Alexander Brod

He was a member of the Public Chamber of Russia between 2008 and 2012 and is a director of the Moscow Bureau for Human Rights.

In 2004, the Bureau considered filing a lawsuit against Mel Gibson, the director of The Passion of the Christ, and the film’s distributor in Russia.

[4][5] In 2023 Brod was included in European Union sanction list as a Kremlin-loyalist human rights defender:[1] "Since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, he has justified Russia’s invasion, and spread Russian propaganda and disinformation about the war.

He also spread misinformation about alleged Nazi crimes committed by the Government of Ukraine against its own people.

Therefore, he is responsible for supporting and implementing actions and policies which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".