Human Rights Defence Centre Memorial: On the conviction and sentencing of Ivan Safronov

6 September 2022 On 5 September 2022, Moscow City Court sentenced journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in prison on charges of treason.  Source: Telegram  The blatantly unlawful verdict mechanically…

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

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…

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Leonid Nikitinsky: 15 years. That’s what’s “fake” [1/2]

3 March 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya gazeta correspondent  Source: Novaya gazeta Let me explain Article 207.3 of th Russian Criminal Code, which will appear any day now and will…

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Russian Journalist Tatyana Voltskaya threatened with Criminal Prosecution over Article about Coronavirus

25 April 2020 Author: Pavel Mylnikov Source: Deutsche Welle Photo: Facebook Tatyana Voltskaya interviewed an intensive care doctor about the work of St. Petersburg hospitals and the shortage of doctors…

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