‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Aleksandr Tarapon is a political prisoner
30 December 2022 Aleksandr Tarapon has been sentenced to two and a half years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of distributing ‘fake news’ about the Russian army…
Aleksandr Verkhovsky: We live in such times that liquidation of an organisation is not the worst thing that can happen
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]…
Aleksandr Podrabinek: In search of Nazis
22 March 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV On 21 March in the early hours of the morning officers from the Investigative Committee and ‘Centre-E’ [anti-extremism police] searched the Moscow…
Aleksandr Podrabinek: Conflict of Interest – on the trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza
14 March 2023 By Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV The trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza began in Moscow City Court on 13 March at 4pm, two hours before the end of the…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Moscow activist Mikhail Kriger is a political prisoner
8 December 2022 Mikhail Kriger is accused of justifying terrorism in an online post from two years ago. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ considers…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Performance artist Pavel Krisevich is a political prisoner
23 December 2022 Krisevich has been sentenced to five years in a penal colony for his ‘suicide’ performance on Red Square Source: Political Prisoners Memorial The human rights project, ‘Political…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: St. Petersburg political scientist Evgeny Bestuzhev is a political prisoner
10 November 2022 Evgeny Bestuzhev has been remanded in custody for anti-war posts on the VK social network Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial On 9 November 2022, law enforcement officers searched…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Three participants in Mayakovsky Square poetry readings are political prisoners
7 December 2023 Artem Kamardin, Nikolai Daineko and Egor Shtovba are being prosecuted for reading anti-war poetry Source: Politial Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’ considers Artem…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Journalist Ivan Safronov is a political prisoner
28 November 2022 Ivan Safronov has been sentenced to 22 years’ imprisonment in a strict regime penal colony on a trumped up charge of treason Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The…
Dmitry Ivanov: Final Statement in Court
1 March 2023 This translation of Dmitry Ivanov's final statement at his trial is taken from the Telegram channel Prison_MSU and is reproduced here by kind permission. Source: Prison_MSU I…