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Foundation created to help Russians abroad

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Foundation created to help Russians abroad


19.03.2021

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The main task of the "We Do Not Abandon Our Own" Foundation is the return to their homeland of Russian citizens who ended up in foreign prisons, RIA Novosti reports.

The member of the Public Chamber Maria Butina, who is a member of the Human Rights Council, told about this. She added that the foundation will defend the rights of Russian compatriots who find themselves in a difficult life situation abroad. According to her, the fund will promote these topics at the platforms of international structures, including the ECHR, UN, OSCE, PACE.

Maria Butina explained that the foundation was created by her family when she herself was in an American prison on a trumped-up charge.

The first major project of the foundation will be assistance to Russian-speaking journalists in Latvia. Maria Butina appealed to everyone not to remain indifferent. 

Last December, seven Russian-speaking journalists were detained by the Latvian special services. Later they were released on recognizance not to leave. They are suspected of violating the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the European Union. They allegedly violated the sanctions by publishing their materials on Baltnews.lv. This crime is punishable by up to four years' imprisonment.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the detention of journalists a punitive action. According to diplomats, Riga blatantly tramples on the key principles of a democratic society: freedom of the media and expression. All accusations against journalists have a pronounced Russophobic overtones.

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