Marta Bilska

Program Manager for #Russia @IRIglobal | All opinions are my own.

[Rest of World @restofworld]

“It’s sad to see that the Big Tech censorship appeared to be stronger than the Kremlin’s,” @dobrokhotov told @russellbrandom. “I think Vladimir Putin is very grateful.”

This week's Exporter newsletter:
https://t.co/7kWlOht0RU

[Alexey Navalny @navalny]

1/3 I am extremely grateful to @IRIglobal for the Freedom award. It's an honor for me.

[Evgenia Kara-Murza @ekaramurza]

The war will continue for as long as Putin is allowed any “wins”. Ukraine’s victory—on Ukraine’s terms—is crucially important if we want the war to end, not just be frozen for a couple of years that it will take the regime to regroup before attacking again.

[ELBEGDORJ Tsakhia Mongol @elbegdorj]

After Putin’s talk. I found Mongolian historic map. Don’t worry. We are a peaceful and free nation🌏

[Marta Bilska @MNowakowskaPL]

Initiative from The True Story Empowers Websites to Host Uncensored News https://t.co/YMIvqf9is0

[Natalia Krapiva 👩🏻‍💻🕊 @natynettle]

3/ For more context on sanctions, sanction overcompliance & digital rights, read @lawyerpants post👇🏽

https://t.co/BpHuj8oYSB

[Natalia Krapiva 👩🏻‍💻🕊 @natynettle]

2/ Tech companies’ denying services to Russian civil society exacerbates the power imbalance between 🇷🇺 pro-democracy/ anti-war actors & Putin’s regime & further deprives 🇷🇺 society of independent info.

Read IRI’s report to which @accessnow contributed https://t.co/EwssuqVCla

[Natalia Krapiva 👩🏻‍💻🕊 @natynettle]

🔔 New research by @IRIglobal found Russian civil society groups negatively affected by tech companies’ sanctions overcompliance.

Media & NGOs critical of 🇷🇺 regime have lost access to essential software, tools, equipment & social media services. 1/
https://t.co/iVC3zM71Wi

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

⚡ #UkraineAlert | Big Tech companies offer a variety of opportunities for free expression in Putin’s Russia, write @IRIglobal's Joanna Nowakowska, Anna Kuznetsova, and @MNowakowskaPL.
https://t.co/UWhJF2ZnLS

[Eurasia Center @ACEurasia]

NEW #UkraineAlert | Big Tech companies offer a variety of opportunities for free expression in Putin’s Russia, write @IRIglobal's Joanna Nowakowska, Anna Kuznetsova, and @MNowakowskaPL.
https://t.co/UWhJF2ZnLS

[Marta Bilska @MNowakowskaPL]

https://t.co/Gkq04wOuFk
Excited to see the release of this report on the influence of Western big tech in the context of ongoing Russian aggression against 🇺🇦 and censorship at home.

[Андрей Пивоваров @brewerov]

❗️Андрей Пивоваров находится в ИК-7 Сегежа в Карелии.

Сразу по прибытии ему выписали несколько «нарушений» и поместили в ПКТ (помещение камерного типа). Там он пробудет до 30 апреля.

[Scott Nemeth 🇺🇦 @ScottWNemeth]

AWESOME first day of #McCainGlobalLeaders in #Warsaw as we take a look at the defense of democracy in Poland and Ukraine. Huge thanks to @CommunityofDem for hosting us and to @IRIglobal Warsaw for their great partnership this week.

[Secretary Antony Blinken @SecBlinken]

Today, the Russian government detained almost 200 municipal leaders and politicians, including political activists Vladimir Kara-Murza and Yuliya Galyamina, on dubious grounds. We call for an end to the persecution of independent voices.

[Lukasz Kondraciuk @lukaszkk]

Sometimes pictures don't show the energy behing a meeting. This one is from @gdansk, where @IRIglobal & @USAIDUkraine invited local elected officials to learn best practices of decentralization and local governance.

[Lukasz Kondraciuk @lukaszkk]

@natrisilla and @cepps partners of @IRIglobal - @NDI and @IFES1987 discussing #Evaluation and learning as a tool to counter democratic backsliding #Eval19

[Lukasz Kondraciuk @lukaszkk]

Join me and @MNowakowskaPL for a round table on adaptive management in closed societies and participatory methods #Eval19 @IRIglobal

[Natalie Trisilla @natrisilla]

We are here at #eval19 and ready to learn and share!

[Marta Bilska @MNowakowskaPL]

@MaximEdwards @b_nishanov Lithuanians and Poles, that is ;)

[Lukasz Kondraciuk @lukaszkk]

To think all that people wanted initially was to have their candidates registered. Two weeks later, and this is starting to be about bigger things...

https://t.co/C8GfsDGJG3