Yesterday we published the voting for our “Political Results of 2022” award. Today, we want to explain the reasons behind the nominations, based on the achievements that our followers believe deserve recognition, and introduce the nominees to you.
Elena Kostyuchenko (Novaya Gazeta): For reporting on the Russian invasion directly from Ukraine.
Ilya Shepelin (Navalny Live): For the program on the nature of propaganda and his sense of humor.
Yuri Dud: For widely promoting an anti-war stance through interviews and films.
Irina Shikhman: For widely promoting an anti-war stance through interviews and films.
Ekaterina Fomina (Vazhnie Istorii): For the investigation into looting and executions in the Kyiv region.
Nastya Krasilnikova: For the project “Women of Ukraine” about women during the war.
Michael Naki (Popular Politics and personal blog): For daily coverage of the war with Ukraine.
Anna Mongait (Dozhd): For empathy and humanity.
Nominees for “Politician of the Year”:
Ilya Yashin: For his anti-war stance, resilience, courage, and faith in the country.
Alexei Navalny: For his anti-war position, loyalty to his ideals, and selflessness in the fight for democratic values while imprisoned.
Yevgeny Roizman: For his anti-war stance and bravery.
Kara-Murza: For consistent opposition to the regime and perseverance.
Alexei Gorinov: For his anti-war stance, honesty, and clear conscience.
Sergey Troshin: For the brave defense of LGBT+ rights in the face of the “propaganda law”.
Sergey Furgal: For using his trial as a platform for critical expression.
Nominees for “Political Blog of the Year” (Telegram, YouTube, TikTok, etc.):
Alexei Navalny from prison: For his sober and hopeful perspective on the situation in Russia and the world despite being imprisoned.
Project NITKA: For anti-war TikToks.
Popular Politics: For coverage of the war with Ukraine and political developments in Russia.
Vladimir Milov’s YouTube channel: For regular economic news and sanctions analysis against Russia.
Alexander Kynyev’s Telegram channel: For professional public political analysis and promoting a rational attitude towards fellow citizens.
Maxim Katz’s YouTube channel: For anti-war positions and promoting democratic values.
Ekaterina Shulman’s YouTube channel: For educational and therapeutic videos that help maintain hope, as well as for humor and calmness.
“Conversational Genre”: For covering current political and social topics, humor, and positivity.
Nominees for “Public Organization of the Year”:
Project “Kovcheg”: For helping tens of thousands of Russian refugees and developing a democratic diaspora.
Movement “Golos”: For protecting voter rights despite pressure from the authorities.
PS Lab — Public Sociology Lab: For a detailed report on Russian citizens’ views on the war.
Project “Support Service”: For helping Russians and Ukrainians affected by the war.
Project “Helping to Leave”: For helping those forced to flee Ukraine due to the war.
Project “Go to the Forest”: For helping those forced to leave Russia due to the war.
Project “Rosshtraf”: For assisting in paying fines for anti-war protests.
Project “Collector”: For work in the ecology sector and the fight to preserve the environment.
“Nochlezhka”: For continuing to help the homeless in a difficult period for the country and charity.
Nominees for “Human Rights Organization of the Year”:
Coalition of Human Rights Defenders “Prizyv k sovesti”: For exceptional work in assisting those refusing to go to war.
“Agora” (Pavel Chikov): For extensive information on violations of citizens’ rights during mobilization and legal assistance for deserters.
“First Department”: For legal and human rights work on complex cases and support for anti-war activists.
“OVD-info”: For legal assistance during anti-war protests, educational and advocacy work in the human rights field.
“Memorial”: For perseverance, preservation of the victims of Soviet repression, and fighting against historical revisionism, lies, and prejudice.
Gulagu.net: For bravery in speaking about what is difficult and dangerous, publications on the crimes of Prigozhin and defending prisoners’ rights.
“Civil Assistance”: For helping refugees.
Group “Vyhod”: For increasing knowledge about the LGBT+ community.
“LGBT Network”: For assisting vulnerable groups.
SK SOS: For saving people subjected to violence in the North Caucasus.
Nominees for “Cringe of the Year”:
“Society of the Future” and “Russian Nationalists”: For hypocritical support of the war and regime and attempts to present themselves as democratic opposition.
Vladimir Putin: For starting the war, genocide of Ukrainian and Russian citizens, endless lies, and the highest degree of hypocrisy, ridiculous historical excursions, cringe speeches, and discrediting our country in the eyes of the world.
“Referendums” in occupied territories: For the utterly unconvincing portrayal of public will organized at a gunpoint.
Propaganda in Russia and the propagandists: For lies, lack of principles, hypocrisy, and justifications for cruelty.
Laws on “Fakes” and “Discrediting the Army”: For criminalizing blank white pages and love to one’s own father.
Russian Foreign Ministry (MID RF): For destroying diplomacy as an idea, lies, manipulations, and absurd geopolitical ideas.
Dmitry Medvedev: For battling with squealing piglets, Satan, Lucifer, and Iblis, and other drunk posts on Telegram.
Ilya Ponomarev and his congress in Poland: For the “legitimate government in exile,” flip-flopping, and justifying terrorism.
Evgeny Prigozhin: For his words about how “our ‘mature males’ must have good physical fitness to flatten Europe,” recruiting mercenaries, extrajudicial executions, and opening the “Wagner Center” in St. Petersburg.
Vote until December 30th! The results will be announced on the last day of the year!
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