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Thank you so much to all the participants of Alexei Navalny’s memorial evening! 💔 At the event, we enjoyed the musical program...

The Helsinki Municipality has approved the creation of a memorial to Alexei Navalny near the Russian Embassy in Finland’s capital, and we...

February 19 at 6:00 PM, one of our co-founders, Nikita Kirillov, will give a lecture about his expeditions to the Russian Arctic and the...

On January 25th at 13:30, a rally in support of LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers in Finland will take place in the center of Helsinki. 🌈 📢 The...

At the end of 2024, the Finnish Immigration Service began rejecting asylum applications from those who fled Russia to avoid mobilization....

February 16th, 14:00–18:00, Helsinki The book exchange club “Literary Salon”  will open its doors! We invite everyone  to share their...

The Initiative FoReDi team wishes you a Happy New Year! 🥳 In 2025, we have prepared many exciting events, meetings, and investigations...

We support the international initiative aimed at securing the release of over 120 political prisoners in Russia whose lives are under...

Finland’s largest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat , published a selection of the most memorable photographs of 2024 taken by its editorial...

On December 22, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM , activist Alex Nesterov will perform an act called Endless Survival  in the center of Helsinki...

An initiative group of Russians who have been forcibly displaced in Finland and have applied for asylum has created a petition addressed...

The event was held to mark the anniversary of the recognition of the "LGBT+ movement" as extremist in Russia. The demonstrators aimed to...

Apple Inc. has been silently complying with the demands of Roskomnadzor , removing applications that help Russians access reliable...

This Sunday, rallies will be held worldwide in support of the Berlin March, organized by Ilya Yashin, Yulia Navalnaya, and Vladimir...

On November 30, 2023, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation declared the “LGBT+ movement” extremist, thus violating several...

Today, Initiative FoReDi has submitted an official appeal to the Director of the Finnish Immigration Service, the Parliamentary...

Let me thank you for your letter from 24 July 2024 addressed to President Ursula Van der Leyen and to High Representative Josep Borrell,...

On October 26-27, the second congress of the organization "Deputies of Peaceful Russia" took place in Berlin. The organization brings...

The Aleksanteri Conference  is currently taking place at the University of Helsinki . This year’s theme is “Resisting Authoritarianism...

The organization's plans include uniting Russian-speaking youth in the central region of Finland, organizing creative workshops, board...