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Read more about the article Aleksandr Verkhovsky: We live in such times that liquidation of an organisation is not the worst thing that can happen

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: We live in such times that liquidation of an organisation is not the worst thing that can happen

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 26, 2023
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defenders Individuals Legal Experts Moscow City Right of Association Rights Groups in Russia Sova Centre
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20 March 2023 Katya Orlova in conversation with Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Centre, laureate of a Moscow Helsinki Group prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета. Европа]…

“Опять двадцать пять!” Bill Bowring asks Aleksandr Verkhovsky 25 questions

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 7, 2022
Post category:25 Questions Aleksandr Verkhovsky Aleksandr Verkhovsky 25 Questions Rights in Russia Interview Sova Centre
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Professor Bill Bowring’s guest this week on “25 Questions” is Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis that monitors radical-nationalist activities, hate crime, hate speech in the mass…

Aleksandr Verkhovsky on how Russia fights extremism and xenophobia

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 28, 2021
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Extremism Freedom of Expression Human Rights Defenders
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17 June 2021 Radio Liberty interviews Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] Russia is fighting extremism and xenophobia with all its strength.…

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Where do the “anti-sectarian” fantasies in the case against Navalny’s supporters come from?

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 27, 2021
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Aleksei Navalny Anti-Corruption Foundation Human Rights Defenders
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4 May 2021 by Aleksandr Verkhovsky is the director of the information-analytical Sova Centre. He is a member of the Human Rights Council of the Russian President, and laureate of…

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: “I hope they understand that you can’t just tighten the screws.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 17, 2021
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Human Rights Defenders Kommersant Putinism Right of assembly Right of Association
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7 February 2021 Kommersant's Olga Allenova interviews Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Коммерсантъ] What will the winter protests and the police crackdown lead…

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: What I saw in the centre of Moscow [on 23 January 2021]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:February 3, 2021
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Aleksei Navalny Freedom of Assembly Human Rights Defenders Right of assembly
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23 January 2021 by Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the SOVA Centre for Information and Analysis, member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Award…

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: The bill on foreign agents submitted to the State Duma is quite sensational.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:December 1, 2020
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Human Rights Defenders Human Rights Researchers Sova Centre
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18 November 2020 By Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Information and Analytical Centre, member of the Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, and laureate of the…

Read more about the article Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Terrorist acts in Europe and the reactions of Russian believers. How does the “conflict of values” affect public sentiments?

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Terrorist acts in Europe and the reactions of Russian believers. How does the “conflict of values” affect public sentiments?

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:November 24, 2020
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Freedom of Expression Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion Human Rights Defenders Judicial System Right to Life
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5 November 2020 By Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Information and Analytical Centre, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize, in conversation with Maryana Torocheshnikova in the studio at…

Read more about the article Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Everything has already been said about the injustice of the verdict passed in the case of Svetlana Prokopyeva. But we need to talk about something else.

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Everything has already been said about the injustice of the verdict passed in the case of Svetlana Prokopyeva. But we need to talk about something else.

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:July 14, 2020
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Human Rights Defenders Journalists Sova Centre Svetlana Prokopyeva
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7 July 2020 Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Center for Information and Analysis, member of the Human Rights Council of the Russian President, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group…

Aleksandr Verkhovsky: Anyone can become an extremist. On the ‘Strategy for Combating Extremism’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 16, 2020
Post category:Aleksandr Verkhovsky Human Rights Defenders Sova Centre
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2 June 2016 Leonid Nikitinsky interviews Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director, Sova Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] The Strategy to Combat Extremism' does not contain definitions of specific crimes,…