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Glasnost Defense Foundation

Moscow, Russia
  • Grants
    8
  • Total Awarded
    $1,510,000
  • Years
    1998 - 2014
  • Categories
    Human Rights

Grants

2014 (4 years 10 months)
$300,000

This donation of $300,000 over three years to the Glasnost Defense Foundation supports a project to raise the professional standards of journalists and bloggers in Russia. The project runs training courses for journalists and bloggers, with a special focus on investigative journalism and court reporting. The project targets individual journalists and bloggers with a high level of motivation able to bring publications of significance to the public domain and committed to upholding professional ethics. Foundation dollars fund salaries, fees for lecturers, hiring of premises and travel expenses. The project advances the Foundation’s goal to promote freedom of expression in Russia.

2009 (1 year 4 months)
$125,000

To monitor violations of mass media rights in the Russian Federation.

2007 (1 year 2 months)
$100,000

In support of a project titled, "Monitoring violations of mass media rights in the Russian Federation" (over one year)

2006 (1 year)
$100,000

In support of a project titled Monitoring violations of mass media rights in the Russian Federation.

2002 (3 years)
$315,000

To monitor violations of the rights of the media in the Russian Federation (over three years).

2000 (4 years 8 months)
$210,000

To monitor violations of the rights of the media and media professionals in the Russian Federation (over two years).

2000 (4 years 8 months)
$210,000

To monitor violations of the rights of the media and media professionals in the Russian Federation (over two years).

1998 (2 years)
$150,000

To disseminate information and conduct public education on the rights of the media in Russia (over two years).