Russian dissidents living in Vilnius, Lithuania, are speaking out against Vladimir Putin, who's set to win a fifth term as president.
Sergei Davidis knows very well the risks involved in trying to promote human rights in Vladimir Putin's Russia. Davidis works for Memorial, a human rights organization banned by the Russian government that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. That same year Davidis escaped to Lithuania, two days after testifying on behalf of Alexey Navalny, Putin's leading political opponent. Davidis continues to head Memorial's project to support political prisoners.
By the time a judge granted a pass for Shevchenko to visit the hospital, Alina was unconscious. She died a short time later. In 2021, Shevchenko was given a four-year suspended sentence. But when Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022, she decided to flee Russia. From her southern city, she took her two surviving children and the family dog on an 1,100 mile drive from their home in Rostov-on-Don to Vilnius.
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