Nina Ognianova

Not tweeting much these days. Senior Europe Program Officer at NED; former Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator at CPJ. All views my own.

[Damon M. Wilson @DamonMacWilson]

841 people in Belarus remain behind bars just for exercising their fundamental freedoms.  

Today, on International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus, we stand with them, their families and friends, and all our partners  courageously pushing for a free Belarus at great personal risk.

#StandWithBelarus

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@christogrozev @Meta Funny but not funny…

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

NED Welcomes the Release of Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 Other Political Prisoners   https://t.co/Vtw9bZbOh2

[World Movement @MoveDemocracy]

Today, August 9, marks the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus. @movedemocracy stands with the people of #Belarus in their struggle for democracy and freedom. We call for the release of all political prisoners in Belarus. #StandWithBelarus

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

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[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@ElonMNews Yes

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

For 40 years, NED has worked along with our core institutes @CIPEglobal, @IRIglobal, @NDI, and @SolidarityCntr to foster a global infrastructure for democracy. #NEDat40 demonstrates the NED family’s commitment to advancing freedom and democracy. https://t.co/2BvmUSBk9l

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

Join #NEDat40! On November 14 at 7 PM ET @NEDemocracy will present the 2023 Democracy Awards, recognizing the courageous work of individuals and organizations advancing freedom and democracy around the world. Watch here: https://t.co/8VDjwRX4z1

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@christogrozev Agree with you that this is absolutely the wrong message to convey. It is dictators-the-world-over who should be banned from attending such events, not the truth-tellers who shed light on their shady affairs.

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@MCPS @mocoboe Absolutely horrifying! I am not sending my child in without a mask. I hope individual schools will impose their own rules.

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@CaitlynnPeetz14 It makes no sense that 11 schools that surpassed a 5 percent threshold for positive cases were approved to go virtual yesterday but 100+ more schools that reached and surpassed that same threshold today are not transitioning to virtual as well. Why the discrepancy? @MCPS

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@CaitlynnPeetz14 Thank you for the update. These numbers will only go up if @MCPS does not go virtual for the next couple of weeks to prevent new contagions.

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

@CaitlynnPeetz14 Where can we watch the conference?

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

Russian Prosecutor General's Office files lawsuit to liquidate International Memorial | Human Rights Center MEMORIAL https://t.co/ks1lniou0j

[Muzaffar Suleymanov @MuzSuleymanov]

@PhilipLeach5 @rightsinrussia @EHRAC_hq @MDXlaw Sadly, the journalist’s grieving mother Rimma Maksimova did not live to see the judgement in Maksim’s case. Together with @Kremlinologist1 I wrote about his disappearance for @pressfreedom 2009 report on unsolved journalists’ murders in Russia https://t.co/Gtoxcs0E0q

[Philip Leach @PhilipLeach5]

In June 2004 investigative journalist Maksim Maksimov went missing in St Petersburg. He had been investigating high level police corruption. Today, ECtHR found right to life breach by Russia
⁦@EHRAC_hq⁩ ⁦@MDXlaw⁩
MAKSIMOVA AND KAPUSTIN v RUSSIA https://t.co/pSA8L7gR7F

[bbcrussian @bbcrussian]

Пресс-секретать президента Дмитрий Песков прокомментировал присуждение Нобелевской премии мира Дмитрию Муратову.

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

Congratulations, @dmuratovgazeta and @mariaressa on this well deserved honor! Well done, @NobelPrize selection committee! https://t.co/jXNkte1V5h

[Nina Ognianova @Kremlinologist1]

Extremely happy that Nobel Peace Prize goes to amazing journalists Dmitry Muratov of Russia and Maria Ressa of the Philippines for their work in advancing freedom of expression https://t.co/2N4JzGTPid @novaya_gazeta @pressfreedom

[Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom]

On this day one year ago, journalist and human rights activist #AzimjonAskarov died in a Kyrgyz prison.

His family suspected that he had contracted COVID-19, but authorities refused to test him.

Learn more about his case: