Statement on the searches of civil activists in Perm 

20 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory On 19 May 2023, law enforcement officials came to the apartments of our esteemed colleagues: Nadezhda Agisheva, Tatyana Margolina, Svetlana Makovetskaya,…

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Declaration of the International Memorial Association

16 May 2023 Declaration of the International Memorial Association Source: International Memorial Association The International Memorial Society was disbanded by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on 28 February…

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The Deportation of the Crimean Tatars – 79 Years ago

18 May 2023  Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory For the anniversary on 18 May, Aleksandr Murtazaev, a Memorial volunteer, talks about the deportation of Crimean Tatars and his own…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 307: 14 years’ imprisonment for giving help to some Muslims

27 May 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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‘A complete fabrication’: former head of Perm Memorial comments on the criminal case regarding removal of archives

19 May 2023 By Veronika Svizeva Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory Robert Latypov commented on the FSB information. Photo: archive 59.RU, Sergei Fedoseev On 19 May, FSB officers conducted…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 306: ‘Undesirable’ protection of nature

20 May 2023 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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International Helsinki Group: Forty-seven years ago, on May 12, 1976, the Moscow Group to Assist Implementation of the Helsinki Accords in the USSR announced its creation

12 May 2023 by International Helsinki Group [IHG] Source: Facebook Forty-seven years ago, on May 12, 1976, the Moscow Group to Assist Implementation of the Helsinki Accords in the USSR…

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‘Word of the New Martyrs.’ Letters from the White Sea-Baltic Canal

11 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory In a video project about the persecution of the Church in the 20th century, students read letters from those who suffered…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Nikita Tushkanov, a teacher from Komi, is a political prisoner

3 March 2023 Nikita Tushkanov has been remanded in custody on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army and justifying terrorism for anti-war posts on the VKontakte social media site Source:…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Mezhdit Ablyamitov is a political prisoner

2 March 2023 Mezhdit Ablyamitov was sentenced to six years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of participating in the Crimean Tatar battalion Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political…

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