{"id":181012,"date":"2025-06-13T12:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/181012\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:02:15","slug":"you-are-not-alone-campaign-raises-over-150000-for-russian-political-prisoners-in-a-single-day-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/181012\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Are Not Alone\u2019 campaign raises over $150,000 for Russian political prisoners in a single day \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201cYou Are Not Alone<\/a>\u201d fundraiser, held on June 12 by independent Russian media outlets in partnership with the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), raised more than 12 million rubles ($150,000) to support Russian political prisoners and their families.<\/p>\n

By the end of the broadcast, donations had reached 12,429,395 rubles (about $155,000) \u2014 and fundraising is still ongoing.<\/p>\n

Proceeds will help cover essential expenses for political prisoners and their families \u2014 from food and medicine to legal defense and travel for prison visits.<\/p>\n

The campaign included a 12-hour live broadcast, streamed on the organizers\u2019 websites, the TV Rain television channel, and the YouTube channels Popular Politics and Navalny Live. Guests included independent journalists, bloggers, opposition figures, politicians, and human rights advocates.<\/p>\n

People facing political persecution in Russia \u2014 and their families \u2014 need your support. If you live outside Russia, please consider contributing to the fundraiser\u00a0here<\/a>. Because it\u2019s not safe for people inside Russia to donate, support from abroad is essential.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This marks the third annual \u201cYou Are Not Alone\u201d solidarity fundraiser. As in previous years, the drive will continue through the summer. For example, a memorial\u00a0concert<\/a>\u00a0for Alexey Navalny will take place in Berlin on June 28. And on June 7, the FBK\u00a0raised<\/a>\u00a01.9 million rubles ($24,165) during a live-streamed\u00a0badminton match<\/a>\u00a0on the Navalny Live YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s campaign\u00a0raised<\/a>\u00a0over 24 million rubles ($305,248) on June 12 alone. By the end of the year, the total had surpassed 45 million rubles ($572,352). In 2024, 7,900 people donated, with 1,033 signing up for recurring contributions. More than 300 political prisoners and their families received support \u2014 and over 100 of them now receive regular assistance thanks to ongoing donations.<\/p>\n

Since the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, nearly 20,000 people have been detained for anti-war protests,\u00a0according to<\/a>\u00a0the human rights group OVD-Info. At least 1,171 individuals have faced criminal charges, and more than 11,000 misdemeanor cases have been opened under laws against \u201cdiscrediting\u201d the Russian military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cYou Are Not Alone\u201d fundraiser, held on June 12 by independent Russian media outlets in partnership with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[332,7888,7883,7886,7875,7868,7880,7870,7881,7887,7876,7864,7871,7865,7873,7874,7866,7869,7867,7885,7879,7872,7884,7882,7878,7877],"class_list":{"0":"post-181012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-russia","9":"tag-7888","10":"tag-7883","11":"tag-7886","12":"tag-7875","13":"tag-7868","14":"tag-7880","15":"tag-7870","16":"tag-7881","17":"tag-7887","18":"tag-7876","19":"tag-7864","20":"tag-7871","21":"tag-7865","22":"tag-7873","23":"tag-7874","24":"tag-7866","25":"tag-7869","26":"tag-7867","27":"tag-7885","28":"tag-7879","29":"tag-7872","30":"tag-7884","31":"tag-7882","32":"tag-7878","33":"tag-7877"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114675957568136218","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}