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Boris Vishnevsky: “After the verdict of the Venice Commission, Russia can be confidently called an ultra-presidential republic.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 9, 2021
Post category:Boris Vishnevsky Constitution Council of Europe Politicians Venice Commission
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25 March 2021 by Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Novaya Gazeta] The…

Boris Vishnevsky: Police are conducting politically motivated monitoring of citizens who have committed no crimes

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 24, 2021
Post category:Freedom of Assembly Law Enforcement Police Politicians Right of assembly Yabloko
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13 March 2021 by Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Новая газета] On 20 January,…

Aleksei Navalny’s closing remarks in court: Russia will be happy.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 2, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny European Court of Human Rights Judicial System Law Enforcement Politically Motivated Prosecutions Politicians
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20 February 2021 On 20th February Moscow City Court heard an appeal against the decision of the Simonovsky district court to replace the suspended sentence of politician Aleksei Navalny with…

Podcast No. 60: Simon & Sergei – with Lev Shlosberg

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 22, 2021
Post category:Freedom of Expression Gorbachev Lev Shlosberg Podcast Podcasts Politicians Politics Putin Putinism Right of Association Yeltsin
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This week our guest on the podcast is Lev Markovich Shlosberg. Lev Markovich is a Russian politician, a civil society and human rights activist, and a journalist. He is chair…

Boris Vishnevsky: Making everyone sit in the kitchen with their middle finger in their pocket isn’t going to work

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 8, 2021
Post category:Boris Vishnevsky Freedom of Assembly Judicial System Law Enforcement Politicians Right of assembly
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3 February 2021 By Boris Vishnevsky, deputy in the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Echo Moskvy] Today I spoke…

Aleksei Navalny’s speech in court: “We shall have Vladimir the Underpants Poisoner.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 7, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Judicial System Politicians Right to a Fair Trial
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2 February 2021 On 2 February 2021 Simonovsky district court heard a petition by the Federal Penitentiary Service to sentence Aleksei Navalny to a real term in prison in place…

Boris Vishnevsky: “Those who serve the law rather than the authorities, and protect citizens from criminals rather than the government from citizens, do not need anonymity”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 29, 2021
Post category:Boris Vishnevsky Law Enforcement Police Politicians
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13 January 2021 By Boris Visnyesky, a deputy in the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] State Duma deputies…

Lev Shlosberg: On the Navalny case and Putin’s police state

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 26, 2021
Post category:Aleksei Navalny Lev Shlosberg Politicians
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19 January 2021 By Lev Shlosberg, civil society activist, member of the Pskov Regional Assembly of Deputies, journalist, and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

Boris Vishnevsky: But the ‘foreign agent’ is all the same Lev Ponomarev.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 12, 2021
Post category:Boris Vishnevsky Ekho Moskvy Politicians St. Petersburg
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28 December 2020 By Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the St. Petersburg city assembly, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] The ex-wife of…

Boris Vishnevsky: The Constitutional Court has allowed a little violation of the Constitution, if it is very necessary

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:January 12, 2021
Post category:Boris Vishnevsky Constitution Constitutional Court Judicial System Politicians St. Petersburg
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30 December 2020 By Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St Petersburg, Moscow Helsinki Group prize laureate Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] The Constitutional Court published…