On October 17, at least 4,500 people gathered in central of Kyiv to call on the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) to pass legislation on what activists call the “great political reform.” The protest was planned a few weeks ahead....
How tall is Putin? In Boston that depends on who’s wearing the costume. Since the fall of 2016, Arts Against Aggression have frequently included a participant dressed in a Putin costume in our protests. Thus, in October, while greeting...
The student waved the flag out the window in the direction of a March 18 rally commemorating the third anniversary of the annexation of Crimea. First, he hung it from his room window, then – from the stairwell window, where it could...
One of the most curious characteristics of revolutions is that they often begin when something happens that ordinarily would be quickly dealt with and contained but then capture the mood of the population of the moment and quickly grow...
Yesterday as they have done every 18th of the month since November, small groups of activists have come into the streets of Moscow and St. Petersburg to demonstrate on behalf of the rights of the Crimean Tatars, actions that their...
Concerts of Denis Matsuev, a Russian pianist giving concerts in New York and Boston, USA, were accompanied by protests. The musician is one of over 500 Russian cultural figures that signed a collective letter in support of Putin’s order...
The war in eastern Ukraine forced 1,783,900 people to leave their homes, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Affairs. This includes only those officially registered as internally displaced persons. Today, they are one of the most...
The organizing committee of the international march Stop Putin’s war in Ukraine has released an open letter to the leaders of the European Council, in which they argue for the necessity to retain sanctions against Russia. From the...
An international protest of Ukrainian communities in Europe, Canada, and USA is planned to take place on 10 June 2016. There are 10 cities in EU participating so far, but it is planned that other cities and countries will join. From the...
On March 31, in a much anticipated appellate procedure in Moscow City Court, a judge considered the appeal of opposition activist Ildar Dadin, the first Russian citizen to be convicted under Russia’s new and highly controversial...
Free independent media is a necessary condition for democracy to function in any country. Censorship, on the other hand, is rampant in all its forms in dictatorships. These definitions may be relevant in a black and white world; in...
