Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Kovalev, Serg

“This is a deliberately political trial. Even with all their strange precautions, even Amnesty International would have to recognize it as such, I suppose. Sitting here today, I have been making comparisons of what was happening in our days to what is taking place now. There have been substantial changes to some minor aspects, but the essence stayed the same. There is an imposed mission – to put behind bars, to convict. Maybe the mission will change later, anything could happen”

Sergei Kovalev, Soviet-era dissident and rights campaigner, April 28, 2009