Igor Gukovsky

Igor Gukovsky is a campaigner with the Memorial Human Rights Centre, where he works on its programme supporting individuals prosecuted for political reasons and protecting civil society activists in Russia.

A helping hand at Russia’s protests

Volunteer Elizaveta Nesterova talks about helping people arrested at rallies, relations with activists and Russia’s latest wave of protests. Русский

By Igor Gukovsky

/ 28 Jun 2017

State, society and the individual in the Russian courtroom

One of Russia’s leading human rights lawyers discusses competing realities inside and outside the courtroom. RU

By Igor Gukovsky

/ 23 May 2017

Rostov’s Red Army Faction

Combating terrorism is one of the main responsibilities of a modern state, but in non-democratic states it can take strange forms. Русский

By Igor Gukovsky

/ 9 Mar 2017

Making them pay for Maidan

You can't understand the Kremlin's agenda without examining the situation of political prisoners — and Ukrainian citizens feature heavily in this list. Русский

By Igor Gukovsky

/ 2 Feb 2017