Russia’s first-ever climate litigation case is currently moving through the European Court of Human Rights as activists make a last-ditch attempt to challenge the president and the government for failing to meet global climate goals.
“The Russian Socialist Movement statement called on Azerbaijan to immediately cease hostilities and open negotiations without any preconditions, and on the international community to immediately impose sanctions against the leadership of Azerbaijan.”
Russian authorities stripped Gago Makichyan of his citizenship and expelled him in what his family believes was a punitive move over his brother's protests against Vladimir Putin's full-scale war in Ukraine.
The decision of civil society activists in Russia to stand against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has cost some of them a life into exile or detention in their home country. Through the voices of two of them, Arshak Makichyan and Tania, we see how the fighting against repression and for the development of civil society in Russia hasn't stopped far from home.