Repressions in Russia: New Alexey Navalny’s cases
October 17 Political prisoner Yuri Kostyuk was extradited from Russia to Belarus. On October 13, it was planned to extradite Kostyuk to Belarus according to a “decree that has not entered into legal force.” In Moscow, the court restricted the parental rights of the former journalist of the “First Channel” Marina Ovsyannikova, who was […]
Repression in Russia: A card for Putin’s parents, Jehovah’s Witnesses are arrested
October 10 In Primorye, after searches, two Jehovah’s Witnesses Boris Andreev, 70, and Natalia Sharapova, 49, were arrested and sent to a pre-trial detention center. A court in Izhevsk sentenced Anastasia Ponkina, a participant in a rally supporting Navalny, to two years of probation. She was found guilty of hooliganism committed on the grounds of […]
Repression in Russia: Searches of activists from Golos, Kara-Murza on charges of treason
October 3 The Ministry of Internal Affairs has declared the inclusion of the journalist Marina Ovsyannikova on the federal wanted list. On October 1, information appeared about her escape from house arrest ordered based on the article on “fakes” about the army (Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In Lipetsk, according […]
“The Russian Legal and Judicial Systems”: seminar by Ilya Shablinsky (Sept. 12)
WOT Foundation and the “Political Prisoners Support. Memorial” on September 12 held the first online seminar for judges from different EU countries (Poland, Bulgaria etc.). The seminar was about the history of the judicial system in post-Soviet Russia, how it was created and how it became a political instrument of political struggle in the hands […]
“The Russian Legal and Judicial Systems”: seminar by Ekaterina Mishina (Sept. 11)
WOT Foundation and the “Political Prisoners Support. Memorial” on September 11 held the first online seminar for lawyers from different EU countries (Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Denmark etc.). The seminar was about the structure of the judiciary in Russia and development of political repressions. The speaker was prof. Ekaterina Mishina. The meeting was a part of […]
The Russian Legal and Judicial Systems as Instruments for Politically Motivated Human Rights Violations and Imitation of the Lawfulness of Repressions: project for European judges and lawyers
On behalf of the WOT Foundation (Warsaw, Poland) and the “Political Prisoners Support. Memorial” Project we are glad to invite you to two series of seminars for European judges and lawyers within the framework of “European Dialogue on Human Rights” Project. These are two short courses of online events on the practice of applying national […]
MONITORING OF REPRESSION IN RUSSIA: journalist Ivan Safronov sentenced to 22 years in jail. What is important to know?
What happened? On September 5, the Moscow City Court found former journalist Ivan Safronov guilty of high treason and sentenced him to 22 years in a harsh regime colony plus two years’ restriction of liberty and a fine of 500,000 rubles (approx. $8,300). Safronov’s defense has announced that it will appeal the sentence. Who […]
Repression in Russia: Andrej Zajakin, founder of the anti-plagiarism group “Dissernet” detained
August 29 A criminal case was opened in Karelia under the article of “fakes” about the army against Ruben Pogosyan. He has been detained. The reason for the case was the reposts in VK. Andrey Zayakin, the co-founder of the Dissernet community, was detained in Moscow. He is accused of financing “extremist activities” […]
Repression in Russia: the persecution of the mayor of Yekaterinburg, Yevgeny Royzman
August 22 It became known that 66-year-old Jehovah’s Witness Lyubov Galitsyna was sent to a pre-trial detention center for 2 months. She is charged under the article on organizing the activities of an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In Moscow, the court extended […]
Repression in Russia: Persecution of Pentecostals for allegedly supporting ‘Azov’
August 15 A resident of Novosibirsk became involved in a criminal case on the rehabilitation of Nazism because of posts and comments on social networks. In Chelyabinsk, Moscow, Krasnodar, Sochi, Kemerovo, and Novosibirsk, the police searched the homes of members of the “New Generation” Pentecostal Church. They are suspected of supporting the […]
