Author: Anastasia Tenisheva

Sergei Tyutryumov, a history teacher accused of “counter-revolutionary” activities, was executed at the age of 33 in 1938 in Siberia. Decades later, his family found closure through the Last Address project, installing a memorial plaque in his honor in Tomsk. The Last Address initiative, inspired by Stolpersteine, commemorates victims of Soviet repression by placing plaques on their last residences, keeping their memory alive. Despite facing challenges and opposition, Last Address remains a vital civil initiative in Russia, shedding light on the need to acknowledge and learn from the country’s history of repression. Through stories like Tyutryumov’s, Last Address emphasizes the…

On what would have been his 48th birthday, people gathered in front of the Russian Embassy in The Netherlands to honor the late Kremlin critic, Alexei Navalny. Demonstrations were also organized across Europe to mark the occasion. Navalny, a strong opponent of President Vladimir Putin, died in February under mysterious circumstances in an Arctic penal colony. His family and supporters hold the Kremlin responsible for his death. In The Hague, protesters demanded renaming a street near the embassy after Navalny to keep his memory alive. The municipality rejected the request, citing procedural reasons, but a petition to rename the street…