Aleksandr Podrabinek: Aleksei Navalny’s Mortal Opposition
14 January 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV It’s a kind of competition. Aleksei Navalny is trying to survive and the Kremlin is trying to kill him. An unsporting competition,…
Podcast No. 97. Simon & Sergei – with Konstantin Kotov
Photo by Natalya Demina (Наталья Дёмина) This week our guest on the podcast is Konstantin Aleksandrovich Kotov, a Russian computer programmer and civil society activist. In 2019 Konstantin Kotov was…
Person of the Week: Oleg Kashintsev, Red Square pro-Navalny protester
Week-ending 24 December 2021 On 19 December 2021 Oleg Kashintsev, a retired Moscow police officer, was arrested after holding a single-person protest in Red Square to demand the release of…
Person of the Week: Aleksei Navalny
Week-ending 10 December 2021 On 9 December a district court in Vladimir region held a preliminary hearing concerning prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny’s lawsuit against the administration of the prison where…
Law of the Week: Jehovah’s Witnesses, designated ‘extremist’ since 2017
Week-ending 29 October 2021 In 2017 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation designated Jehovah's Witnesses as an extremist organisation, banning the faith's organisations in Russia. Since then scores of…
Person of the Week: Prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny
Week-ending 17 September 2021 This week, on 13 September in a social media post written from prison, Aleksei Navalny called on Russians to vote tactically to maximise the vote against…
Legal Case of the Week: Three Jehovah’s Witnesses fined for organising and financing an ‘extremist organisation’
Week-ending 23 July 2021 On 19 July 2021 a court in Kirov in the Urals district fined three Jehovah's Witnesses for organising and financing an extremist group. The Russian Supreme…
Person of the Week: New charges laid against prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny
Week-ending 28 May 2021 This week three new charges were laid against Aleksei Navalny, recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience 1) for theft of donations to the…
Legal Case of the Week: Nikolai Platoshkin convicted on ‘absurd’ charges
Week-ending 21 May 2021 YouTube On 19 May 2021 Nikolai Platoshkin, a former diplomat and prominent academic, video blogger and opposition activist designated by Amnesty International as a prisoner of…