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The Voice of America, funded by the US Government, began broadcasting in 1942 to combat the Nazi propaganda with accurate and unbiased information. From the beginning, VOA promised its listeners ...

Former Soviet dissident Alexander Skobov is determined to defend his political beliefs. In Putin’s Russia this requires immense sacrifice – something that may sadly become a reality in other countries, if ...

“CONNECTED”, a new documentary by an award-​winning London-​based director Vera Krichevskaya, premiers at Riga’s ArtDocFest to a wide critical acclaim and emotional public reception. The film tells a story of Dmitry Zimin. A radio engineer ...

Founded in December 2021 by Ivan Pavlov, a prominent lawyer, First Department is a human rights project with a special focus on closed court hearings and the use of criminal cases against political ...

Furthering scientific legacy of Dr Andrei Sakharov, the Andrei Sakharov Foundation launched the above-​named program at School of Physics and Astronomy of Tel Aviv University. Its aim is to recognize ...

Anne Applebaum, an award-​winning American author and historian, published “Autocracy, Inc” in 2024. Drawing wide critical acclaim and recognized as a book of the year by the Economist, “Autocracy, Inc” warns ...

“A free Russia, without repression or arbitrary use of law” was Kovalev’s dream, to which he dedicated his entire life. In the 1990s, at the time of the First Chechen War, ...

Evgeny Velikhov, who passed away just two months shy of his 90th birthday, was a great scientist and a good man. A physics graduate of Moscow State University, he spent most of his ...

The Andrei Sakharov Foundation is deeply saddened with a profound and heartbreaking loss of Felice Gaer Baran (16 June 1946 – 9 November 2024), who was a friend, a mentor and a source of inspiration ...

“The dissident movement contributed significantly to the hollowing out of the legitimacy of the Soviet regime, which in turn made the system exceptionally brittle” From a new book, “To the Success of ...

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 ...

Vladimir Kara-​Murza, a 42-​year old Russian opposition politician and author, who has been imprisoned in Russia since April 2022, was awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in journalism. The Pulitzer judges recognized Kara-Mura’s ...