01 September 2024
A new book “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause” by Benjamin Nathans
“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 ...
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 ...
07 May 2024
Congratulations to the courageous Vladimir Kara-Murza
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 ...
02 May 2024
Opinion is not a crime
A criminal case against Sergey Lukashevsky, a former director of Sakharov Centre in Moscow, was initiated in Nizhny Novgorod. The first court hearing was scheduled for May 2, 2024. Lukashevsky is ...
25 May 2023
The Andrei Sakharov Foundation wishes to thank the following people and organizations for their help and support
The Andrei Sakharov Foundation wishes to thank the following people and organizations for their help and support:
Carnegie Hall:
Clive Gillinson
Nolan Robertson
Anna Weber
and all other highly professional members of the team — for doing ...
23 May 2023
The New York Classical Review published an article by David Wright about the Sakharov concert
Stars align to honor human-rights champion Sakharov at Carnegie
by David Wright
at New York Classical Review
What would it take to bring international stars such as violinists Gidon Kremer and Maxim Vengerov, ...
22 May 2023
Post-concert gala dinner in support of the Andrei Sakharov Foundation
A post-concert gala dinner was held at Rohatyn Reception Room. Distinguished speakers, including Natan Sharansky, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Ian Shipsey, David Remnick and Arkady Ostrovsky, delivered wonderful tributes to Sakharov, ...
21 May 2023
Concert in honor of Andrei Sakharov
The sold-out concert in honor of Andrei Sakharov was held on Sakharov’s birthday, May 21st, at Carnegie Hall. It was a truly historic and extraordinary musical event, a fitting tribute to the ...
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 ...
25 January 2023
ASF is declared “undesirable” organization
On January 23, 2023 the Russian authorities declared The Andrei Sakharov Foundation an “undesirable organization”. We regret this sudden antagonistic action of the Russian Federation’s Office of Prosecutor General, which ...
23 January 2023
14 December 2022
Sakharov Prize 2022: Parliament honours the Ukrainian People
The ASF congratulates this year’s recipients of the European Parliament’s Sakharov Freedom of Thought Prize. This is one of the most significant and prestigious human rights awards, which honours the activists and serves to highlight ...
