Press Release, 27.02.2023

On 11 March, the Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko and the human rights project “You Are Not Alone 74” (https://t.me/tyneodin74 ) will hold a charity auction in support of political prisoners and those persecuted for political reasons. The auction will start at 15:00. Lots, which anyone can put up by filling out the form (https://clck.ru/33e3WR), will be set for the auction. A lot can be a book, a painting, a handicraft, a piece of furniture, etc. In addition, it can be symbolic, but something unique.

The funds raised will be used to pay fines that were imposed on residents of the region as a punishment for “discrediting the army”: Alyona Svetlishcheva, Nadezhda Vertyakhovskaya, and Yekaterina Razumkova.

Part of the amount will be used to cover the legal and transportation costs of the defenders of journalist Dmitry Gromovoy, who has been held in a pre-trial detention centre contrary to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights.

Part of the proceeds will be used to pay a fine for Vladimir Kazantsev, a political prisoner, an environmentalist and one of the leaders of the STOP GOK movement.

Yabloko asks all who want to support political prisoners and those unjustly persecuted by the authorities, to offer their own lots by filling out the form (https://clck.ru/33e3WR).

The Chelyabinsk branch of Yabloko organises a charity auction jointly with the human rights project “You Are Not Alone 74” (https://t.me/tyneodin74 ).