In March 2014, on a trumped-up charges, three “Prisoners of Flag” were convicted (http://khpg.org/en/index.php?id=1434561287).
In May 2017, activists Alexander Orshulevich, Igor Ivanov and an orthodox priest Nikolai Mamaev were arrested (https://memohrc.org/en/news_old/three-persons-charged-case-baltic-vanguard-russian-resistance-bars-are-political-prisoners). They are still detained without a trial ( no justice in Russia anyway). Members of opposition and other parties were also searched (https://openrussia.org/mobile/notes/713049/). Charges are being made for any statement of person’s point of view on the Internet that do not coincide with the Kremlin's official policy.
On September 27 2017, Nikolai Sentsov was arrested for his political position. Mr. Sentsov faces 10 years in prison only because he spoke in favor of a political changes in Russia and promoted democratic values (https://memohrc.org/en/news_old/nikolai-sentsov-charged-case-baltic-vanguard-russian-resistance-bars-political-prisoner). The authorities systematically send threats who dare to express openly their political point of view (https://rugrad.eu/public_news/952228/).
In November 2017 the FSB arrested Alexander Petrovsky for a political opinion expressed on Telegram ( social network). He is still in FSB prison in Kaliningrad (Koenigsberg). The authorities are planning to throw him into a psychiatric hospital. https://graniru.org/Politics/Russia/Politzeki/m.265500.html
In November 2017 the FSB in Kaliningrad ( Koenigsberg) arrested a local MP and a journalist Mr. Igor Rudnikov. He is still in a prison in Moscow. https://cpj.org/2017/11/russian-editor-arrested-allegedly-injured-in-custo.php
We, the activists of Koenigsberg (Kaliningrad), believe that in such circumstances, it is impossible to host the World Cup in the region, where human rights are violated and there is no freedom. Participation in games casts a shadow on the sport, which has a purpose to unite people and all international organizations. We urge you to refuse to held the games in Kaliningrad and not cooperate with the new neo-Soviet regime of the Kremlin, expressing that way a support for the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Boycott to a World Cup, FIFA and a sponsors of FIFA. The Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonald's, Budweiser, KIA, VISA etc. they all going straight to a garbage bin for supporting indirectly political oppression in Koenigsberg ( East Prussia).
