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Read more about the article Write to Russia: Maria Bontsler – a lawyer remanded in custody on a charge of ‘collusion with a foreign organisation directed against the security of the Russian Federation’

Write to Russia: Maria Bontsler – a lawyer remanded in custody on a charge of ‘collusion with a foreign organisation directed against the security of the Russian Federation’

On 29 May 2025 Maria Bontsler, a prominent Russian lawyer from Kaliningrad region who has acted on behalf of political prisoners and civil society activists and is 65 years old,…

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Read more about the article ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Kaliningrad opposition activist Vadim Khairullin, convicted under the so-called ‘Dadin’ article of the Russian Criminal Code, is a political prisoner

‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Kaliningrad opposition activist Vadim Khairullin, convicted under the so-called ‘Dadin’ article of the Russian Criminal Code, is a political prisoner

16 September 2022 Vadim Khairullin will spend a year in a penal colony for participation in rallies of solidarity with the Belarusian opposition and in support of Aleksei Navalny  Source:…

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Read more about the article Podcast Simon & Sergei: Rights in Russia week-ending 17 April 2020 with Sergei Poduzov

Podcast Simon & Sergei: Rights in Russia week-ending 17 April 2020 with Sergei Poduzov

This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Sergei Poduzov (pictured), co-chair of Chelovek i Zakon, a leading Russian human rights organisation founded in Yoshkar-Ola, capital of the Republic…

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