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René Coignard
About
Political activist, human rights defender, and artist from Russia.
Emigrated to Germany due to politically motivated persecution by the
Russian government. Previously known as Mikhail Podivilov.
Life A Long, Long Way 03 April 2024
Last year, the Russian state, embodied by police officers from
Kolomna, stormed into my mother's home and, without any semblance of
civility, threatened to plant drugs on her to fabricate a criminal
case against her. This happened because I had managed to escape to
Sakartvelo to avoid being chased by the police for speaking out
against the war and defending human rights. Realising how serious
this was, I acted swiftly to bring my mother to join me in
Sakartvelo, where she remains to this day. Meanwhile, I've moved to
Germany on a humanitarian visa for safety reasons.
Since my brother was also in danger from the authorities, I've
finally managed to move him from Russia to Sakartvelo as well. It
happened just a few days ago, and I still can't quite believe that my
whole family is now safe and sound out of the country. Now, as my
family gets used to life in Sakartvelo, I can relax and move forward
without worrying about their safety.
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Meditations Why Be 29 March 2024
I would give a full URL to make it easier to copy/paste the link into the address bar.
I would give a full URL to make it easier to copy/paste the link into the address bar.
Yes, I have thought about that. However, I don't want the links to the posts to be displayed on my personal website. I think I will implement this later as a separate configurable option, such as display_urls
with choices like never
, short
, and full
.
Only on main page