Svetlana Gannushkina: It’s not only the people we help who thank us, but also the people to whom we give the opportunity to help

Svetlana Gannushkina Right Livelihood Award 2016 Stockholm 11 / 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Schmidt 11 June 2022 Svetlana Gannushkina in conversation with Svetlana Prokudina. The original text includes the asterisks '*****'.…

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Boris Vishnevsky: They will be fine without rallies and rights. State Duma to consider a new bill restoring Soviet ‘freedom of assembly’  

12 June 2022  By Boris Vishnevsky, politician, political commentator, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, member of the Yabloko party, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group  Prize in…

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Boris Vishnevsky: Is it possible to reach an agreement with the authors of the bill on ‘foreign agents’?

6 February 2022 by Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Mosow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета] A response to…

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Boris Vishnevsky: Police are conducting politically motivated monitoring of citizens who have committed no crimes

13 March 2021 by Boris Vishnevsky, deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Новая газета] On 20 January,…

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