, was fined 50,000 roubles for violation of the 'foreign agent' law. He remains…
3 June 2021 An interview with Lev Ponomarev, human-rights activist and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group [pictured left] by Nikolai Vasilyev of Sobesednik. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Sobesednik.ru]…
3 June 2021 Statement by Memorial Human Rights Centre Source: Memorial Human Rights Centre At the end of May 2021 there were two landmark events regarding application of the legislation…
Week-ending 28 May 2021 This week Open Russia, founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and based in the UK, announced it was ending its activities in Russia following the adoption of a…
Photo of Irina Slavina (Agora) 6 October 2020 On the day of the funeral of Nizhny Novgorod journalist Irina Slavina, Memorial, Open Russia and Public Verdict demanded a review of…
Week-ending 18 September 2020 On Friday, 18 September 2020, RFE/RL reported that prominent Russian activist Andrei Pivovarov has been detained at the exit of a Moscow detention center immediately after…
Week-ending 26 June 2020 The EU-Russia Civil Society Forum has highlighted the plight of Anastasia Shevchenko, whose trial for involvement in the Open Russia movement, an unregistered Russian association banned…
Week-ending 19 June 2020 Russia: Prisoner of conscience Anastasia Shevchenko’s trial starts The trial of Anastasia Shevchenko, a prisoner of conscience who has spent 17 months under house arrest for…
Week-ending 24 January 2020 House Arrests, New Criminal Charges A Russian court has extended the house arrest of Anastasiya Shevchenko, a member of the Open Russia Civic Movement, alleging that she is involved…