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Prisoners in moscow in october of 2021. and the last charge came around the time when he was awarded the vaclav havel human rights prize. the third charge of high treason was brought against him based on three public speeches that he made at nato, at the us congress and at the norwegian helsinki committee, talking about mass repression in russia, talking about the number of political prisoners and the illegitimate character of the so—called referendum that allowed vladimir putin make himself i...

Disappointed with what has happened inside russia since this invasion and the failure to see consistent street opposition, public protest, to what the putin government is doing? well, i would say to this that there is consistent streak of opposition in russia. since february, almost 20,000 people have been arbitrarily detained for protesting against the war. and the number of political prisoners in russia, according to memorial, is today 513 people that are persecuted for their political views a...

Offering support to those who do protest and end up in prisons or in psychiatric hospitals. there are organisations like memorial or 0vd—info or mediazona or others, who raise awareness about mass political persecution in russia and about the methods used by the regime against protesters. right. and i believe that those are the things that show that, yes, there are no mass protests, its true. whether i would like to see them in the streets, of course i would. of course i would. i would love to...

Charges against him have been piling up for months, as you rightly pointed out. it all began with 15 days, and then the first charge was brought against him for opposing — publicly opposing the war in ukraine. then the second charge was brought against him during the summer months for cooperating with, as the government calls it, an undesirable organisation and for organising an event in support of political prisoners in moscow in october of 2021. and the last charge came around the time when ...

The time when he was awarded a human rights prize. the third charge of high treason was brought against him based on three public speeches that he made at nato. at the us congress and that the norwegian helsinki committee, talking about mass repression in russia, talking about the number of political prisoners and the illegitimate character of the so—called referendum that allowed vladimir putin to make himself into its azara, basically. they said he is a fighter, is is a fighter and all those...

Of free media, in the absence of free speech, in the absence of free. . .freedom of association, freedom of assembly, free and fair elections, and all other fundamental freedoms that have been taken away from the population. how do you say why this majority of the population is silent? is it because they are indifferent, they dont really care? or is it because they are scared, because they see whats happening to those who do find the courage to protest? i cannotjudge because i know that the resu...

Offering support to those who do protest and end up in prisons or in psychiatric hospitals. there are organisations like memorial or 0vd—info or mediazona or others, who raise awareness about mass political persecution in russia and about the methods used by the regime against protesters. right. and i believe that those are the things that show that, yes, there are no mass protests, its true. whether i would like to see them in the streets, of course i would. of course i would. i would love to...

As traitors, as foreign agents. so basically, the idea behind is that anyone who protests against what the regime is doing, anyone who opposes the policies of the current regime, must be a traitor or must be paid by someone else to do that. otherwise, a person would not express any protest because what is there to protest against? so, in... this is a very common practice. over 170, i believe, organisations and people have been declared foreign agents since february and there have been a number b...

Disappointed with what has happened inside russia since this invasion and the failure to see consistent street opposition, public protest, to what the putin government is doing? well, i would say to this that there is consistent streak of opposition in russia. detained for protesting against the war. and the number of political prisoners in russia, according to memorial, is today 513 people that are persecuted for their political views and religious beliefs. and i would say that those numbers ar...

Kristi Gee, the CEO of the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, will be leaving the local business group Jan. 13 to work for Prospera Business Network as their small business development