From the bottom of our hearts we wish you many happy returns!

Of course, each person on the Earth wants to spend their birthday in the company of their near and dear, friends and colleagues. You have been deprived of such an opportunity. Yet on this day thousands of people are with you in spirit, people for whom you have become near and dear – for whom you are an example of the strength of the spirit, of immovableness and the ability to remain a Human Being under any circumstances.

Mikhail Borisovich! We wish you health, love and joy! And most important of all, freedom!

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, chairperson of the Moscow Helsinki group, members and staff of the Moscow Helsinki group