Sergei Krivenko: Must a soldier carry out a criminal order known to be illegal?

26 February 2022 by Sergei Krivenko, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and director of the human rihgts group Citizen. Army. Law* Source: Realnaya Armiya In reply to questions that…

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Sergei Krivenko: Ministry of Defence against changing to contracted service

8 October 2020 Sergei Krivenko, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and co-ordinator of the “Citizen and Army” public initiative, in conversation with Igor Bukker, explains how coronavirus will affect…

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Yury Dmitriev: “I must have really stepped on someone’s toes…”

30 September 2020 The day after the toughening of the sentence handed down to historian Yury Dmitriev, a laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rights prize, from three and…

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Sergei Krivenko: In Russia, there is a lack of civic and public oversight of the army and what happens in military units

27 August 2020 Pictured: Sergei Krivenko, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and coordinator of the Human Rights Initiative “Citizen and the Army” Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: BFM] Deputy…

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Sergei Krivenko: “A dramatic change occurred at the turn of 2012 and 2013. The authorities launched an undeclared war against civil society and human rights organizations” [from an interview to mark the 44th anniversary of the Moscow Helsinki Group]

14 May 2020 Sergei Krivenko, coordinator of the human rights group Citizen and the Army, a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group and of the board of the International Memorial…

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Podcast Simon & Sergei: Rights in Russia week-ending 22 May 2020 with Sergei Krivenko

This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Sergei Krivenko (pictured), director of the Moscow-based NGO Citizen, Army & the Law, coordinator of the Citizen & Army network, a…

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Lev Ponomarev: Information on the epidemiological situation in penitentiary facilities should be made public

18 April 2020 Lev Ponomarev, head of For Human Rights, a human rights NGO, and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Эхо Москвы, 18.04.2020] We…

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Sergei Krivenko: The draft is not going to be called off. The army is expecting new recruits.

27 March 2020 Sergei Krivenko, coordinator of the Citizen and Army human rights initiative, a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, spoke on Radio Russia. The programme was presented by…

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