Fabricated criminal charges Russia’s latest weapon against Mari-El activists
The Russian Federation and its little dictator wannabe, Leonid Markelov, are once again persecuting Mari-El activists. As if directly from the Oppression 101 text book by Stalin and Hitler, the...
View ArticleVladimir Kozlov, a Mari-El activist, illegally held inside Russia
The news article on the Information Center of Finno-Ugric Peoples website continues to document the persecution of Mari-El activists in Russia. The latest trouble leaves Vladimir Kozlov unable to leave...
View ArticleHow to stop the press from interviewing your citizens – Soviet style
A reporter for Helsingin Sanomat, the most important Finnish newspaper, visited Mari-El in October 2005 and tried interviewing local Mari-El activists. The interviews of the most prominent activists...
View ArticleFinnish-Russian Citizen’s Forum established
I’m proud to report news about the birth of the Finnish-Russian Citizen’s Forum by a group of human rights activists from Finland and Russia. Founding members include, among others, a Finnish Member of...
View ArticleRussia’s “Third Way” Is A Road To Nowhere
[by Kerkko Paananen, originally published in Finnish] The situation of NGOs has gone from bad to worse in Russia during President Vladimir Putin’s reign. The authorities are doing their utmost to...
View ArticleRussian oppression of Mari-El activists still going strong
Galina Kozlova, the wife of Vladimir Kozlov, was brutally beaten after being sprayed with some sort of pepper spray substance on January 25th in Joshkar Ola, the capital of Mari-El. Mari-El seems to be...
View ArticleMembers of the European Parliament condemn attack on Mari-El activist
A group of Members of the European Parliament has tabled a motion for a resolution strongly condemning an attack against Ms Galina Kozlova, board member of the Mari national organisation, Mari Ushem....
View ArticleThe European Parliament condemn attack on Mari-El activist
Couple of weeks ago a group of Members of the European Parliament comdemned the attack on Galina Kozlova. Now the entire European Parliament has done the same. EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes had this to...
View ArticleFinnish Broadcasting Company program MOT covers Mari-El
Finnish Broadcasting Company’s MOT program covered Mari-El during their most recent show this Monday. Unfortunately the transcript is only available in Finnish at the moment, but the program covered...
View ArticleSoviet Russia interns dissidents in mental institutions
The Soviet era tactics in dealing with opposition leaders continue unabated in Russia. The International Secretariat of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) is reporting that Russian...
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