Yury Shevchuk: They’re making cannon fodder and subhumans of us [VoA]

29 June 2022 An interview with Yury Shevchuk by Danila Galperovich for the Russian service of Voice of America Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Голос Америки] Leader of the band…

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Yan Rachinsky and Vyacheslav Bakhmin on the offensive against civil society and independent organisations in Russia

Vyacheslav Bakhmin Yan Rachinsky 11 November 2021 The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation has filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court to liquidate the International Memorial Society Source:…

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Evgeniya Chirikova: The authorities, unfortunately, continue to view climate action as essentially subversive

Evgeniya Chirikova, environmental activist and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group prize for human rights 2 November 2021 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Русская служба «Голоса Америки»] World leaders promised…

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Vyacheslav Bakhmin on the ‘foreign agent’ law: “The fact that this law is discriminatory from beginning to end is clear.”

23 September 2021 Commentaries on the 'foreign agent' law by Moscow Helsinki Group co-chair Vyacheslav Bakhmin (pictured) and Valentin Gefter, director of the Human Rights Institute Source: Moscow Helsinki Group…

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