On June 27, 2022, one of Russian opposition leaders, was arrested in Moscow by local police. Later in December he was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison on charges of spreading “knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces”, an unconstitutional newly introduced “crime” in the Russian Criminal Code. The real reason for such a harsh punishment is Yashin’s public stance against the war with Ukraine and his fierce criticism of Putin’s regime.
The full-scale war with Ukraine and the transformation of the Russian Federation into a dictatorship are disastrous consequences of the destroying of democratic institutions. The trampling of rights and freedoms, repression, total censorship - these are the key features of Putin's Russia.
But the real Russia is Russians who share democratic and universal values. These are the people who, despite repression, the threat of fines, arrests and prison terms, continue to fight with the state for the future of the country and for an end to the cruel war.
On June 28, 29 and 30, 2024 we are taking to the streets in our towns and cities to support political prisoners in Russia and to protest against Putin’s dictatorial regime. We oppose Putin’s policies and strive to draw global attention to a growing number of unlawful arrests and terrible sentences in the Russian Federation.
According to
OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights defense and media group, at the present time, there are over 2400 people subjected to politically motivated criminal prosecution. 1267 of them are currently deprived of liberty, this number is growing and the number of insane laws that help the illegitimate government to repress, destroy all dissidents as well. The criminals that usurped power in our country want to break and murder them as they murdered Alexey Navalny. We must not allow it and we fight for those people who represent real Russia.
The real Russia is all of us. We stand for freedom of thought and speech, take a strong anti-war stance stance, and consistently support Ukraine in the current war.