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Putin signs law enabling asset seizure for convictions related to desertion, genocide, and ‘fake news’ about army

2024-02-15T11:34:00+01:0015. February 2024|

On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law amending provisions on property confiscation in Russia’s Criminal Code. The amendments allow for money, valuables, or other property obtained in the commission of crimes such as spreading “fake news” about the Russian army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code) or publicly calling for actions against the security of the state (Article 280.4 of the Criminal Code) to be confiscated into state

Location of jailed Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza unknown, say backers

2024-01-30T09:14:55+01:0030. January 2024|

 Those who tried to visit or write to the journalist, who is serving a 25-year sentence, were unsuccessful The prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is serving a 25-year sentence for treason, has disappeared from the Siberian prison where he was behind bars, according to his supporters. Kara-Murza, 42, was being held in a prison in the Omsk region, but a letter sent to him by the activist and

Russia: 7 years in prison for anti-war stickers

2023-11-17T10:41:39+01:0017. November 2023|

Artist Sasha Skochilenko sentenced to 7 years in prison for anti-war stickers On November 16, 2023, the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Sasha Skochilenko, accused of spreading false information about the Russian army, to 7 years in prison. After the verdict was announced, many people who had come to the court to support Sasha began chanting "Shame!" loudly, and Sasha herself was escorted out of the courtroom to

Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief declared a foreign agent

2023-09-29T12:42:09+02:0029. September 2023|

Dmitry Muratov declared a foreign agent In early September 2023, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov a foreign agent. Later, Dmitry Muratov announced that he leaves his post as editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta for the duration of the court proceedings regarding the inclusion of his name in the register of foreign agents. Muratov himself strongly disagreed with the decision of the Ministry

On 4 June at 2pm, Navalny supporters will gather in the main squares of cities around the world

2023-06-04T10:41:30+02:004. June 2023|

The team of jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny has announced a worldwide action in support of him.   Navalny's supporters have proposed holding it on the politician's birthday on 4 June. "On June 4 at 2pm, come out to the main squares of your cities, wherever you are, whatever country you are in, come out to support Navalny," Navalny's supporters said in a statement. The whole world is behind Navalny.

Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian opposition figure jailed for 25 years

2023-04-18T16:11:11+02:0018. April 2023|

Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine.   Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS Vladimir Kara-Murza is the first person to be accused of treason for publicly listing publicly available facts He was found guilty of treason, spreading "false" information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an "undesirable organisation". The Russian-British former

Vladimir Kara-Murza received the Václav Havel Award

2022-10-10T16:16:44+02:0010. October 2022|

Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza receives the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize On October, 10, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe awarded Russian opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize. The Parliamentary Assembly noted: Congratulations to imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who has just been awarded the 2022 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize! The 60,000-euro prize honours outstanding civil society action in

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties, Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and Russian Memorial

2022-10-10T10:40:50+02:007. October 2022|

This year's Nobel Peace Prize 2022 laureates are human rights defenders: the Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties, Belarusian human rights defender and founder of the human rights organisation Viasna, recognised as an extremist organisation in Belarus, and the Russian human rights centre Memorial, liquidated in Russia. The Ukrainian Centre for Civil Liberties was founded in 2007. The main objectives of the Centre are protection of human rights and the establishment

Sign the petition “Stop the War on Ukraine!”

2022-09-22T20:04:29+02:0022. September 2022|

Sign the petition "Stop the War on Ukraine!" Well-known Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomarev launched a petition "Stop the War on Ukraine!" on the change.org platform. We quote part of the text of the petition: "We, supporters of peace, acting in the name of saving the lives of citizens of Russia and Ukraine, in order to stop the war that has begun and prevent it from escalating into a

Wechange eG invites young people to participate in the “Digital Natives” exchange

2022-09-13T14:49:20+02:0013. September 2022|

Wechange aims to bring together people from Germany and Russia, with and without experience in international project work, with the exchange "Digital Natives" The programme combines three goals: firstly, raising awareness of discrimination against minorities, secondly, strengthening the use of digital media and resources, and thirdly, building a network between German and Russian people. In two workshops on 29/30 October and 5/6 November and in a closing event in Yerevan

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