“Russia needs peace. Putin must go!” – a public statement by Russian civil society figures

1 April 2022 This statement, circulated by the Congress of the Intelligentsia, as of 1 April 2022 had been signed by Lev Ponomarev, human rights activist, Viktor Shenderovich, writer, Liya…

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Statement by Congress of the Intelligentsia: “You will be cursed!”

21 February 2022 An open statement by the Congress of the Intelligentsia Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы, 21.02.2022] To the Warmongers The main topic of news in recent…

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Statement by the Congress of the Intelligentsia: “We are calling on everyone to speak out in defence of Memorial and to continue the organization’s work”

15 November 2021  Pictured is Lev Ponomarev, human-rights activist, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and an author of the petition Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы] November 11,…

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Congress of the Intelligentsia: “30 years ago, freedom and democracy were defended”

21 July 2021 Picture: Valery Borshchev, co-chairman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, co-signatory of the following letter, member of the organising committee “30 years of the people’s victory over the…

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Congress of the Intelligentsia of Russia: “We must not allow Russian military intervention in the Republic of Belarus”

9 August 2020 Participants in the Congress of the Intelligentsia of Russia appeal to the military and law enforcement bodies of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

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