Russian Opposition: Who, What and How
ENG/ ITA/ RUS: The History of Protests, Soviet Dissidents and Opposition Leaders. 30+ articles from different authors and newspapers
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Prologue
100 years of Russian emigration: 1922 - Congress of Russian lawyers in Berlin (No ENG translation is currently available at Freedom Files) / ITA: 100 anni di emigrazione russa: 1922 - Congresso degli avvocati russi a Berlino (Nessuna traduzione ITA è attualmente disponibile su Freedom Files) / RUS: 100 лет русской эмиграции: 1922 - съезд русских юристов в Берлине
Berlin Congress in 1922 and issues of international protection of the rights of emigrants. Article written in 2000 by Grigory STARODUBTSEV, PhD in Law, Doctoral Candidate of the Department of International Law of the Moscow State Law Academy
I. Russian protests in the USSR
June 2, 1962 - the massacre of Protestants in Novocherkassk / ITA: 2 giugno 1962 - il massacro dei protestanti nel Novocherkassk / RUS: 2 июня 1962 г. - резня протестантов в Новочеркасске
The story about how peaceful demonstration of workers in Novocherkassk on June 2, 1962 finished and dozens of people were killed and wounded. After 10 days KGB officers compiled a list of 150 workers who actively participated in the protest. 53 people were immediately arrested, seven were awaiting execution.
February 2, 1964 creation of the All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People / ITA: 2 febbraio 1964 creazione dell'Unione Social-Cristiana Panrussa per la Liberazione del Popolo / RUS: 2 февраля 1964 г. создание Всероссийского социал-христианского союза освобождения народа
Translation of 2 articles from Chronicle of Current Events, 1968 and 1971 with stories about destiny of arrested members and founding members of the All-Russian Social-Christian Union for the Liberation of the People (VSKHSON) VSKHSON's ideology was Socialist Christianity (“the third way is neither communism nor capitalism”). Much attention in the ideology of VSKHSON was paid to the development of personality: “There is a spiritual struggle for the individual... and, although the Christian religion is not associated with any temporary social structure, its ethical principles can and should be embodied in economic and political practice... The Christian religion recognizes every person human as the highest and absolute value... The social-Christian doctrine of the State considers such an organization of power in which it constitutes the prize of rival political parties an absolute evil.”
The Russian opposition: 5 December 1965 a protest in Moscow / ITA: L'opposizione russa: 5 dicembre 1965 una protesta a Mosca / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 5 декабря 1965 г. протест в Москве.
ENGLISH TEXT link is inside Italian translation
The Russian opposition: Autumn 1967 - creation of the "Educative-Formative Society" / ITA: L'opposizione russa: L'autunno 1967 - creazione della "Societa educativa-informativa" / RUS: Российская оппозиция: осень 1967 г. – создание «Просветительского общества».
The story about one of many Russian dissident movements in the USSR told by his founder Shaklein Vladimir. Founders: Balakirev Valery Ivanovich, Bolonkin Alexander Alexandrovich, Davydov Georgy (Egor) Valentinovich, Petrov Vyacheslav Valentinovich, Shaklein Vladimir Andreevich, Yukhnovets Yuri Ivanovich
April 30, 1968 - The Chronicle of Current Events. The birth of the first samizdat gazette in the USSR / ITA: 30 aprile 1968 - La Cronaca degli Eventi Correnti. La nascita della prima gazzetta samizdat nell'URSS / RUS: 30 апреля 1968 г. - Хроника текущих событий. Рождение первой самиздатовской газеты в СССР
The story about how after 50 years (1918-1968) of total communist censorship, out of the control of the all-seeing eye of Big Brother - Central Committee of the CPSU was created the first samizdat gazette: The Chronicle of Current Events. Founders and writers were: Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Tatiana Velikanova, Alexander Daniel, Sergey Kovalev, Tatyana Khodorovich, Anatoly Yakobson, Sergey Kovalev, Tatyana Velikanova, Alexander Lavut, Yuri Shikhanovich
August 25, 1968 - the protest of 8 dissidents on Red Square / ITA: 25 agosto 1968 - la protesta di 8 dissidenti sulla Piazza Rossa / RUS: 25 августа 1968 г. - протест 8 диссидентов на Красной площади
On August 25, 1968, eight people went to Red Square to protest against the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia. Their names were Vadim Delaunay, Konstantin Babitsky, Larisa Bogoraz, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Vladimir Dremlyuga, Pavel Litvinov, Viktor Fainberg and Tatyana Baeva. The demonstration of the eight was extremely short, before they had time to sit down on the ground and unfold posters with slogans, plainclothes KGB officers ran up to them and began to beat the participants and snatch the posters from their hands. Interview about that events with Alexander Daniel, son of dissidents Larisa Bogoraz and Yuli Daniel
May 20, 1969 - the foundation of the Initiative Group for the Protection of Human Rights in the USSR / ITA: 20 maggio 1969 - la fondazione del Gruppo di Iniziativa per la Protezione dei Diritti Umani nell'URSS / RUS: 20 мая 1969 г. - создание Инициативной группы по защите прав человека в СССР
The group was created in May 1969 in Moscow on the initiative of dissidents Petr Yakir and Viktor Krasin. In addition to them, the group included: Moscow residents Tatyana Velikanova, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Sergey Kovalev, Alexander Lavut, Anatoly Krasnov-Levitin, Yuri Maltsev, Grigory Podyapolsky, Tatyana Khodorovich and Alexander Yakobson, Vladimir Borisov from Leningrad, Genrikh Altunyan from Kharkiv and Leonid Plyushch from Kiev, an activist of the Crimean Tatar national movement Mustafa Dzhemilev. The main goal of the team was to prepare texts of appeals addressed mainly to the United Nations and containing information about political persecution in the USSR. Almost all members of the Initiative Group have been subjected to various types of persecution and repression. Eleven of its fifteen members were arrested and sentenced to various prison terms in prisons, labor camps and psychiatric hospitals. Eight people (Borisov, Gorbanevskaya, Krasin, Krasnov-Levitin, Maltsev, Plyushch, Khodorovich and Yakobson) were forced to emigrate from the USSR over several years.
The Russian opposition: 4 November 1970 creation of the Committee for Human Rights in the USSR / ITA: L'opposizione russa: 4 novembre 1970 creazione del Comitato per i diritti umani nell’URSS / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 4 ноября 1970 г. создание Комитета по правам человека в СССР
" On November 4, 1970, the “Committee for Human Rights in the USSR” was created. Its founding members were A.D. Sakharov, A.N. Tverdokhlebov, V.N. Chalidze. The KGB certificate stated that Tverdokhlebov was “an inspirer and active participant in antisocial demonstrations, one of the initiators of the creation of the so-called “Human Rights Committee”, which pursued the goal of organizational unification of anti-Soviet elements.” It was emphasized that from the moment of the creation of the Committee, Tverdokhlebov maintained close contacts with Sakharov, acted as the latter's mediator in relations with hostile elements, and provided practical assistance in the preparation and dissemination of various types of "protests" and "statements""
The Russian opposition: January 20, 1991 - 150,000 people took to the streets against the invasion of Lithuania / ITA: L'opposizione russa: 20 gennaio 1991 - 150 000 persone in piazza contro l'invasione in Lituania / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 20 января 1991 - 150 000 человек вышли на улицы против вторжения в Литву
Translation of the chapter from Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky "Judgement in Moscow"
II. Soviet dissidents
Andrey Sakharov (All articles)
May 21, 1921 was born Andrey Dmitrievich Sakharov / ITA: 21 maggio 1921 nasceva Andrey Dmitrievich Sacharov / RUS: 21 мая 1921 года родился Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров
The story written in 1990 by dissident Alexander Kalikh, co-president of the Perm branch of the company "Memorial", member of the Board of Directors of the International "Memorial" who personally met Andrey Sacharov
Crimes of the USSR: 1977 - The Sakharov hearings. Hunt for dissidents in Italy (link to ENG version is available inside Italian translation) / ITA: Crimini dell'URSS: 1977- Le udienze Sacharov. Caccia ai dissidenti in Italia / RUS: Преступления СССР: 1977 - Сахаровские слушания. Охота на диссидентов в Италии
Translation of the document Top Secret from the collection of USSR documents of Vladimir Bukovsky "On countermeasures against the anti-Soviet campaign in Italy"
Alexander Solzhenitzyn
11 December 1918 was born Alexander Solzhenitsyn / ITA: 11 dicembre 1918 nasceva Alexander Solzhenitzyn / RUS: 11 декабря 1918 года родился Александр Солженицын
ENGLISH VERSION link is inside "Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's Nobel Lecture"
Anatoly Marchenko
On January 23, 1938 was born Anatoly Timofeevich Marchenko / ITA: 23 gennaio 1938 nasceva Anatoly Timofeevich Marchenko / RUS: 23 января 1938 года родился Анатолий Тимофеевич Марченко.
Translation of the chapter from Anatoly Marchenko's book "My testimony"
Lyudmila Alekseeva (All articles)
20 years ago Lyudmila Alekseeva told Cherie Blair about the human rights situation in Russia / ITA: 20 anni fa Lyudmila Alekseeva raccontava a Cherie Blair la situazione con diritti umani in Russia / RUS: 20 лет назад Людмила Алексеева рассказала Шери Блэр о ситуации с правами человека в России
On October 3, 2003, in Moscow the wife of the British Prime Minister Cherie Blair met with representatives of Russian public organizations. The meeting was organized by the Russian representative office of the Charities Aid Foundation. The meeting was also attended by the British Ambassador to the Russian Federation Sir Roderick Lyne, the First Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Mikhail Dmitriev, Professor Evgeny Yasin, director of HSE research, and the director of CAF Russia Olga Alekseeva. On behalf of Russian public organizations, the meeting was addressed by the chairwoman of the Moscow Helsinki Group, member of the Commission on Human Rights under the Presidency of the Russian Federation, Lyudmila Alekseeva
Sergey Grigoryants (All articles)
What does it mean KGBistan? - Part 2: The man who predicted it back in 1990 / ITA: Cosa significa KGBistan? - Parte 2: L'uomo che lo aveva predetto gia nel 1990 / RUS: Что означает КГБистан? - Часть 2: Человек, который предсказал это еще в 1990 году.
Three translations of texts written in 1990, 1992 and 2001
Sergey Grigoryants: «This is a war declared on all European civilization» / ITA: Sergey Grigoryants: «Questa è una guerra dichiarata a tutta la civiltà europea» / RUS: Сергей Григорьянц: «Это война, объявленная всей европейской цивилизации»
Interview with Sergey Grigoryants about his Letter addressed to Hague Trial about putin war crimes in Ukraine
March 23, 2015 - Russian citizen Sergey Grigoryants wrote an appeal for ICC Hague / 23 marzo 2015 - Il cittadino russo Sergey Grigoryants ha scritto un appello per la CPI dell'Aia / 23 марта 2015 - Гражданин России Сергей Григорьянц написал обращение в Гаагский МУС
The question we all need to ask: WHY AND WHO BLOCKED THE TRIAL AGAINST PUTIN'S REGIME IN 2015? WHO IS M.P. Dillon - Head of the Information & Evidence Unit Office of the Prosecutor ICC HAGUE - WHO WROTE STUPID REPLY TO THE LETTER?
Sergey Kovalev (All articles)
"The EU and political hypocrisy", 2008 / ITA: "L'UE e l'ipocrisia politica", 2008 / RUS: «ЕС и политическое лицемерие», 2008 г.
The speech by Sergey Adamovich Kovalev, one of the founders of Chronicle of Current Events (mentioned above) in Lublyana (Slovenia) on 16 April 2008, at the meeting for consultations on human rights between the Russian Federation and the European Union. These consultations were launched in 2005 and held every six months. "I would like to talk about the place that ideas and concepts of individual rights and freedoms occupy in the practice and rationale for decisions of European institutions (and also of the wider international institutions in which Europe plays a key role). In other words, on the extent to which the activities of these organizations coincide with solemn declarations of high principles and priorities. Or, even more rudely, on the prevailing hypocrisy, fraught with very dangerous consequences. ... "
Vladimir Bukovsky (All articles)
Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky was born on December 30, 1942 / ITA: 30 dicembre 1942 nasceva Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky / RUS: 30 декабря 1942 года родился Владимир Константинович Буковский
Chapter N14 "The Last Attempts" of book "Judgement in Moscow", 1996
CPSU Central Committee - Letter to Comrade Enrico Berlinguer (link to ENG version is available inside Italian translation) / Crimini dell'URSS: Comitato Centrale PCUS - Lettera per il compagno Enrico Berlinguer / Преступления СССР: ЦК КПСС - Письмо товарищу Энрико Берлингуэру
Translation of the document Top Secret from the collection of USSR documents of Vladimir Bukovsky: ".... There are individuals in the Soviet Union who express views that contradict communist ideology, disagree with some aspects of our policy, and so on. But for this no one gets to the Court. If this happens, it is only in connection with specific actions that are against our laws. So it happened with V. Bukovsky. Bukovsky was first tried with a criminal conviction in 1963 for the production, storage and distribution of anti-Soviet materials, in which he slandered Soviet reality, demanded the seizure of leadership in the Komsomol in order to wrest the VLKSM from the Communist Party. However, in connection with the recognition of his forensic psychiatric examination him as mentally ill, he was not tried, he underwent compulsory treatment, which was completed in 1965, and V. Bukovsky was transferred to maintenance by his parents. ... "
The Russian opposition: Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky / ITA L'opposizione russa: Dissidente Sovietico Vladimir Bukovsky / RUS Российская оппозиция: советский диссидент Владимир Буковский
Curious story about how Vladimir Bukovsky was exchanged with Louis Korvalan on December 17, 1976
Vladimir Shaklein
Vladimir Shaklein: The authorities’ words about democracy are as much a screen as empty slogans about building communism / ITA: Vladimir Shaklein: Le parole delle autorità sulla democrazia sono tanto uno schermo quanto vuoti slogan sulla costruzione del comunismo / RUS: Владимир Шаклеин: Слова властей о демократии являются такой же ширмой, как и пустые лозунги о построении коммунизма
The Soviet dissident and Russian human rights defender Vladimir Andreevich Shaklein interviewed by human rights defender from Karelia Maxim Efimov
July 17, 1981 - Vladimir Voinovich's letter to Brezhnev / 17 luglio 1981 - La lettera di Vladimir Voinovich a Brezhnev / 17 июля 1981 г. - письмо Владимира Войновича Брежневу
Vladimir Nikolaevich Voinovich (September 26, 1932 - July 27, 2018) - Russian prose writer, poet and playwright. He is also known as a songwriter and painter. In 1980 he was expelled from the USSR and stripped of his Soviet citizenship; he lived in Germany until the mid-2000s. His most famous books: “The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin” (film “Very Simple Soldier Ivan Chonkin” wikipedia) and “Moscow 2042” Translation of his interview in 2016 with Zoya Svetova about that letter and his presecution
"You Crucify Liberty, but the Human Soul Knows No Chains!" / "Voi Crocifiggete la Libertà, ma l'Anima Umana non Conosce Catene !" / «Вы распинаете свободу, но человеческая душа не знает цепей!»
Interview with Soviet dissident and Russian opposition activist Yuli Rybakov about the 1976 story when young KGB lieutenant putin did searches for the Leningrad artists Yuli Rybakov and Oleg Volkov after they put a 42-meter inscription on the wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress "You Crucify Freedom, but the Human Soul Knows No Shackles !"
III. Post-USSR and anti-regime activists, journalists and politicians
Alexander Litvinenko (All articles)
November 23, 2006 Alexander Litvinenko died in agony / ITA: 23 novembre 2006 Alexander Litvinenko morì in agonia / RUS: 23 ноября 2006 года Александр Литвиненко скончался в муках
#Alexander Litvinenko "Litvinenko, Putin, Tambov organized crime group and the case of the Spanish mafia" - article published in 2015, 9 years after Alexander's tragic death
Sergey Yushenkov
17 April 2003 Sergey Yushenkov was killed / ITA: 17 aprile 2003 era ucciso Sergey Yushenkov / RUS: 17 апреля 2003 г. убит Сергей Юшенков
Sergey Nikolaevich Yushenkov (June 27, 1950 - April 17, 2003) was a deputy of the State Duma, candidate of philosophical sciences, author of numerous scientific articles. He was one of the leaders of the Liberal Russia party. Killed on April 17, 2003 near his home in Moscow. He was shot four times with a silenced Makarov. Translation of the statements by the leader of Democratic Russia's Lev Ponomarev, and comments from Valeria Novodvorskaya and Sergey Grigoryants. Speech by Sergei Yushenkov at the J. Kennan Institute, Washington. Documentary video "Assassination of Russia" (Покушение на Россию), The film was created in 2001 by French producers Jean-Charles Deniau and Charles Gazelle.
Yuri Shchekochikhin (All articles)
Yuri Shchekochikhin: Are we Russia or KGB USSR? / ITA: Yuri Shchekochikhin: Noi siamo la Russia oppure KGB URSS? / RUS: Юрий Щекочихин: Мы Россия или КГБ СССР?
Yuri Petrovich Shchekochikhin (June 9, 1950, Kirovabad of the Azerbaijan SSR – July 3, 2003, Moscow) was a journalist, colleague of Anna Politkovskaya, Soviet and Russian writer and playwright, screenwriter, television presenter, deputy of the State Duma and member of the Commission for the fight against corruption in state authorities. He was a United Nations expert on organized crime. He was president of the International Foundation for the Support of Young Creatives. He is known for high profile investigative journalism. Killed by the regime via unknown poison.
Anna Politkovskaya (All articles)
Anna Politkovskaya: The list of those who were not present / ITA: Anna Politkovskaya: L'elenco di quelli che non erano presenti / RUS: Анна Политковская: Список тех, кто не присутствовал
Anna Politkovskaya (30.08.1958 – 07.10.2006), the Russian journalist, writer, human rights activist was killed with 4 gunshots, 1 in the head - on Putin's birthday. Anna's colleagues and friends interpreted her execution as if someone wanted to give a gift to the head of #KGBistan who, after having usurped power, was suppressing dissent with increasing speed. Article written in 2005 which tells a story about Human Rights Watch's report: "HRW cites 43 concrete examples of such kidnappings, committed in 2004 alone, and also admits that no one knows the exact number of kidnapped people at all, since 1999 it has been between 3 and 5 thousand. That is, even an officially recognized "mistake": two thousand lives - there, two thousand - here, liquidated without any regard for jurisprudence" "That is, this scheme is a scheme of State Terrorism, this time described not only by journalists on whom the Kremlin spits, but by an international human rights consortium, whose opinion is especially respected in the UN, OSCE, EU and others serious institutions."
Sergey Magnitsky (All articles)
November 16, 2009 Sergey Magnitsky was killed / ITA: 16 novembre 2009 è stato ucciso Sergey Magnitsky / RUS: 16 ноября 2009 года был убит Сергей Магнитский
#Sergey Magnitsky The story of Sergey Magnitsky who died in “Matrosskaya Tishina” prison in November 2009 at the age of 37. Before his death, Magnitsky was deprived of medical care and was actually subjected to torture. His death caused huge public resonance both in Russia and abroad, and also became the reason for the adoption of the so-called "Magnitsky Act" in several countries aimed at combating transnational corruption
Oleg Orlov (All articles)
Oleg Orlov: "We ended up in the world of Orwell" / ITA: Oleg Orlov: "Siamo finiti nel mondo di Orwell" / RUS: Олег Орлов: «Мы оказались в мире Оруэлла»
On 11th of November, 2023, the Golovinsky district court recognized Oleg Orlov, President of the Memorial Center for Human Rights, guilty of "repeated discreditation" against the army and sentenced him to a fine of 150 thousand rubles. The reason for the accusation was an article that condemned the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. Translation of the last word text written for the Court "Russia will emerge from darkness"
IV. Russian opposition leaders
Alexey Navalny (All articles)
Wikileaks and Russia - 2. Alexei Navalny vs. anonymous Russian oilmen (link to ENG version is available inside Italian translation) / ITA: Wikileaks e Russia - 2. Alexei Navalny vs. petrolieri russi anonimi / RUS: Wikileaks и Россия - 2. Алексей Навальный vs. анонимные российские нефтяники
"Conscience and intellect." - Alexei Navalny's last word at the Tribunal for "extremism" / ITA: "La coscienza e l'intelletto." - L'ultima parola di Alexei Navalny al Tribunale per "l'estremismo" / RUS: «Совесть и интеллект». - Последнее слово Алексея Навального на Трибунале по «экстремизму»
Enemy Number One. How Kremlin, FSB and TV are fighting with Alexey Navalny (link to ENG version is available inside Italian translation) / ITA: Nemico Numero Uno. Come Cremlino, FSB e TV stanno combattendo con Alexey Navalny / RUS: Враг номер один. Как и Кремль, ФСБ и ТВ борются с Алексеем Навальным
Kremlin vs. Opposition: The project to discredit Alexey Navalny / ITA: Kremlin vs. Opposition: Il progetto per screditare Alexey Navalny / RUS: Кремль vs. Оппозиция: Проект по дискредитации Алексея Навального
Kremlin vs. Opposition: Ksenia Fadeeva. Young beautiful dissidents investigated for extremism / ITA: Kremlin vs. Opposition: Ksenia Fadeeva. Giovani belle dissidenti indagate per estremismo / RUS: Кремль vs. Оппозиция: Ксения Фадеева. Молодых красивых диссидентов преследуют за экстремизм
Kremlin vs. Opposition: Lilia Chanysheva. Young beautiful dissidents investigated for extremism / ITA: Kremlin vs. Opposition: Lilia Chanysheva. Giovani belle dissidenti indagate per estremismo / RUS: Кремль vs. Оппозиция: Лилия Чанышева. Молодых красивых диссидентов преследуют за экстремизм
Alexey Navalny's lawyers arrested (link to ENG version is available inside Italian translation) / ITA: Arrestati gli avvocati di Alexey Navalny / RUS: Адвокаты Алексея Навального арестованы
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Interview with Vladimir Kara-Murza, December 2021 / ITA: L'intervista con Vladimir Kara-Murza, dicembre 2021 / RUS: Интервью с Владимиром Кара-Мурзой, декабрь 2021 г.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky (All articles)
Russia 20 years ago: October 25, 2003 - the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky / ITA: Russia 20 anni fa: 25 ottobre 2003 - l'arresto di Mikhail Khodorkovsky / RUS: Россия 20 лет назад: 25 октября 2003 г. – арест Михаила Ходорковского
Kremlin vs. Opposition: Repressions and closure of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's "Open Russia"/ ITA: Kremlin vs. Opposition: Le repressioni e la chiusura di "Open Russia" di Mikhail Khodorkovsky / RUS: Кремль vs Оппозиция: репрессии и закрытие «Открытой России» Михаила Ходорковского
Yulia Navalnaya
Yulia Navalnaya: "Do not recognize fraudulent elections and help the Russian opposition" / ITA: Yulia Navalnaya: "Non riconoscere le elezioni fraudolenti e aiutare l'opposizione russa" / RUS: Юлия Навальная: «Не признавать фальсифицированные выборы и поддержать российскую оппозицию»
Translation of the public statement by Yulia Navalnaya publishe by Navalny Team on 20.02.2024
100 Russian political prisoners / 100 prigionieri politici russi / 100 российских политзаключенных
200 Russian political prisoners / 200 prigionieri politici russi / 200 российских политзаключенных
V. Protests in Russia
Twenty years of KGBistan -2- Citizens protests /
ITA: Il ventennio del KGBistan -2- Le proteste dei cittadini /
RUS: Двадцать лет КГБистану -2- Гражданские протесты
A research of 20 years of protests. My article + Table with data containing hundreds of lines /Year/ Location/ Number of protesters/ 2.470+ protests inside Russia 210+ protests abroad 2 400 000+ protest participants: thousands killed, injured, arrested, jailed and tortured. Young and old, men, women and teens. Data are not complete SEE TWITTER THREAD WITH VIDEOS
12 April 2003 - Meeting in Moscow to stop the war in Chechnya. 3 texts + archive info / ITA: 12 aprile 2003 - Meeting a Mosca per fermare la guerra in Cecenia. 3 testi + info archivio / RUS: 12 апреля 2003 г. - Встреча в Москве с целью остановить войну в Чечне. 3 текста + архивная информация
Translation of letter-appeal signed by: Yuri ARABOV, Yuri AFANASIEV, Bella AKHMADULINA, Liya AKHEDZHAKOVA, Anatoly AKHUTIN, Leonid BAZHANOV, Leonid BATKIN, Mikhail BERG, Andrey BITOV, Alla BOSSART, Evgeny BUNIMOVICH, Petr WEIL, Arkady VAKSBERG, Boris VASILIEV, Vladimir VISHNEVSKY, Georgy VLADIMOVICH, Vladimir VOINOVICH , Sergey GANDLEVSKY, Alexander GELMAN, Illarion GOLITSYN, Alexander GORODNITSKY, Lydia GRAFOVA, Lev GUDKOV, Vladimir DASHKEVICH, Veronika DOLINA, Denis DRAGUNSKY, Ion DRUTSÉ, Vadim ZHUK, Victor EROFEEV, Mikhail ZLATKOVSKY, Leonid ZORIN, Igor IRTENEV, Fazil Iskander, Garry KASPAROV, Yuli KIM, Galina KORNILOVA, Alexey KORTNEV, Yuli KRELIN, Grigory KRUZHKOV, Alexander MIRZAYAN, Daniel MITLYANSKY, Dmitry MURATOV, Yury NORSHTEIN, Gleb PANFILOV, Andrey PIONTKOVSKII, Anna POLITKOVSKAYA, Evgeny REIN, Mark ROZOVSKII, Lev RUBINSTEIN, Olga SEDAKOVA, Victor SLAVKIN, Alexander TKACHENKO, Petr TODOROVSKII, Natalia TRAUBERG, Lyudmila ULITSKAYA, Alexander FILIPENKO, p. Georgy CHISTYAKOV, Inna CHURIKOVA, Dmitry SHAKHOVSKOY, Viktor SHENDEROVICH, Yuri SCHEKOCHIKHIN, Sergei YURSKY, Alexei YABLOKOV, Igor G. YAKOVENKO The answer by Aslan Maskhadov The answer by Ruslan Badalov Journalist Lydia Grafova answered the main question: what should ordinary people do? She said that “…all those who advocate for to stop further bloodshed should declare a moral war. Don't participate in government lies, don't deceive yourself and your acquaintances, persuade others to join anti-war actions, help refugees and all victims."
27-28 October 2003 - All-Russian Conference of Civil Society Organizations / ITA: 27-28 ottobre 2003 - Conferenza panrussa delle organizzazionI della società civile / RUS: 27-28 октября 2003 г. - Всероссийская конференция организаций гражданского общества
Article written by Andrey Antonov for The Chronicle of Moscow Helsinki Group about the Conference.
The Russian opposition: December 12, 2004 - All-Russian Congress "Russia for democracy, against dictatorship" / ITA: L'opposizione russa: 12 dicembre 2004 - Congresso pan-russo "La Russia per la democrazia, contro la dittatura" / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 12 декабря 2004 г. - Всероссийский конгресс «Россия за демократию, против диктатуры».
Translation of 4 texts: "Declaration on joint actions of participants of the All-Russian Civil Congress “Russia for Democracy, Against Dictatorship”" Lyudmila Alekseeva: "Only solidarity confrontation will stop authoritarianism" Andrey Antonov: "Civil society against dictatorship" Sergey Kovalev: "Civil organizations are a true alternative to government"
September 3, 2008 - Action “putin is a executioner of Beslan!” / ITA: 3 settembre 2008 - l'azione a Mosca: "putin - boia di Beslan!" / RUS: 3 сентября 2008 г. – акция в Москве: «путин – палач Беслана!»
March 2010 - Open letter: PUTIN - RESIGN! / ITA: Marzo 2010 - Lettera aperta: PUTIN - DIMETTITI! / RUS: Март 2010 г. - Открытое письмо: ПУТИН – В отставку!
The letter-appeal created by a group of Russian oppositioners which was followed up in various meetings in Moscow and other cities, organized hacker attacks on the website, national campaign to promote the appeal, the obfuscation of the site and in the end: State censorship blocked the site on the Internet in Russia.
The Russian opposition: December 12, 2010 - Results of Putin's government. The Civic Forum report. / ITA: L'opposizione russa: 12 dicembre 2010- Risultati della governanza di putin. Il rapporto di Forum Civico. / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 12 декабря 2010 - Итоги правления путина. Отчет Гражданского форума.
Speech by Soviet dissident and Russian humn rights defender Sergey Adamovich Kovalev
The Russian opposition: December 6, 2011 - Protests against falsified elections - Part 1 / ITA: L'opposizione russa: Dicembre 6, 2011 - Proteste contro elezioni falsificate - Parte 1 / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 6 декабря 2011 - Протесты против фальсифицированных выборов - Часть 1
Historical reconstruction of the protest events of Russian citizens against the serious electoral fraud on 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 December in Moscow, St. Petersburg and various cities PROLOGUE "Fraud in the Duma elections on 4th of December 2011 gave rise to a massive protest movement. On December 5, the largest demonstration since the “March of Dissent” unexpectedly gathered in Chistye Prudy: fiery speeches, mass detentions, the first 15 days of Alexei Navalny, the launch of the OVD-Info project. The next day, the center of the protest was Triumfalnaya, the traditional site of the struggle for freedom of assembly. On December 6, riot police broke records for mass arrests and brutal beatings. In St. Petersburg, near Gostiny Dvor, the same thing was happening. As hundreds of injured inmates sat in the pens, preparations began for a large demonstration on December 10. The day before, a self-proclaimed group of negotiators had decided to move the demonstration from Revolution Square to Bolotnaya for security reasons. The winter series of permitted mass demonstrations began with “drinking whiskey at the town hall" TWITTER THREAD IN ENGLISH
The Russian opposition: December 10, 2011 - Protests against falsified elections - Part 2 / ITA: L'opposizione russa: Dicembre 10, 2011 - Proteste contro elezioni falsificate - Parte 2 / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 10 декабря 2011 - Протесты против фальсифицированных выборов - Часть 2
Historical reconstruction of the protest events of Russian citizens against the serious electoral fraud on 10, 17, 18, 20 and 21 December, 2011. Multiple videos and descriptions from 45 locations in Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Arkhangelsk, Barnaul, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladivostok, Vologda, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Izhevsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Orel , Penza, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Pyatigorsk, Ryazan, Saratov, Tver, Tomsk, Tyumen, Ufa, Chelyabinsk, Yaroslavl, Murmansk, Astrakhan, Yakutsk, Volgograd, Vladivostok, Angarsk, Irkutsk, Ulyanovsk, Kursk, Kirov, Yoshkar-Ola, Khabarovsk , Omsk + info about protests abroad TWITTER THREAD IN ENGLISH
The Russian opposition: December 24, 2011 - Protests against falsified elections - Part 3 / ITA L'opposizione russa: 24 dicembre 2011 - Proteste contro elezioni falsificate - Parte 3 / RUS: Российская оппозиция: 24 декабря 2011 - Протесты против фальсифицированных выборов - Часть 3
Multiple videos and descriptions from 24th of December protests in 45 locations in Russia: Moscow, San Petersburg, Abakan, Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, Barnaul, Bratsk, Bryansk, Vladivostok, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Velikiy Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Ivanovo, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, Kirov, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Obninsk, Penza, Perm, Pskov, Pyatigorsk, Nizhnevartovsk, Miass, Rostov sul Don, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Syktyvkar, Tver, Tomsk, Tula, Tyumen, Ulan-Ude, Kemerovo, Ufa, Khabarovsk, Cheboksary, Chelyabinsk, Vyborg, Yaroslavl TWITTER THREAD IN ENGLISH
Russian Opposition: December 24, 2011 - Draft resolution of the civil protest “For fair elections!” / ITA 24 dicembre 2011 -Progetto di risoluzione della manifestazione civile “Per elezioni giuste!” sul viale Sakharov / RUS 24 декабря 2011 - Проект резолюции общегражданского митинга «За честные выборы!»
The Russian opposition: December 2011 - Bolotnaya thesis / ITA: L'opposizione russa: Dicembre 2011 - Tesi della Bolotnaya / RUS: Российская оппозиция: декабрь 2011 г. - Болотные тезисы
Georgy Satarov's article for Moscow Helsinki Group Chronicle: "Lying is immoral, but resistance to lies is moral. Manipulating people is immoral, resistance to manipulation is moral. An example of manipulation through lies is Putin’s words that people came to Bolotnaya to object to the election results, while all over the world people object to the election results when they lose. Double lie. And about the whole world and about the people on Bolotnaya, since they objected not to the results, but to the procedure that the authorities, due to the poverty of the Russian language, call elections, and against the method of determining the results, which the authorities, apparently for the same reason, refers to "voting" and "counting votes"
Kremlin vs. Opposition: February 4, 2012 - Russian opposition meets with United Nations / ITA: Kremlin vs. Opposition: 4 febbraio 2012 – L'opposizione russa si incontra con le Nazioni Unite / RUS: Кремль vs Oппозиция: 4 февраля 2012 – Российская оппозиция встречается с ООН
Russian Opposition: January-February 2012 - protests against falsified elections / ITA: L’opposizione russa: Gennaio-febbraio 2012 - proteste contro elezioni falsificate / RUS: Российская оппозиция: Январь-февраль 2012 – протесты против фальсифицированных выборов
Historical reconstruction of the protest events of Russian citizens against the serious electoral fraud on January 7, 14, 21, 2012 and February 4, 7, 25, 26, 2012 across the country. Multiple videos, texts and links to articles of the protests in 29 locations in Russia: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Naro-Fominsk, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Tver, Samara, Vologda, Tomsk, Abakan, Omsk, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Yoshkar-Ola, Kirov, Orenburg, Penza, Rostov-on-Don, Ulyanovsk, Krasnodar, Glazov, Gelendzhik, Tolyatti and Chelyabinsk and in some foreign countries.
6 May 2012 - The March of Millions / ITA: 6 maggio 2012 - La Marcia dei Milioni / RUS: 6 мая 2012 г. - Марш миллионов
Citizen protests against election fraud 2 happened 2 years long. This article talk about 1 day on which gathered around 120,000 people, and which brought to arrests and court cases of many protesters TWITTER THREAD IN ENGLISH
Appeal of the initiative group for the organization of the Congress of the Intellectuals "Against the war, against the self-isolation of Russia, against the restoration of totalitarianism" and a letter from representatives of culture in support of vladimir putin's position on Ukraine and Crimea / ITA: Appello del gruppo di iniziativa per l’organizzazione del Congresso dell'Intellighenzia “Contro la guerra, contro l'autoisolamento della Russia, contro il ripristino del totalitarismo” e una lettera di esponenti della cultura a sostegno della posizione di vladimir putin su Ucraina e Crimea / RUS: Обращение инициативной группы по проведению Конгресса интеллигенции «Против войны, против самоизоляции России, против реставрации тоталитаризма» и письмо деятелей культуры в поддержку позиции Владимира Путина по Украине и Крыму
March 2014
March 19, 2014, Congress of intellectuals against the war in Ukraine / ITA: 19 marzo 2014, Congresso degli intellettuali contro la guerra in Ucraina / RUS: 19 марта 2014 г., Конгресс интеллигенции против войны в Украине.
VIDEO + Resolution of the First Session of Congress and list of signatories 500+ people
March 2014 - protests in different cities against the military invasion in Ukraine / ITA: Marzo 2014 - proteste in diverse città contro l'invasione militare in Ucraina / RUS: Март 2014 г. - протесты в разных городах против военного вторжения в Украину
March 15th 2014 - Peace March in Moscow / ITA: 15 Marzo 2014 - La Marcia della Pace a Mosca / RUS: 15 марта 2014 г. - Марш Мира в Москве
Action organized by Russian war photographers which held place inside huge manifestation in Moscow
21 September 2014 - protests in Russia against the war in Ukraine / ITA: 21 Settembre 2014 - protesti in Russia contro la guerra in Ucraina / RUS: 21 сентября 2014 г. - протесты в России против войны на Украине
15 August 2018 - The March Of Mothers / ITA: 15 agosto 2018 - La Marcia Delle Madri / RUS: 15 августа 2018 г. - Марш матерей
On August 15, the action "March of Mothers" took place in Moscow, the participants of which demanded the release from the pre-trial detention center of 18-year-old Anna Pavlikova and 19-year-old Maria Dubovik, the girls accused in the Novoe Velichie case - The New Greatness.
4th of June, 2023 - #FreeNavalny worldwide / ITA: 4 giugno 2023 #FreeNavalny in tutto il mondo / RUS: 4 июня 2023 г. — #FreeNavalny по всему миру
Protests organized by Anti-Corruption Foundation by Alexey Navalny Photo gallery from different locations across the globe
Worldwide protests #PUTINISAKILLER - August 20, 2023 / ITA: 20 agosto 2023 le proteste in tutto il mondo #PUTINISAKILLER / RUS: Всемирные протесты #ПУТИНИСАКИЛЛЕР - 20 августа 2023 г
Protests organized by Anti-Corruption Foundation by Alexey Navalny Photo gallery from different locations acriss the globe