Author: Igor Kuzmenko

Video news on drug policy and harm reduction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Episode #1

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on October 26, 2021. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

DUNews, together with Talking Drugs, presents the first episode of Drug Policy and Harm Reduction News from Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In it, we bring you up to date on important developments in our countries and give the floor to experts for comment. We will be publishing these video newsletters on a regular basis.

Ivan Anoshkin. Survivor

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on September 20, 2021. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

Ivan Anoshkin’s life is a chronicle of the state’s crimes against human beings and his path to strength, truth, and freedom.

MEETINGS WITH NICE PEOPLE. ALEXEY KURMANAEVSKII

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on August 18, 2021. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

Alexei Kurmanaevsky, an activist and human rights activist, emigrated from Russia to Israel four years ago. Alexei Kurmanaevsky is known to everyone in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. He was always in the public eye, but disappeared after he moved to Israel. We did not manage to arrange an interview with him for a long time. And just recently he wrote that he was ready to talk.

People by Right

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on August 9, 2021. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

The lives of people who use drugs mean death, prison, disease, stigma and discrimination, lack of access to treatment and employment, destroyed families, and children taken away. This is the story of human rights activists and RuNPUD (Russian Speaking Network of People Who Use Drugs) from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region, from the series of “People by Right” videos.

TARGETS

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on November 16, 2020. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

The film ‘Targets’ is a story about the women in Ukraine who are branded as “drug addicts” and who are being destroyed by the state today. These women are targets, and a real war is being waged against them. The film is an attempt to understand why this is happening and what needs to be done to stop these deaths.

COMMUNITY OF BELARUS ON FIRE

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on August 27, 2020. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

Today, the whole world is watching the situation in the Republic of Belarus as potentially historic events take place. Peaceful revolution and unification of the people – this has not been the case in the country for a very long time.

Sergiu the Protector

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on July 17, 2020. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

Sergiu Grimalski is a person to whom thousands of people from all over the world owe their freedom, health, and life. For 16 years he has walked the streets of Berlin with a backpack on his shoulders, helping the people who are most marginalised – drug users and sex workers.

Road 184

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on April 1, 2020. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

“Road 184” is a movie about the Estonian Community of People who Use Psychotropic Substances, LUNEST, the first officially registered Estonian organization that protects the rights of drug users. Today, LUNEST unites people who speak different languages and have different citizenship, as well as those who do not have any citizenship in Estonia.

The Rising Wave

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on March 22, 2020. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

“The Rising Wave” is a movie about the organization from Lithuania “Young Wave” (“Jauna Banga” in Lithuanian), which deals with the use of psychoactive substances by young people.

Lack Of Funding And Hidden Epidemic In Sofia, Bulgaria

Written by Igor Kuzmenko on March 20, 2018. Posted in Articles, DUNEWS, Video Database.

DU News, member of the Drugreporter video network visited last summer the harm reduction services of Sofia, Bulgaria and filmed its findings. Watch the video and learn more about what kind of problems can be caused by the lack of funding!

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Author: Igor Kuzmenko

Video news on drug policy and harm reduction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Episode #1

Ivan Anoshkin. Survivor

MEETINGS WITH NICE PEOPLE. ALEXEY KURMANAEVSKII

People by Right

TARGETS

COMMUNITY OF BELARUS ON FIRE

Sergiu the Protector

Road 184

The Rising Wave

Lack Of Funding And Hidden Epidemic In Sofia, Bulgaria

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