PICNIC! On September 7, we invite everyone who wants to relax in nature in a beautiful place, in the company of like-minded people) We are going to visit Elena Moench! (an hour+ to the north). Bring something to eat, we will make a large buffet, there are grills for meat... I will give you a box of Polish beer) Children are welcome. Bring games, guitars, a good mood (but if not, we will raise it for you:)) We will hang out from 11 until the evening. Come as it is convenient for you. Since this is a private house, write to me in private for the address. All the best.

Hi everyone! We have a small running group - come this Saturday at 9:30am to chat and run (max 5km, but you can do less) - we meet by the Mississippi River (there is plenty of parking). We will be joined by a girl from Ukraine Asiia Holovko who has professionally run ultramarathons - she is super cool and can give you lots of useful tips :) After the run we can chat in a cafe!) *For location questions write to Grisha St)

Hey there everyone! On November 17, many Russian anti-war communities march against the war and in support of political prisoners. We join this date in solidarity and make an evening of letters to political prisoners! We will write to both Russians and Ukrainians. Thanks to the combined work of Margarita Romanenko Natalya Kiyanitsyna and our team of volunteers, all emails go to the jails within the week and responses are quickly forwarded to the addresses. Many thanks to Professor of theology at University of St Thomas - Eugenia Gavrilyuk -she helped book a very atmospheric space in the University Library! We will be hosting a campus tour following the letters at 5pm for all interested - if you have children going to school in the future, this is a great opportunity to see campus with a professor who teaches there. Thank you all for your caring - remember that for someone your letter can be a salvation and encouragement for a day, a week, a year. If you cannot make it, please support the event by sharing the link. With grace ❤️

Friends, "Бегите лесом" are people who help Russians not to go to war and have helped many to leave. This Sunday, a world run is being held in support of this organization and we have joined the list of cities. Now, with a new call, they especially need new strength and resources, these guys answer questions 24/7. If your friends in the Russian Federation also need help, you can write to them, but for now, the rules: Бегите лесом 2.0: Minnesota Meet in the parking lot of the Phalen Beach House (1400 Phalen Dr, St Paul, MN 55106). This is the starting point. October 6th gathering: 10:45 local time start: 11:00 distance: 5 km How to participate? Fill out the form at the link, and you will be sent all the details. https://form.typeform.com/to/PrHYZ37F The cost of participation is $ 20. You can pay with a foreign bank card or cryptocurrency. All funds raised will go to the work of the "Идите лесом" project. After the race, each participant will receive a certificate of gratitude from our team, and in a month we will report on the funds raised. You can also run alone along our routes or run your own route - walk or run - the main thing is to be with us. 🌲 Want to suggest your route? Write to them - we will add it. It can be a custom route in the form of a peace sign or a Christmas tree (the "Бегите Лесом" logo). After the race, you can get together for coffee or beer 🍻

Friends, we had 20 people today, and I want to thank each of you who came to write letters to prisons! Thank you for not forgetting. Thank you for finding the strength to write even when you don't know what to do. Thank you for taking time for activism when you can/need to go do a million more things. Thank you! Lana Kartak for an awesome dessert Diana Yefanova for helping with the emails Eugenia Gavrilyuk for a place in the university Denis Gubanov for bringing us the banner! During 1000 days of war, we were together and wrote many letters to the prisons. Political prisoners will be very grateful to you! Let the good prevail

Thank you so much Elena Moench for your hospitality this Saturday! We had a great time and met new people! Thanks to Lana Kartak for the mushrooms... dessert and forest 🤩 thanks to everyone who was there Dmitriy Pronin, Alla Aroshidze, Anna Bachinskay, Kirill Vanderberg, Nastya Mashkova, Rostom Aroshidze and many others 🤗 Thanks to Artur Ignatov for his awesome guitar playing by the fire! Without you we wouldn't have sung so soulfully. Thanks to Amman Al Hussain for editing the video 🤗 We are waiting for everyone at the campsite to close the season 😁 🍂

Hello everyone! We are launching a new Telegram channel to help new immigrants in Russian. https://t.me/vmestemn The channel will be hosted by Pavel Ashaev and our Ukrainian friend Serhii Nechytailo. Join us to get the latest information about free events in the city for immigrants.

Friends, our campsite reels are ready (Thanks Amman Al Hussain!) Thank you very much to everyone who came to hang out! It was fun, especially studying the starry sky together. It's a pity that the second day was cancelled due to the weather, but everything is ahead! We will have a picnic on July 13th within the city limits - come and meet and spend the day together! Many thanks to Nastya Mashkova for the past campsite. She found a place, organized everyone... before our arrival, she even treated the grass with tick spray :) The only thing missing from her bag was a goldfish :) Well, she couldn't disperse the clouds on the second day :) There is room for improvement)) Nastya, thank you! It was warm and cozy. We are waiting for everyone at the picnic on July 13th - stay tuned for the announcement! Peace and goodness to all

Hello everyone! One of the main missions of our activity is to write letters to political prisoners in Russia, but we have almost no money left for it. This weekend we collected tips while our volunteers helped at the Slavic festival, and in the end we have $284 in the letter box! This is enough for us to write letters all fall! Our next event is scheduled for September 10th at 6:00 PM at TMORA. Come, everyone who cares about prisoners of conscience, those who are sitting in hellish conditions only for their opinion - for being against the war. As Kara-Murza said: letters are rays of light and warmth that support every day! Thank you to everyone who helped us raise this money for the fall! Kirill Vanderberg, Amman Al Hussain, Sean M. Warner, Pavel Ashaev, Artem Morozov, Arina Grossman, Pavel Kopiev, Vladimir Klenin, Anton Anton There is currently a confrontation in the world between authoritarian and democratic approaches to politics. In Russia, millions of people are against the war and against the dictatorship - thousands protested, hundreds went to prison. Many continue the struggle, but no one can see it (yet). I will quote the words of our friend in Ukraine, who has been helping the front for two years and wanted me to convey them: “I am sure that the key to victory over the dictatorship (and to the victory of Ukraine, among other things) is to give the Russians the opportunity to do the terrible, enormous and difficult work of regenerating their country. And for this, we need to at least give them psychological resources and support.” This is exactly what Kara-Murza and Pivovarov talked about at the conference. Now the world has isolated all Russians as outcasts, and this is counterproductive - we must support all resistance forces and build bridges, we must reinforce all fronts and not abandon them. The stronger our support for the opposition in Russia and abroad, the stronger we are. I will leave here an awesome (and, I hope, prophetic!) drawing by our artist Masha Volkova - "The Death of Koshchei". Our flag is white snow and a blue river) Every regime comes to an end. Let's continue to be on the side of the bright forces and do what everyone considers necessary and proper. The main thing is not to do nothing.