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Aug 20, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | David Pontes |Leonid Gozman |Emilian Isaila |Olexander Kowalenko
For Spotmedia, the lack of reaction from the Kremlin speaks volumes: “Reports by Ukrainian and Western journalists inside Russia, Kyiv's armoured vehicles rolling unhindered across the border, and residents who feel more protected by the occupying forces than by the Kremlin military paint a picture that was hard to imagine two and a half years ago. ...
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Leonid Gozman
As illiberal forces take over Russia and the regime ruthlessly silences its critics, the few remaining heroes still willing to risk their lives for their political beliefs have only proven their resilience. Political activism in Russia sadly requires immense sacrifice, and can often mean putting your family in danger, spending years in prison, or choosing to endure unimaginable levels of surveillance and violence. But some choose to advocate for change in Russia regardless.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
themoscowtimes.com | Leonid Gozman
Just as the Third Reich cannot be imagined without concentration camps, it is impossible to imagine Putin’s regime without its network of ever-expanding and increasingly surreal repressions. The imprisonment of people who fail to toe the official line, or reject it altogether, is held up as a warning to anyone who might get ideas of their own.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Leonid Gozman
Your Honour,You understand all too well that neither I, nor anyone else tried or convicted on similar charges, is guilty of what we are accused of. Our trials have nothing to do with law. They are acts of political revenge. So rather than try to convince you of the obvious — my innocence — let me talk about the real reason people like me are put on trial. You condemn us in the name of the Russian Federation, in the name of the state.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Maxim Katz |Leonid Gozman
The Kremlin has made a big mistake with its new alliance, exiled politician Leonid Gozman explains in Novaya Gazeta Europe: “It could turn out that Putin's strategists, as always, failed to take into account that they are not alone in the world. Putin promised Kim Jong-un a lot (in terms of more or less high-tech weapons), and somehow Seoul wasn't happy about it. It's one thing to call in the ambassador and express your grievances, but quite another to supply weapons to Ukraine.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Leonid Gozman
Leonid GozmanRussian opposition politicianWe often try to explain away senseless evil with insanity. He’s a maniac! What did you expect? And the war with Ukraine is so terrible and senseless and is causing such huge damage both to Ukraine and to Russia itself that there is a temptation to try to attribute it all to the insanity of one man, or, at the very least, one man and a group of his closest associates. There’s no getting away from the insanity.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
eurotopics.net | Frédéric Koller |Leonid Gozman |Hakan Aksay |Petro Oleschtschuk
Opposition politician Leonid Gozman warns in Novaya Gazeta Europe against agreeing to a ceasefire on Russian terms: “Putin has not abandoned his goal of destroying Ukraine. ... Strangely enough, following the logic of a long siege of Ukraine he needs peace. Not in the sense of true peace, however, but of a ceasefire: a temporary truce that allows Russia to regroup and attack with renewed force, and from a much better position than in February 2022.
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May 23, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Leonid Gozman
Russians need courage. Not the courage to face down a chain of riot police or to be able to say what they think, knowing that they risk going to prison for it. They’ll need that type of courage too, but further down the line. For now Russians need a different kind of courage: the courage to look at life with their eyes wide open and realise how tragic and long-term the situation they find themselves in is.
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May 13, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Leonid Gozman
It’s not unusual to hear the view that the regime has ruined Russia’s most important holiday, Victory Day, but it has, in fact, done more than ruined it — it has stolen it. Leonid GozmanRussian opposition politicianVictory Day in Russia boasts a surprising history. For 20 years after the end of World War II, 9 May went virtually uncelebrated, and while certain bigwigs would offer up perfunctory words of commemoration each year, the day wasn’t even a public holiday.
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May 7, 2024 | 
novayagazeta.eu | Leonid Gozman
If you saw a rainbow flag flying from a building, you might naturally assume that it housed something LGBT related or its residents wanted to show their solidarity with LGBT people. But if seeing a rainbow in the sky leads you to think of the LGBT community, then perhaps something isn’t quite right with you. Leonid GozmanRussian opposition politicianSimilarly, the Ukrainian flag, naturally, invokes Ukraine.
