Evgeny manages Araminta’s emergency funds for human rights defenders from Eastern Europe and Central Asia and coordinates international advocacy projects aimed at increasing mobility and protection for HRDs from all over the globe. Evgeny also represents Araminta on the members’ committee in the EUTRP (European Union Temporary Relocation Platform) – a network of 80+ NGOs which provide temporary relocation of HRDs. Prior to Araminta, Evgeny worked as a Social and Cultural Diversity Consultant collaborating with various institutions including the Irish Center for Human Rights (NUI Galway), the Equality Fund at Rethink Ireland, and the National Gallery of Ireland. Overall, Evgeny has been involved in human rights and LGBT advocacy for two decades. After having to flee persecution in Russia, he co-founded Queer Diaspora Ireland, a refugee-led initiative that supports LGBTIQ+ people in need of international protection in Ireland. For these efforts he was named GALA’s Person of the Year for 2020 by the National LGBT Federation of Ireland (NXF). Currently he is also a PhD candidate at the University of Helsinki where he writes about violence against LGBTIQ+ people in Russia. Evgeny’s working languages are Russian, English and Spanish.