September 12, 2026 at 14:30 on Embassy of Russia (Rua Visconde de Santarém 71, Lisboa) there will be a 🙋 179th Weekly protest
🙋 178th Weekly protest
Is Portugal an enemy of Russia? Germany is closing "Russian House." ECHR dropped cases of Russians.
You’re watching news from the weekly rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is September 5th, 2:30 PM.
On August 30, Alexey Chekmarev, press attaché at the Russian Embassy in Portugal, said on CNN 360º that Moscow considers Portugal "one of the most hostile countries in Europe" because of its support for EU sanctions and "comprehensive assistance to the Kyiv regime."
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On September 4, Euronews reported that ORANTA, a Ukrainian aid association, had placed a bullet-riddled Ukrainian ambulance from near Kharkiv here, outside the Russian Embassy in Lisbon in response to Chekmarev's remarks. According to the association's head, Roman Grimalyuk, the crew was called in 2022 to help a woman wounded in shelling, and while the medics were inside the house, the vehicle was shot up. Since 2022, ORANTA has sent 31 vehicles to Ukraine, mostly decommissioned ambulances from Portuguese firefighters.
pt.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/04/isto-nao-e-um-filme-ambulancia-ucraniana-cravada-de-balas-exibida-junto-a-embaixada-russa-
www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/drohne-reaktion-dobrindt-wadephul-russland-100.html Portugal backed Germany by summoning Russia's ambassador in Portugal.
pt.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/09/03/embaixador-russo-em-lisboa-nega-envolvimento-no-incidente-com-drones-em-leipzig On September 2, Expresso magazine, citing the Lusa news agency, reported that Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel said the government and Ukraine are searching for Portuguese companies with idle power-generation equipment that could be sent to Ukraine before winter.
expresso.pt/internacional/2026-09-02-portugal-procura-equipamento-energetico-sem-uso-para-ajudar-a-ucrania-a-enfrentar-o-inverno-e26873e7
On September 3, the European Court of Human Rights said it had struck 879 remaining non-war-related complaints against Russia from its docket in a single decision. The court acknowledged that the complaints may be well-founded, but said the key issues had already been addressed in other cases and that reviewing each complaint would be too costly, especially because Russia is not complying with the court's rulings.
hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-8622022-12278536&filename=Update%20on%20European%20Court%27s%20processing%20of%20applications%20against%20Russia.pdf
The human rights group "Team Against Torture" said that for the applicants, this means the court will not rule on the merits of the dismissed complaints. The applicants have essentially been left without a last hope for justice.
t.me/no_torture/3988
On September 5, the BBC Russian Service released a report on the fate of asylum seekers in Croatia. The asylum seekers described abuse and even rape. Vladislav Arinichev, labeled a terrorist and extremist by Russian authorities, was denied asylum.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNfczGGzks
We reported on his persecution in Russia over his anti-war stance. Now he is also deemed a threat to Croatia's security.
adrl.pt/event/2024-07-27/en
Russia is not their property.
Unite, build your communities, and support those who resist and one another.
