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Read more about the article Nikolai Kavkazsky: “Opportunities for lawful political action have been severely curtailed … but as long as such opportunities exist, I’ll be here. If they start shooting us and imprisoning us by the thousands, then I’ll be forced to leave.”

Nikolai Kavkazsky: “Opportunities for lawful political action have been severely curtailed … but as long as such opportunities exist, I’ll be here. If they start shooting us and imprisoning us by the thousands, then I’ll be forced to leave.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 13, 2022
Post category:Andrei Babushkin Civil Society Activists Committee for Civil Rights Human Rights Defenders Individuals Nikolai Kavkazsky Novaya gazeta Ukraine
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25 May 2022 Olga Allenova interviews Nikolai Kavkazsky for Novaya gazeta. Evropa Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [Original source: Новая газета. Европа] Following the death of human rights defender Andrei Babushkin, the…

Victoria Ivleva: Mother’s Day

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:June 2, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Facebook Humanitarian Aid Individuals Journalists Ukraine Victoria Ivleva Viktoria Ivleva War
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26 May 2022 By Victoria Ivleva Source: Facebook An ordinary sort of day. Lots of Ukrainian mothers are having one exactly like it. In the morning I looked to see…

Read more about the article Francis Greene: ‘I’m not at all certain that I love Russia… I love the Russian people, I’m certain of that.’ An interview with Evgeny Popov [Ogonek, 2001]

Francis Greene: ‘I’m not at all certain that I love Russia… I love the Russian people, I’m certain of that.’ An interview with Evgeny Popov [Ogonek, 2001]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 31, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Evgeny Popov Francis Greene Individuals Kommersant Ogonek Writers
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Evgeny Popov. Source: Wikipedia 23 December 2001 by Evgeny Popov. An interview with Francis Greene Source: 'У вас еще продается славянский шкаф?' Kommersant, 23 December 2001 For many years, the…

‘Francis.’ Valery Khvostenko on Francis Greene [2017]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 26, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Francis Greene Individuals Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarskie Stolby
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10 October 2017 'Francis' by Valery Ivanovich Khvostenko Source: Krasnoyarskie stolby Francis Greene Francis Greene, a very interesting man. Son of the famous writer Graham Greene, he himself was a…

Aleksei Gorinov: “I’m being put on trial for stating my opinion”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 13, 2022
Post category:Aleksei Gorinov Civil Society Activists Facebook Freedom of Expression Individuals Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine War
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Photo source: Kasparov.ru 6 May 2022 A letter from the pre-trial detention centre by Aleksei Gorinov, a deputy on the local council of Moscow’s Krasnoselsky district, who was arrested for…

Vladimir Kara-Murza: ‘You can’t be silent. All the evil in the world is done with the consent of those who keep silent.’

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:May 10, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Civil Society Activists Freedom of Expression Individuals Politically Motivated Prosecutions Ukraine Vladimir Kara-Murza War
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Source: Wikipedia 6 May 2022 A letter from Vladimir Kara-Murza from the pre-trial detention centre Source: Facebook [Yuri Dzhibladze] Dear Friends, Greetings to all from Moscow pre-trial detention centre №…

Mikhail Fedotov: “If the State Duma can pass any law it likes, let it abolish the universal law of gravity.”

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 29, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Activists Freedom of Expression Journalists Putinism State Duma Ukraine War
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19 April 2022 Mikhail Fedotov in conversation with Petr Godlevsky Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Rosbalt] Mikhail Fedotov is secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, former Minister…

Read more about the article “I fell in love with these people”: How Elena Topoleva-Soldunova came to philanthropy and stayed for 30 years [Miloserdie.ru]

“I fell in love with these people”: How Elena Topoleva-Soldunova came to philanthropy and stayed for 30 years [Miloserdie.ru]

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:April 20, 2022
Post category:Agency for Social Information Civil Society Civil Society Activists Elena Topoleva-Soldunova Right of Association Third Sector
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14 April 2022 an interview with Elena Topoleva-Soldunova by Polina Surnina Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Miloserdie.ru] There’s no point waiting for an improvement in the foreign agent law,…

Grigory Melkonyants: On a bill on elections in wartime

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 21, 2022
Post category:Civil Society Civil Society Activists Election Monitors Elections Electoral Rights Free Elections Grigory Melkonyants Human Rights Defenders Putinism
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10 March 2022 by Grigory Melkonyants Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Facebook] In December 2021, the State Duma passed a bill on the regulation of remote electronic voting. My…

Podcast No. 102. Simon & Sergei – with Evgenia Chirikova

Post author:Rights in Russia
Post published:March 11, 2022
Post category:Evgeniya Chirikova Evgeniya Chirikova Podcast Podcasts
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Our guest on the podcast this week is the Russian civil society activist now living in Talinn, Estonia, Evgenia Chirikova. Evgenia Chirikova is especially well known for her campaign to…