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Welcome to the website of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's office in Moscow, which is responsible for the Foundation's work in Russia.

We are particularly glad to introduce the new layout which will enable us to present our activities in a more interesting and accessible manner.

In the topic sections (Democracy, Gender, Ecology and International Dialogue) we write about events organised independently or in cooperation with other organisations as well as about publications on the subjects we consider important.

The site contains information mainly in Russian and German. We would also like to invite you to access selected information available in English. We hope you will enjoy the site. Please, feel welcome to participate in our events and do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

International Dialogue

Monthly Jour-Fixe in cooperation with the Sakharov Center Moscow

Each month the country office of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation in Russia organizes, cojointly with the Sakharov Museum and Public Center in Moscow, a Jour-Fixe on selected topical international issues and events. Speakers from Russia and abroad give an introduction into the subject matter, which will be the basis for a debate with the audience.

Venue: Conference room (2. floor), Sakharov Museum and Public Center , Semlanoy Val street 57/6

Free entrance, no registration necessary.

Follow this link for an overview of past Jours-Fixes.»»

Democracy

European Parliament’s Sakharov-Prize for Memorial

On 16th of December 2009 our long-standing partner organization "Memorial" has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov-Prize for Freedom of Thought. Sergei Kovalev and Oleg Orlov of "Memorial" as well as Ludmila Alexeyeva of the Moscow Helsinki Group have accepted the award in Strasbourg on behalf of "Memorial" and explicitly representing "all human rights activists in Russia". In his acceptance speech Sergei Kovalev reminded of all Russian human rights activists that have been murdered this year.
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/focus_page/015-66082-341-12-50-902-20091207FCS66069-07-12-2009-2009/default_p001c007_en.htm

Ecology

News from the UN-Climate Conference in Copenhagen

The second and decisive week of the UN-Climate Conference in Copenhagen has kicked off.
A small group of Russian ecological organizations continues to publish the daily newsletter “Below 2 Degrees”, supported by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation. The newsletter reports (in Russian and English) about the negotiations and positions of the Russian delegation but also those of other CIS-states such as Ukraine or Kazakhstan.

Follow this link to the blog/ newsletter “Below 2 Degrees”.

Gender

“Gender dlia Chainikov”

The Moscow office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation has published a little book titled “Gender dlia Chainikov” (Gender for Chainiki, chainik - kettle or tea-pot, when applied to a person, the word means “beginner”). A collection of essays and articles written by Russian experts for Russian readers, it contains just about everything that you ever wanted to know, or ought to know about gender. More information on this topic is available in Russian.

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