🇫🇷🟥 Paris: An Evening of Solidarity with Russian Political Prisoners and Deserters

🕗 January 19, 6:00 PM
💬 French, with translation available if needed.
📍 Paris, 3 rue du Château d'Eau, 75010
Paris Travel Guide, Jean Jaurès Street

January 19 marks the anniversary of the 2009 murder of anti-fascists Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova in Moscow. It's an opportunity in Russia and abroad to once again honor their memory and reaffirm our solidarity against fascism and state repression.

Another occasion is the sentencing of members of a Marxist circle in Ufa, who were sentenced to terms ranging from 16 to 22 years—some of the heaviest in modern Russia. We demand their release, but we recognize that the "Ufa case" is only part of a repressive campaign against dissidents and the working class.

This meeting, moderated by sociologist and historian Artur Klesh, will feature the following speakers:
🔴 Karin Clement (sociologist): "The Life and Legacy of Stanislav Markelov";
🔴 Alexey Sakhnin (journalist, member of the "Peace from Below" coalition): "The Evolution of Political Repression in Russia During the War";
🔴 André Frappier: "A Campaign in Defense of Marxist Boris Kagarlitsky, Already Three Years in a Russian Prison";
🔴 Andrey Demidov (PSL activist): Repression against the Russian Left and the Case of the "Ufa Marxists";
🔴 Sofia Shikiru, Member of the National Assembly;
🔴 Ilya Zaripov (Russian deserter): The scale of desertion from the Russian army and repression against deserters;
🔴 Anna-Maria Obolenskaya (left-wing activist and political refugee): Russian state repression against LGBT+ individuals;
🔴 Miguel Martinez (International Committee Against Repression): An international campaign in support of political prisoners in Russia;
🔴 Vlad (activist, Ukrainian section of PSL): Anti-fascist solidarity and the situation in Ukraine;
🔴Liza Smirnova (activist, "Peace from Below" coalition): The rise of right-wing violence in Russia and its connection to police violence;
🔴 Jérôme Legavre, member of the National Assembly;
🔴 Left-wing activist from Russia (remotely): How repression disguises itself as "legality."

We would also like to add that during the meeting, a paper prepared by PSL (https://t.me/postsovietleft/23) will be presented in Russian and English, dedicated to left-wing political prisoners, and donations will be collected to support them. A new French translation will also be published soon on the website.

No to political repression! No to war and dictatorship!

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