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…
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…
Week-ending 17 December 2021 This week the European Court of Human Rights handed down eleven rulings with regard to Russia finding violations of Convention Articles 2 (right to life), 3…
Week-ending 17 December 2021 On 15 December 2021 a court in Yessentuki sentenced seven Ingush protest leaders to terms of imprisonment of between seven and a half and nine years.…
Week-ending 3 December 2021 Eight political activists are on trial or awaiting trial in Ingushetia (Southern Russia) for leading a peaceful protest campaign in 2018 and 2019. They are facing…
Week-ending 26 November 2021 This week the European Court of Human Rights handed down five rulings in relation to Russia, finding violations of Articles 3 (prohibition of torture), 5 (liberty…
Viсtoria Ivleva Yury Samodurov This week our guests on the podcast are Viсtoria Ivleva, photographer, journalist and writer, and Yury Samodurov, civic activist, social and political commentator and co-founder of…
Week-ending 12 November 2021 In three rulings this week with regard to Russia, the European Court of Human Rights found violations of European Convention articles 6 (fair trial), 10 (freedom…
Week-ending 5 November 2021 This week in four rulings the European Court of Human Rights found violations of Convention Articles 2 (right to life), 3 (prohibition of torture), 6 (fair…
16 October 2021 In the photograph: Zoya Svetova, journalist, human rights defender, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and signatory of the declaration Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы]…