Podcast No. 96. Simon & Sergei – with Ivan Pavlov
This week our guest on the podcast is Ivan Pavlov, a human rights lawyer specializing in freedom of information and treason cases. For many years, Ivan Pavlov headed the civil…
CSO of the Week: Team 29 has disbanded
This week Team 29, an association of human rights lawyers, journalists and activists headed by prominent St. Petersburg lawyer Ivan Pavlov, disbanded. This followed news last week that (on 16…
Team 29: 😔 Team 29 is no more
18 July 2021 Team 29 is no more On Friday, at the request of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Roskomnadzor blocked the Team 29 website. We took a good look at…
Team 29: 🦔 Every cloud has a silver lining
13 July 2021 Hi! It’s Dasha Sukhikh from Team 29. On 7 July, last week, it was exactly a year since Ivan Safronov found himself in the remand centre. The…
Team 29: ❤️ Desirable in Russia
7 July 2021 Hi, I’m Dmitry Zair-Bek from Team 29! Last week, national TV called Team 29 an ‘undesirable organisation.’ An astonishing concentration of fakery in two modest words. First,…
Team 29: ✈️ On the case of physicist Valery Golubkin, one of the most prominent experts in the field of hypersonic aerodynamics
29 June 2021 Hi, it’s Dmitry Zair-Bek from Team 29! When I was young, I dreamt of becoming a pilot or the president. I soon gave up on the second…
Team 29: ✔️ Hunger games
19 June 2021 Hi, it’s Dmitry Zair-Bek from Team 29 The State Duma elections have officially been set for 19 September 2021. These elections affect everyone, without a doubt. It’s…
Team 29: ⚖️ Motion rejected
12 June 2021 Hi! This is Valeriya Vetoshkina, a lawyer with Team 29 Why such a strange heading for this letter? Because I heard this phrase more than twenty-five times…
Podcast No. 76. Simon & Sergei – with Veronika Lapina
This week our guest on our Russian-language podcast is Veronika Lapina, a human rights activist and friend of Team 29. The issues discussed on the podcast include: Team 29 -…
Team 29: 👔 Law in the grip of politics
5 June 2021 Hi, it’s Artem Kutlovsky from Team 29! On 9 June, a court hearing in the case of FBK [the Anti-Corruption Foundation] will take place. We are continuing…