Getting Started
Choose a political prisoner, click the "Write a Letter" button, fill out the form, and we'll send it to the recipient without revealing your identity. We'll handle all costs and logistics. But we'll be grateful if you support us with a donation – it helps send more letters.
Don't know who to choose?
Write to someone who is eagerly waiting for a letter! 'Vestochka' will give you the name of a randomly selected political prisoner — someone who rarely receives letters and for whom your message will be especially meaningful.
How to write the letter?
Getting started
What can I write about?
On censorship: what can’t I write?
Is it allowed to send photographs?
What language do I use in my letter?
What are the limits on sending letters?
Should I expect a reply and do I have to respond?
How do I maintain the correspondence?
I would like to send letters by myself, how do I do it?
How else can I support Russian dissidents?
It says that the prisoner I was assigned was tried for terrorism, or extremism or something else scary, what’s up with that?
Support Vestochka
You can help out OVD-Info, the human rights project behind this platform. By supporting us, you’re helping various projects and initiatives kick off their campaigns and petitions, and make a real positive impact. As we say at OVD-Info, no one should face injustice alone.