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We have been fined in the amount equivalent to 12 000 USD for distribution of harm reduction material which was considered as "drug propaganda". Please help us to collect money to pay fine.

On August 31 activists will hold a series of one-person pickets in Moscow to draw the attention of the state and society to the issue of drugs overdose and possible ways to solve it.

On June 29, 2016, The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the federal law “on non-profit organizations,” included our organization, the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice in its list of “foreign agents”.

Emergency medical support needed to prevent deaths of HIV and OST patients in Donetsk and Luhansk

On Tuesday, September 9, the Global Commission on Drug Policy will release Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work, a new, groundbreaking report at a press conference in New York City.

Russian activists, including Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina of the Pussy Riot who have been recently released from prison and witnessed many atrocities of the Russian war on drugs joined the ‘Support. Don’t Punish’ campaign.

They stated it in the open letter which was sent to UNAIDS Executive Director, Mr. Sidibe.

Majority of people living with HIV and TB burden is now in middle-income countries, however health often does not benefit from improved economies

Campaign against repressive drug policy in Russia to be held in Moscow on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

The Canadian HIV\AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch presented the Andrey Rylkov Foundation (ARF) with the 2012 International Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. Anya Sarang, President of ARF, accepted the award on the organization's behalf.