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Read more about the article Aleksandr Cherkasov on post-Soviet wars: how to break the chain of impunity
Photo: Nikita Mouraviev

Aleksandr Cherkasov on post-Soviet wars: how to break the chain of impunity

Photo: Nikita Mouraviev 11 December 2022 by Aleksandr Cherkasov [a translation of an abbreviated version of Aleksandr Cherkasov's presentation at the 'Russian Realities' online conference] Source: Facebook [original source: O…

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Read more about the article ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Zarema Musaeva, wife of a retired federal judge and mother of the Yangulbaev brothers active in the Chechen opposition, is a political prisoner

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Zarema Musaeva, wife of a retired federal judge and mother of the Yangulbaev brothers active in the Chechen opposition, is a political prisoner

26 August 2022 Chechen law enforcement officers took Zarema Musaeva from Nizhny Novgorod to Grozny, where she was remanded in custody on trumped-up charges. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human…

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Read more about the article 22 years before Bucha. Human rights activist Oleg Orlov on how Memorial investigated civilian murders in Chechnya [Mediazona]

22 years before Bucha. Human rights activist Oleg Orlov on how Memorial investigated civilian murders in Chechnya [Mediazona]

8 April 2022 By Dima Shvets Source: Mediazona During the two wars in Chechnya, soldiers in the Russian army were accused more than once of killing civilians during mop-up operations.…

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Read more about the article Stanislav Dmitrievsky: “Going to Grozny turned my whole world upside down”

Stanislav Dmitrievsky: “Going to Grozny turned my whole world upside down”

7 October 2020 Stanislav Dmitrievsky, human rights activist and journalist, is interviewed by Ruslan Shamayev for Kavkaz.Realii. Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Кавказ.Реалии] Stanislav Dmitrievsky is director of the…

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Read more about the article Moscow PEN Centre: Statement about the attacks on Novaya gazeta and Elena Milashina

Moscow PEN Centre: Statement about the attacks on Novaya gazeta and Elena Milashina

17 April 2020 Source: PEN Moscow Moscow PEN Centre and the Free Word Association add their voices to the statement issued by the Union of Journalists and Media Workers. Statement…

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Read more about the article Elena Milashina: Grozny. After the attack, we return to the city in search of the missing investigation [Novaya gazeta]

Elena Milashina: Grozny. After the attack, we return to the city in search of the missing investigation [Novaya gazeta]

14 March 2020 Elena Milashina is editor of Novaya Gazeta’s special projects section and a Moscow Helsinki Group prizewinner Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Novaya Gazeta] Over a month has passed…

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