On Monday, September 27, police officers in the Moscow region raided the home of migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik, the head of the nonprofit organization Tong Jahoni. Chupik, who is a citizen of Uzbekistan, has been in custody at an immigration detention center at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport since September 25.
Meduza: Russian police raid home of detained migrant rights defender Valentina Chupik
Russian riot police officers patrol near a police bus with an advertising photo reflecting on a window during a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in Moscow on April 21, 2021.
