Svetlana Alekseevna Gannushkina is a mathematician and human rights activist in Russia who was reported to have been a serious contender for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.
Gannushkina became well-known in Russia as a human rights defender in 1990s... Wikipedia
Born: 1942 (age 82 years), Moscow, Russia
Organization founded: Memorial
Awards: Right Livelihood Award, Legion of Honour, Andrei Sakharov Freedom Award, and more
Edited works: On the Situation of Residents of Chechnya in the Russian Federation: June 2004 -June 2005, State of Administrative and Judicial Practice on the Issues Pertaining to the Situation of Refugees and Forced Settlers, Discrimination on the Basis of Place of Residence and Ethnic Origin in Moscow and the Moscow Region (oblast): August 1999-December 2000, and more
Nationality: Russian