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03 February 2026

Sakharov Under Surveillance. An Exhibit at The Nobel Prize Museum. 6 February 2026

The Nobel Prize Museum jointly with a journalist Anna Narinskaya curated an exhibit, which will open in Stockholm on February 6th and will be on display till March 29th. A unique art piece ...
23 January 2026

Recognising outstanding leadership of scientists on behalf of human rights

Since 2006, the American Physical Society awards a biennial Sakharov Prize so named in recognition of courageous and effective work of the Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov furthering human rights and peaceful ...
25 December 2025

Wishing you peace, joy and happiness in this festive season!

As this year draws to a close, we extend our sincere gratitude for your continued commitment to the values of Andrei Sakharov. His dedication to peace, human dignity, and scientific progress ...
09 December 2025

Peace, Progress, Human Rights — half a century since Sakharov’s award

On 10th December 1975, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, a man who became known as the father of the H-​​bomb and a courageous human rights defender, failed to show up at ...
19 November 2025

The Last Train / Последний Вагон

Vernissage on November 19th, 2025, at 6-​​9 PM at The Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station in London, UK, November 19-​22. Fifteen artists, many of whom are recent immigrants from Russia, ...
07 November 2025

The Country and the World: Russian Realities 2025

Berlin, November 21-​22 Organized by “Strana i Mir” in partnership with Radio Sakharov https://russianrealities2025.sakharov.world/ Why has Trump’s quest for peace in Ukraine not succeeded? Will Putin wage war forever? How lasting will be the ...
02 November 2025

Celebrating 165th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Sakharov, Andrei’s formidable grandfather

Ivan Nikolaevich Sakharov (1860-​​1918) was born on 9 October 1860, in a family that counted generations of Russian priests. He spent his early years in the village of Vyezdnoye, in the Arzamas ...
06 October 2025

Andrei Sakharov Avenues in Russia

Many people know of an avenue in central Moscow called “Prospect of Academician Sakharov.” The avenue, named after Andrei Sakharov soon after his death, served as a gathering place of opposition ...
30 August 2025

Today marks three years since Mikhail Gorbachev passed away

Today marks three years since Mikhail Gorbachev, the first and last President of the Soviet Union and a man who played an important role in bringing the Cold War to the ...
23 August 2025

The Helsinki Accords: the inspiration that did not last?

A diplomatic agreement among 35 participating countries, the Helsinki Accords were signed half a century ago on August 1, 1975, as part of a broader effort to ease tensions between the Soviet ...
23 August 2025

Milan conference in memory of Anatoly Marchenko

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart) in Milan will hold a conference on November 3-​​5, 2025, dedicated to the life of Anatoly Marchenko, a Soviet dissident, who ...
09 August 2025

Remembering Pavel Kushnir, a pianist and civil activist

A year ago, on July 27, 2024, Pavel Kushnir died in detention in Birobidzhan, the administrative center of the Jewish autonomy on the Russian-​​Chinese border. A thirty-​​nine year old graduate of ...
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