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Confronting Memories: Autumn School, Krzyzowa 2021
On 19-23 September 2021, a unique meeting took place as part of the project “Teaching History: See, Acknowledge & Respect” organised by the Confronting Memories programme of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum (CSF). Around 20…
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Elections in Russia 2021: An Agony of the Democratic Process
Download the Statement The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum is dismayed at the continuous degradation of the electoral process in Russia, as well as numerous cases of violations at the elections of various…
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Stop the Massive Attack on Independent Voices – One Year after the Presidential Elections in Belarus
Download the statement The Board of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum condemns the massive attack on independent voices in Belarus. We demand from the Belarusian authorities to immediately release all unlawfully detained citizens. We also…
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HERstory: making women in history and society visible
This summer, the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum started the new project "HERstory - making women in history and society visible" which aims to show the role of women in history and in today's societies in Belarus, Germany,…
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Internship Announcement at the EU-Russia CSF
The Forum is looking for two interns who will be working at the Communications Department at the CSF Secretariat. The appointment will be from 15 September till 14 December 2021 and from 3 January till…
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Saving Bodies and Souls: The Lawyers Standing Up for Women’s Rights
We're fighting a good fight but not even close to winning yet — that's the way Lucie Ottinger described the current situation with women's rights in Czechia at the online discussion entitled "Saving Bodies and…
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Public Discussion: “Civil Society in the EU and Russia: major trends and responses to challenges” – June 21st, 2021
For the last five years, the Report on the State of Civil Society has been analysing the conditions under which civil society operates across EU European countries and Russia. To introduce the publication of the…
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MEMBERS NEWS, OPINIONS AND IDEAS
How the results of the Russian elections showed not what it really is
Stanislav Andreichuk, "Golos" Movement On 17-19 September, 2021, parliamentary elections were held in Russia. According to official data, the United Russia party received about 50% of the votes on party lists and won an overwhelming majority…
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None of Us Can Ignore Climate Change
by Nelya Rakhimova, Open School of Sustainable Development, Board member of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum Human activities are changing the climate unprecedentedly. On 9 August, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published…
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Colonialism, something from a faraway past only?
by Kathleen Ferrier Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Kathleen Ferrier has lived in Chile and Brazil, in the Netherlands and in Hong Kong. Her work experiences include politics, international and non-governmental organisations, the United Nations, academic…
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Webinar – “WE together for Ecological Transport!”
On 5 June, the World Environment Day takes place, and in this context the Hungarian NGO "Clean Air Action Group" organised a webinar entitled "WE together for Ecological Transport!“. The event was supported by the…
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If You Don’t Have What You Like, You Like What You Have
Katarzyna Batko-Tołuć, Civic Network "Watchdog Poland" At the end of May 2021, an unexpected breakthrough took place after ten months of hanging around in the matter of choosing the Ombudsperson in Poland. For the first time,…
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Peace, progress and human rights: what would Sakharov say now?
Polina Filippova, Digital Director, Sakharov Center, EU-Russia Civil Society Forum Board member On the eve of the centennial of academic Sakharov, I was asked to write a column about what Sakharov means today — yet…
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Online-conference “What is the price of national security?”
In March 2001, an international conference “What price national security?” has been held in St. Petersburg. The conference was organized by the Regional Press Institute in cooperation with the Freedom Forum brought together more than 350…
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