Speech by lawyer Dmitry Talantov, winner of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize – 2025

In 2025, Dmitry Talantov - a well-known Russian lawyer, the first president of the Bar Association of the Udmurt Republic, Chairman of the Board of the Interregional Public Organization of Lawyers and Jurists «Initiative 2018», wrongfully convicted to deprivation of liberty for anti-war statements in social networks, a political prisoner and prisoner of conscience became the laureate of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize.

At present, Dmitry Talantov is in custody.

On November 13, 2025, the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize was presented to the wife of Dmitry Talantov, lawyer Olga Talantova.

The speech written by Dmitry Talantov was read out on November 13, 2025 during the award ceremony, translated into French.

Speech by lawyer Dmitry Talantov, winner of the Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize – 2025