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Letter to President Putin from a Prominent Russian Human Rights Defender Who Worked Closely with Andrei Sakharov

June 16, 2021

The request to stop criminal prosecutions for non-violent actions, to release political prisoners!Open letter to the President of the Russian Federation on the eve ofthe Putin-Biden summit in Geneva on June 16June 10, 202To the President of the Russian FederationV.V. PUTINDear Vladimir Vladimirovich!Just now, on May 21 this year, the 100th anniversary of Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was celebrated ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia

Wilson Center Issues Statement in Support of Russian Civil Rights Attorney, Ivan Pavlov, Who Was Recently Arrested

June 9, 2021

Pavlov has been temporarily released, but has been stripped of his right to defend political prisoners, and may soon become one. The Wilson Center strongly condemns the detention of the Russian lawyer and human rights defender Ivan Pavlov on April 30 and the subsequent raid on his offices. Mr. Pavlov has been a stalwart defender of human rights and the rule of law in Russia for decades. He is a ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: CCS Cases, Russia Tagged With: Ivan Pavlov

Student Journalists Arrested for Publishing Video In Support of Peaceful Rally

May 30, 2021

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Alla Gutnikova, Armen Aramyan, Journalists, Natalya Tyshkevich, student, Vladimir Metyolkin

Andrei Sakharov’s 100th Anniversary: Boris Altshuler, Human Rights Activist and Former Political Dissident, Who Worked Closely with Sakharov, Shares His Memories (From Altshuler’s Article):

May 23, 2021

The historic achievement of the Soviet human rights movement of the 1970's is that it managed to turn the attention of the world’s Big Politics to the suffering of individuals. The role of Andrei Sakharov was crucial in this. It was not by chance that in his Nobel Lecture (1975) he listed 127 names of Soviet prisoners of conscience and apologized to those he missed. And surely the pain for every ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Andrei Sakharov

Russian Physics Professor Detained, Fined, Released for Posting Support for Navalny on Social Media

May 7, 2021

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Efim Khazanov

Russian Professor of Aerodynamics Detained for Sharing Unclassified Data

April 20, 2021

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Russian Professor, Valeriy Golubkin

Scientist Held on Seemingly Spurious Charges Ordered by Court to Cease Use of His Attorney for Court Appointed One

March 26, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Russia Tagged With: Human Rights, Scientist, Yuri Alexeyevich Dmitriev

Russian Scientist Still Imprisoned for Assisting Two Iranians Obtain Publically Available Equipment

March 26, 2021

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Filed Under: CCS Cases, Russia Tagged With: Selanin, Valerii

Scientist Arrested for High Treason for Unclassified Work When Project Was Done

December 24, 2020

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Filed Under: Russia Tagged With: Anatoly Gubanov, Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Gubanov, Hypersonic Flight, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Physics, Professor, Russia

Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov

November 9, 2020

Yuri Orlov

a physicist, Soviet dissident, and human rights activist who co-founded the Moscow Helsinki Group and established a section of Amnesty International in the Soviet Union, passed away on September 27, 2020 at the age of 96. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/world/europe/yuri-orlov-dead.html ... Continue Reading>>

Filed Under: Highlights, Russia Tagged With: Amnesty International, human rights activist, Moscow Helsinki Group, Orlov, Yuri Fyodorovich Orlov

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