
Aleksandr Gaponenko: The Caterpillar Tracks of Totalitarianism in Latvia
Today there was another court hearing concerning the process in which I am accused of inciting ethnic strife, destroying Latvian statehood, and acting in favour of…
Today there was another court hearing concerning the process in which I am accused of inciting ethnic strife, destroying Latvian statehood, and acting in favour of…
The European Parliament demanded that Latvia, Lithuania, and a number of other states ratify the Istanbul Convention prohibiting “domestic violence”… The European Parliament (EP) called on…
In the case of Aleksandr Gaponenko there are dozens of episodes, but in none of the publications or meetings were signs of crime found. There is…
On June 3rd there was a regular hearing of the Vidzemsky district court of Riga in the case “Latvia – v. Aleksandr Gaponenko“ with charges of…
Dear Mr. President, On April 4th, a monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal Ivan Stepanovich Konev – the military commander under whose command…
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 00:30:0924/01/2019 lv.sputniknews.ru The human rights activist Aleksandr Gaponenko learned from journalists that the court returned his criminal case of…
In May of this year, a wave of powerful anti-racism protests started in the United States and quickly spread to Europe. A large mass of people…
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 22:22:08 30/04/2018 ru.sputnik-news.ee/tass.ru/politnavigator.net On April 20th the Latvian Security Police detained the public figure, activist of the HQ of the…
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 22:05:3324/01/2019 Russian Union of Latvia In Europe, like in the US, Canada, and other developed countries, much fewer children…
On February 21st 2019 at 14.00 a hearing in the Vidzeme court (8 Abrenes Street) will be held [this article was written on February 16th –…
The court of the Vidzeme suburb of Riga on December 17th sentenced human rights defender, President of the Institute of European Studies (Riga) and Doctor of…
Lawyer imma Jansone spoke to “Baltnews” about the results of the latest hearing concerning the case of the human rights defender Mr Aleksandr Gaponenko, accused by…
On December 11th the latest hearing of the Vidzeme court of Riga concerning the definition of me as an enemy of the Latvian people took place….
After almost a five-year marathon, the first trial against Latvian human rights defender Aleksandr Gaponenko approached the final stage. He is accused of inciting ethnic strife…
Latvian Prosecutor’s Office: Aristotle? No, we haven’t heard about this On October 15th, a regular hearing was held concerning the process “Latvia against human rights defender…
Constitutional reform has started in Russia. One of the main objectives of this reform is to legally enshrine the changes that have taken place in the…
The other day a summons came to the Vidzemsky Court for a regular hearing on June 3rd, and then on June 4th 2020. This is the…
A three quarters of a century after the violent destruction of Nazism in World War II, Europe faces the problem of this criminal practice being revived….
The Conservatives won the UK’s snap parliamentary election with a crushing score. Early next year their leader Boris Johnson will elegantly withdraw the country from the…
“I am a diverse defendant – in my trial there are criminal charges for inciting national enmity and hatred, for possession of ammunition, and even child…
On October 8th a regular hearing of the Vidzeme court took place. At a hearing the prosecutor made an accusation concerning my now five-year-old publications on…
The problems of survival of the Russian community in Latvia force to reflect on the experience of the confrontation of national minorities with forced assimilation. Many…
In the geopolitical balance of power Baltic countries are situated just between Western European civilization and Russian civilization. The balance of power between these geopolitical centers…
An unprecedented political attack was launched in Latvia against six Latvian Russian-speaking journalists in the last year’s December. Criminal proceedings were instituted on the initiative of…
I have long been looking for words to describe the behaviour of Latvian journalists who did not respond to the detentions and persecution of their Russian…
Russian residents of Latvia are in a state of mild shock after learning what local schoolchildren study in literature lessons, writes “bb.lv” with reference to “Studio…
About the release of the new work of Aleksandr Gaponenko. Recently, the Moscow publishing house “Book World” released a book of the famous Latvian human rights…
A few hours after the speech of Russian President Vladimir Putin with a message to the Federal Assembly, in which he proposed a whole package of…
The attention of the European public is drawn to Lithuania, where the well-known social and political figure Algirdas Paleckis is in the dock. On October 22nd,…
Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Port of Ventspils, called on the EU to impose environmental duties on Russia for reorienting cargo…
This photo was taken in Ireland in 1972: a girl firing the weapon of her fiancé, who was wounded in battle against the British Army. After…
By the early 1990s the Baltic Republics had modern manufacturing and energy industries, quality roads, and well-equipped seaports. November 27th marked the 30th anniversary of the…
The other day, my friend, well-known Russian journalist Yury Georgievich Alekseyev, was transferred by the Latvian Prosecutor’s Office from the status of “suspect” to the status…
Recently, the ruling British and American elites in the world are actively planting into the public consciousness the thesis that communism and nazism are manifestations of…
On September 8, the Riga District Court confirmed the decision of the Vidzeme District Court that human rights activist and scientist Aleksandr Gaponenko committed a criminal…
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 12:10:0301/02/2019 eadaily.com The Polish political prisoner Mateusz Piskorski, who is accused of spying for Russia, asked his Russian adherents…
On November 11th, a new trial start in the court of the Vidzemsky District of Riga concerning the second criminal case in which the Doctor of…
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland in a joint statement on Thursday put forward demands to Belarusian President Lukashenko, the implementation of which will…
According to information that arrived from the European Parliament, the Council of Europe has received notification from five of its members that they are implementing article…
On February 7th another session of the Vidzemsky District Court of Riga was held concerning the case of the indictment of human rights defender and professor…
New steps towards Russian assimilation in a EU and NATO member state From June 29th to July 1st, the NATO Ramstein Alloy aerial exercise took place…
On August 17th, the Latvian court handed down a verdict against a former high-ranking employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the state Oleg Burak,…
Another presidential election was held in Belarus on August 9th. According to the Election Commission of the Republic, it ended in a convincing victory for the…
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 18:31:0901/01/2019 lv.sputniknews.ru The cases of parents, the case of the journalists, and the case of a professor: the results…
I will tell you about another book that influenced my spiritual development. Quite recently. The book is called “Report of the Extraordinary State Commission for the…
I got up late since yesterday I watched until late the Belgian adventure movie Kenau (2014), about the siege of the Dutch city of Haarlem by…
Professor and human rights activist Aleksandr Gaponenko in Latvia was sentenced to one year of suspended imprisonment under the article “inciting ethnic hatred using electronic media”….
The population of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was multi-ethnic since the moment of its creation. According to population census materials, 72.3% of Ukrainians, 22.0% of…