Anna Neistat

Dr. Neistat is senior director for research at Amnesty International; she was born in the Soviet Union and has worked in Russia as a journalist and human-rights activist until 2004.

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe delivers a speech during a graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Open University in Harare, on November 17, 2017.

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Ten giant portraits are posted on the windows of the Novaya Gazeta editorial office during a commemorative event on Oct. 7, 2016, marking the 10th anniversary of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's death

Russia Has Overcome Repression Before

"I always remember that I did see a seemingly indestructible system collaps...

"I always remember that I did see a seemingly indestructible system collapse before my eyes, and it changed Russian society forever"

The newly appointed Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, reads a statement at Lisbon's Necessidades palace on Oct. 6, 2016.

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The Security Council veto

Anna Neistat

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