History and Structure
Members of the Moscow Helsinki Group and the Russian research center "Panorama" established SOVA in October 2002. SOVA is based in Moscow, and receives funding from several Western think-tanks. The organization's director is Alexander Verkhovsky, and its deputy director was Galina Kozhevnikova until her death in March 2011.
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