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Anastasia is an artist and illustrator, and by training a teacher of visual arts. In 2024, she was sentenced to three and a half years...

April 24 at 18:00 in Espoo – Lecture “Problems of Contemporary Saint Petersburg” What is happening in Saint Petersburg today? How do...

On April 23 at 18:00 in Helsinki, we invite you to the first event of our discussion series, "How has the Russian language evolved in...

Suomi–Venäjä-seura is launching a series of discussions dedicated to contemporary Russian language and the changes it has undergone in...

Hello friends! We have great news! After a long struggle with Finnish financial bureaucracy, and nearly a year of effort, we’ve finally...

This year, on April 13 , municipal and regional elections  will be held in Finland. For example, in Helsinki , candidates from different...

Less than 24 hours have passed since the release of a joint investigation by Initiative FoReDi and The Insider  about the radio station...

Initiative FoReDi, in collaboration with The Insider , has released an investigation into the Russian radio station NRJ (ENERGY) , which...

On March 8 , in honor of International Women’s Day , join the march for equality and women's rights  in Helsinki ! In Finland, the fight...

Since the end of February, FoReDi  has been negotiating with Sanomatalo  (Press House) and Merkki  (Printing Museum), as well as with...

We are launching a competition to select designs for a memorial bench dedicated to Alexei Navalny , which will be installed ( link ) near...

13:00 – Rally “Heroes Don’t Die” On this day, marches will take place around the world in memory of those who fought for Russia’s freedom...

This week, a lecture by one of the founders of Initiative FoReDi , Russian Arctic researcher Nikita Kirillov , took place at...

We invite all residents of Helsinki to join the "Light for Ukraine"  event, which will take place on Monday, February 24, at 18:00  at...

Thank you so much to all the participants of Alexei Navalny’s memorial evening! 💔 At the event, we enjoyed the musical program...

The Helsinki Municipality has approved the creation of a memorial to Alexei Navalny near the Russian Embassy in Finland’s capital, and we...

February 19 at 6:00 PM, one of our co-founders, Nikita Kirillov, will give a lecture about his expeditions to the Russian Arctic and the...

On January 25th at 13:30, a rally in support of LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers in Finland will take place in the center of Helsinki. 🌈 📢 The...

At the end of 2024, the Finnish Immigration Service began rejecting asylum applications from those who fled Russia to avoid mobilization....

February 16th, 14:00–18:00, Helsinki The book exchange club “Literary Salon”  will open its doors! We invite everyone  to share their...