Human Rights and State Secrecy By Boris Altshuler Chairman, Movement Without Frontiers Article from: Perspective Vol VII, Number 1 (September – October 1996) Published by: Institute For the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy In January 1974, after an unprecedented struggle by a number of Soviet human rights activists and Jewish "refuseniks," most of whom […]

Izvestya, June 8, 1996. (St. Petersburg) Izvestya correspondent Natalya Timachova succeeded in getting an appointment with one of the investigators at the St. Petersburg branch of the FSB, which is conducting the investigation against Alexandr Nikitin (the interviewee requested that his name not be mentioned). – On June 10 the first hearing in the Nikitin […]

Intellectuals and politicians demand the release of captain Nikitin, who is kept in prison in St. Petersburg. Le Monde, May 23 1996 Yesterday, despite the lousy weather, the atmosphere in La Closerie des Lilas was at fever heat, due to the mobilisation by the establishment of Paris in favour of some very good causes: The […]

Interview with the Canadian Prime Minister From tha Canadian delegations press conference Apr. 19. Q: Will you raise the case of Alexander Nikitin, the environmentalist who is in jail right now because of the researching he is doing about the environmental problems in Russia. A lot of people around the world are concerned about that. […]

Russian press clippings Bellona Report Decries Nuclear Waste Storage The Norwegian environmental group Bellona on Thursday released the most comprehensive report to date on potential sources of radioactive contamination in the Russian Far North. The 135-page document, which the Kremlin`s Federal Security Service sought to suppress, led to the arrest of former Russian navy captain […]

Bellona press conference: Presentation of the Norther Fleet report THE RUSSIAN NORTHERN FLEET – SOURCES OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION Moscow April 18. The Bellona Foundation today, at a press conference in Moscow, presented text version of the new report about the environmental problems related to the Russian Northern Fleet. The report gives a detailed description of […]

  4 – 5.000 people showed their support for Alexandr Nikitin   Actor Lars Andreas Larsen guided the event, which featured notabilities as violinist Arve Tellefsen, rock group DumDum Boys and De Lillos. Appeals by Erik Solheim and Kaci Kullmann-Five from the Norwegian Parliament, Turid Dankertsen from Amnesty International and Frederic Hauge from Bellona of […]

About the situation concerning the arrest of A. Nikitin, co-worker of the Norwegian environmental foundation Bellona Message from the briefing in the Russian Foreign Ministry’s press-centre. In recent days, especially in the Norwegian press, there has been strong pressure in the campaign concerning the arrest of Aleksandr Nikitin. Particular activity has been shown by work […]

Press release from the FSB St. Petersburg branch of the FSB arrested Alexandr Nikitin, captain of 1st degree. The former marine officer is accused of high treason by espionage, in accordance with paragraph 64 A of Russian Criminal Law. Investigations have disclosed that Alexandr Nikitin through his contact with Environmental Foundation Bellona has delivered to […]