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July 8th had been a busy day for FSB, the Russian security service, as they carried searches in apartments of journalists and human rights activists in a dozen of locations in diffirent ...

Happy birthday, dear Pavel! Pavel Litvinov, a living legend of the Soviet dissident movement, turned 85 on July 6th. On August 25, 1968, Pavel was one of eight brave souls who held a public protest ...

Located on the Volga-​river city of Ulyanovsk (a birthplace of Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet state), a local museum, mostly dedicated to Lenin, talks about its citizens fighting the ...

Andrei Sakharov’s story is unique in that he started out as a Hero (thrice) of the Socialist Labor, decorated by all the highest state awards and admired by the USSR leadership ...

Through the initiative of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, with enthusiastic support of the School of Physics and Astronomy and through generosity of our donors, the Andrei Sakharov Excellence in Physics ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary since the nuclear weapons were used in the war for the first — and one ardently hopes — the last time in the history. In August 1945, Sakharov learned ...

This year marks fifty years since Andrei Sakharov received the Nobel Peace Prize. Fifty years on – and the prize to Sakharov as well as his ideas remain as relevant ...

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 ...