«We must not let any name, or any fact of repression be forgotten. They who think that nothing depends on them alone, that they are incapable of changing or stopping persecution, are mistaken»

The crackdown on participants of the notorious 'nearly naked' party continues. 27-year-old stylist Pavel Babak was fined 200,000 rubles (~2210 US dollars) for attending Anastasia Ivleeva's event. He was found guilty of 'LGBT propaganda'.

Valery Fadeev, head of the Human Rights Council, called for a ban on niqabs in Russia, noting that they are banned even in some Central Asian countries. He plans to discuss this with traditional Islam representatives and regional authorities, Sota News reports

A 77-year-old scientist in Russia was sentenced to 14 years for treason, accused of sharing hypersonic missile secrets with Germany. Treason charges for sharing 'top secret information' are increasingly used as tools of repression against scientists.

“Every day, it took effort to mentally compartmentalize my studies and what was happening in my homeland,” he says. “I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s important to me to become a doctor, and the education at MSU really is wonderful.”

Thank you The Anti-Corruption Foundation. Russian civil society, including our organization, faces relentless and escalating repression from the state. Only with global support, grassroots and policy, Russian civil society is going to be able to survive.