Established in 1989 to help those prosecuted for engaging in free commercial activity.
Short information about society
The creating of the Group:
 1978-80 - compiling of the illegal
collection articles «For the economic freedom»
1989-90 - the work of the Group as
the Public Center to Assist the Humanization of the Penitential System of the USSR (MCPR) by leadership of V. Abramkin
19.10.1990 - the official
registration of the independent Group.
Purpose of the Group:
creating of the favorable public
environment for businessmen and deliverance them from the rear of criminal repression;
humanization of the practice of
courts with regard to businessmen
connection of Group’s activity
with that of other similar organizations.
Our main actions are
defence of persons who were
repressed because of their economical activity;
the legalization of economical
activity which now is considered as a crime;
abrogation of the death penalty and
decreasing of a period of imprisonment for economical crime;
creating of suggestions connected
with changing in the legislation. It is necessary to decrease the number of reasons for
arrests of businessmen;
rendering of free of charge
juridical aid to persons persecuted by the Court because of their economical activity. We
try to correspond with court and write compliance to prosecutors for further analyzing and
revising of sentences;
forming of the public respect for
independent businessmen, because it is a important part of a personal freedom;
popularization of the purpose of
the Group with the help of mass media information and the Bulletin of the Group; reading
of lectures.
Chairman: V. Sokirko
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