12 May 2024
Jim Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024)
Photo: Alex Gerko and Jim Simons, at a gala in tribute of Andrei Sakharov, May 21, 2023. Carnegie Hall, New York
Jim Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024)
The Andrei ...
15 February 2023
February 15th, 2023 marks the centennial of the birth of Elena (Lusya) Bonner
Elena Bonner wrote, “My life was typical, tragic and wonderful,” perfectly capturing the attitudes of this remarkably courageous woman, who was drawn into human rights activism when her parents became victims of the ...
29 September 2022
Yuri Fedorov died Sept 27, 2022.
In Memoriam of Yuri Fedorov.
Yuri Fedorov, 79, of New York, passed away September 27, 2022, after a long battle with lupus. An outstanding human being, Yuri was also a well-known Soviet dissident and a former political ...
31 August 2022
In Memoriam of Mikhail Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022)
On August 30, 2022, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the first (and last) President of the USSR, passed away at the age of 91. On behalf of the family of Andrei Sakharov ...
09 August 2022
Today the ASF remembers an outstanding person and a dear friend to many of us, Sergei Adamovich Kovalev:
Sergei Kovalev (2.03.1930 – 9.08.2021)
Human rights activist, biologist, board member of International Memorial (banned in Russia since January 2022).
August 9 marks a year without one of Russia’s greatest moral authorities. Sergei Kovalev, ...
08 August 2022
The book “Sakharov, a citizen of the universe”. Today to mark a year since Sergei Kovalev’s passing, we are publishing one of the book’s entries, written by him
The ASF supported a publication of a new volume of memoirs about Andrei Sakharov, which includes the articles by over 70 colleagues and friends. This book, entitled “Sakharov, a citizen of the universe”, ...