Vera Vasilieva: A letter from Yury Dmitriev
14 November 2022 by Vera Vasilieva Source: Facebook I received a letter from Yury Alekseevich Dmitriev dated 24 October which struck me deeply by the contrast between its contents and…
Vera Vasilieva: A letter from Yury Dmitriev
13 June 2022 By Vera Vasilieva Source: Facebook A letter, dated 24th May, came from Yury Alekseevich Dmitriev. The very first that I have received from him since he arrived…
Vera Vasilieva: ‘Sovereign justice’ – On the case of Leonid Nevzlin at the European Court of Human Rights
13 February 2022 Vera Vasilieva, freelance journalist, host of the Radio Liberty project ‘Freedom and Memorial’ and laureate of a Moscow Helsinki Group award Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Original source: Радио…
Vera Vasilieva: Memorial* and the Basmanny court. On conscience and the law.
15 January 2022 by Vera Vasilieva is an independent journalist, host of Radio Liberty’s** “Freedom and Memorial,”* and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights in 2018…
“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Vera Vasilieva 25 questions
Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Vera Vasilieva, a journalist and human rights activist. Vera Vasilieva has written regularly for various outlets for many years on…
Vera Vasilieva: On systemic torture and the situation in Russia’s penal colonies
19 October 2021 By Vera Vasilieva, freelance journalist, presenter of the Radio Svoboda project “Freedom and Memorial”, and recipient of Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио…
Vera Vasilieva on those imprisoned: ‘Under the hammer of repression’
20 July 2021 by Vera Vasilieva, independent journalist, head of Radio Svoboda's project 'Svoboda and Memorial,' laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода]…
Vera Vasilieva on the case of Aleksei Pichugin: the main cold case of Putin’s Russia
8 July 2021 Nikolai Vasiliev of Sobesednik.ru in coversation with the human rights journalist Vera Vasilieva about the case of Aleksei Pichugin Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Собеседник] Aleksei…
Vera Vasilieva on Aleksei Pichugin’s 18 years: the wrong sorts of changes
19 June 2021 by Vera Vasilieva, independent journalist, leader of Radio Svoboda's project Svoboda and Memorial, winner of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода,…
Vera Vasilieva: The system’s philosophy. On ‘flight risks.’
13 April 2021 by Vera Vasilieva, an independent journalist, host of Radio Svoboda’s “Freedom and Memorial,” and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source: Moscow Helsinki…