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Alexander Nikitin, former Russian submariner, contributed to the Bellona report about radioactive contamination in the Northern Fleet. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) charged Nikitin with espionage and treason. After 5 years of legal battles he was acquitted of all charges.

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Twenty-five years ago, a small, youthful group of environmentalists in Murmansk was drawing the scrutiny of the Russian security services.…

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From embattled beginnings, Bellona Murmansk marks its 25-year anniversary

From modest beginnings, ERC Bellona reaches 20 – against long odds

Crusading Russian rights activists and Bellona associate Boris Pustyntsev dies at 78

Crusading Russian lawyer and human rights champion Yury Schmidt dies at 75: A remembrance

Bellona’s Nikitin joins other environmental heavyweights in demanding world leader attendance at Rio Earth Summit

Rosatom during the war: how militarization of the Russian nuclear giant took place

Embodied Carbon Terms of Reference Report – Establishing a common framework of understanding for low-carbon construction materials in Europe