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Helsinki Pride 2025
Tomorrow, June 28, at 12:00, the Helsinki Pride Parade will start from Senate Square! 🏳️🌈 You can start gathering for the march from...
Initiative FoReDi
Jun 27


Today in the city of Pori, as part of Finland’s largest socio-political festival SuomiAreena, Yulia Navalnaya gave a public speech
Despite the pouring rain and it being a weekday, more than 1,000 people gathered at the town hall square to hear her speak. Here are some...
Initiative FoReDi
Jun 23


Hogweed, you shall not pass!
The issue of harmful invasive hogweed in Russia is not only about displacing native plants but also about the risk of burns and injuries...
Initiative FoReDi
Jun 20


Yulia Navalnaya will speak in Pori
On June 24 at 18:30, Yulia Navalnaya will speak in the Finnish city of Pori, at Raatihuoneenpuisto. Her appearance is part of SuomiAreena...
Initiative FoReDi
Jun 17


Support us and join a sailing trip with us in the Gulf of Finland!
Friends, this year we are planning an exhibition of works by Russian political prisoner Anastasia Dyudyaeva, a screening of the film Mr....
Initiative FoReDi
Jun 10


Friends, the summer season is here, and that means it's time for a sea trip with an ecological purpose!
The Gulf of Finland and the Bothnian Sea are heavily polluted with floating debris and suffer from people’s careless behavior toward...
Initiative FoReDi
Jun 8


Demonstration against queer content censorship
📣 On May 30 at 13:00 in Helsinki, a demonstration will be held against queer content censorship 🏳️🌈 Censorship is a tool used by the...
Initiative FoReDi
May 26


“How We Buried Joseph Vissarionovich”
You are warmly invited on June 7 at 18:00 in Helsinki to a charity staged reading of the tragic farce by Artur Solomonov, “How We...
Initiative FoReDi
May 25


EVENT CANCELLATION
Dear friends,We regret to inform you that, due to circumstances beyond our control, the event “Special Operation: The Language of War” ,...
Initiative FoReDi
May 12


There are two wonderful apartment museums in Helsinki that you can visit for free on the same day
Taidekoti Kirpilä and Reitz Foundation Collections are located close to each other in the Töölö district. Both apartments originally...
Initiative FoReDi
May 10


Memorial Bench Concepts for Alexei Navalny
Hi friends! We need your input — join our chat: https://t.me/FoReDiChat Right now, we're discussing different design options for a...
Initiative FoReDi
May 5


Special Military Operation: The Language of War
On May 14 at 18:00 , the second event in the discussion series “How Has the Russian Language Changed in the 2020s?” will take place in...
Initiative FoReDi
May 4


Tomorrow, the May Day parade will take place in Helsinki!
The parade columns will start from Hakaniementori and march to Kansalaistori , where the event will conclude with a concert. One of the...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 29


National Dialogue Day
Friends! On May 22, Finland will host the National Dialogue Day ( Kansallinen dialogi ). Across the country, people will gather in small...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 28


Initiative FoReDi joins the campaign to support a fair investigation into the case of Seda Suleymanova
We are starting to collect signatures for a petition addressed to the Administration of the President of Russia, demanding a fair...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 26


A huge thank you for your proposals, sketches, and visualizations for the project of the memorial bench dedicated to Alexei Navalny, which will be installed in Helsinki near the Russian Embassy
Very soon, we will hold consultations with engineers and landscaping specialists, after which we will select the most reliable and...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 25


Yesterday in Espoo, a lecture was held dedicated to the problems of modern-day Saint Petersburg
The event was aimed at the Finnish-speaking population of Finland who are interested in Russia but have not visited it in a long time due...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 24


In the latest episode of the program “Nakipelo? Let’s Discuss!” on Yle, a critical issue was addressed — the mass rejections of asylum applications from Russian citizens subject to mobili
The organization Initiative FoReDi expresses its disagreement with the decisions made by the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri). In...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 24


Yesterday, on April 23rd, the first event in the discussion series “How has the Russian language changed in the 2020s?” took place in Helsinki
The topic of the meeting was “Relocation: the language of migration.” Participants shared their emigration stories and discussed Russian...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 23


In August, Finland will host the first exhibition of works by Russian political prisoner Anastasia Dyudyaeva
Anastasia is an artist and illustrator, and by training a teacher of visual arts. In 2024, she was sentenced to three and a half years...
Initiative FoReDi
Apr 15
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