Awards and Prizes
Alexeyeva has received the following awards and prizes for her human rights activities:
- 2004 — Olof Palme Prize
- 2005 — Person of the Year Prize of the Federation of the Jewish Communities of Russia
- 2007 — The Order of the French Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur)
- 2008 — Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (Lietuvos Didžiojo Kunigaikščio Gedimino ordinas)
- 2009 — The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
- 2009 — Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
- 2012 — The Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 3rd class
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