The head of Memorial's political prisoner support program left Russia

Sergei Davidis, head of the Political Prisoner Support Program from the Memorial Human Rights Center, left Russia with his family. this He announced on his Facebook page.

As a reason, Davidis cited the fact that now in Russia it is "difficult to work, at least to disseminate information about Russian political prisoners, which is an important part of the Program's work."

“And most importantly, now, being in Russia, despite the heroism of thousands of people taking to the streets, it is impossible to stop the war, and one can consistently speak out publicly against the war only at the cost of one’s freedom. I can’t stay in Russia and keep silent when the insane scoundrels led by Putin are waging a vile, perfidious war of aggression on our behalf and Ukrainians are being killed every day, every hour,” the human rights activist added.