https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/04/world/europe/russia-imprisons-top-scientists.html ... Continue Reading>>
UPDATE: Russian court orders retrial of Valery Golubkin
Valery Golubkin, a prominent Russian physicist specializing in aerodynamics, was arrested in 2021 on charges of treason and sentenced to twelve years in a penal colony for allegedly communicating hypersonic-related secrets to the West. On Wednesday, the Russian court annulled the treason verdict and ordered a ... Continue Reading>>
Russian sociologist imprisoned for criticizing the Russian government
Boris Kagarlitsky, noted sociologist in Russia, was recently sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony for half a decade, allegedly for justifying “terrorism” via an online video. In the video, Kagarlitsky commented on the 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion. It appears he has been punished for criticizing government ... Continue Reading>>
Two Prominent Russian Scientists Unfairly Sentenced to Penal Colony
Professors Valery Golbukin and Anatoly Gubanov were arrested, charged with high treason, and sentenced to 12 years in a penal colony for allegedly communicating hypersonic-related secrets to the ... Continue Reading>>
Russia decimates its last bastion of human rights
from the archive of Boris Altshuler https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russia-decimates-its-last-bastion-of-human-rights https://www.rightsinrussia.org/altshuler-18/ ... Continue Reading>>
Letter of the Azat Miftakhov Committee to the director of the correctional colony 17 at Omutninsk
https://caseazatmiftakhov.org/2023/07/25/letter-of-the-azat-miftakhov-committee-to-the-director-of-the-correctional-colony-17-at-omutninsk/ ... Continue Reading>>
Russian Mathematics PhD student remains in prison and is likely to face new charges
Mathematics PhD student Azat Miftakhov has been in prison since February 2019 for alleged manufacture of explosives, breaking a political party window, and hooliganism. These charges appear to be based on unreliable testimony. He has been subjected to torture. The government appears to be preparing additional charges to keep him in prison even ... Continue Reading>>
Court shuts down Russia’s oldest human rights organization
Court shuts down Russia’s oldest human rights organization founded in 1976 by the most prominent Soviet political dissidents including physicists Andrei Sakharov and Yuri Orlov. Click here to read the article in the Washington Examiner ... Continue Reading>>
CCS speaks against academic boycott of Russia and Belarus.
An open letter from Russian scientists and science journalists against the war with Ukraine
We, Russian scientists and scientific journalists, declare our strong protest of the hostilities launched by the armed forces of our country against the territory of Ukraine. This fatal step has led to huge human losses and undermined the foundations of the established system of international security. The responsibility for unleashing this new war in Europe lies entirely with Russia. There is no ... Continue Reading>>