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On December 6, 2008, a legal seminar involving people from all over the Russian Federation, conducted within the framework of the project “Legal Help for Caldarari Roma Settlements in Russia,” took place at ADC “Memorial.”

In the village of Rubilovo in the Pskov region, four Romani families have lived for twenty years.  In the past, the adults from these families worked in the kolkhoz, but now their only income is from child and incapacity benefits. Occasionally they manage to earn extra income…

Recently, I was invited to speak at a human rights training seminar for teachers. I was required to talk about Memorial’s work for the integration into the school environment of children from migrant and ethnic minority families, and the education…

Today we will talk with you about manipulation, manipulators and the manipulated.  These days, the subject is both fashionable and relevant.  So, one thing at a time…

In the middle of October this year I was lucky enough to visit Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, a region of Spain.  The dual heritage Russian-Catalonian family who had invited me organised me a few days of real vacation.  I…

Every year the issue of access to school education becomes more interesting to the Romani population of Russia to whom we provide legal assistance. However, while education is becoming more essential to our society every year, access to it sometimes…