Peter Zalmayev

On June 12, 2002, as a representative of the International League for Human Rights, Zalmayev testified about the situation in Kazakhstan to members of the European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan und EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees.[11] In October 2002, Zalmayev condemned the Kazakhstani government's persecution of Sergei Duvanov, an independent journalist,[12] and, following Duvanov's arrest on charges widely seen as trumped up, Zalmayev proposed to give Duvanov the League's annual human rights award at a ceremony held at the United Nations on December 9, 2002[13] (on the eve of the Human Rights Day). In 2008, Zalmayev protested against Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's being nominated for the Nobel Prize.[14] Zalmayev was quoted in reports on Kazakhstan elections in 2010.[15] In 2010, Zalmayev, in an interview to Kyiv Post, criticized Ukraine's government for its attempts to muzzle independent media in the country.[16]

Following Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Zalmayev has provided regular commentary on the Russo-Ukrainian hybrid war, in various international broadcast media, including CNN,[17] BBC[18][19][20][21] and Al Jazeera.[22][23][24][25][26] Zalmayev is also a regular contributor to Al Jazeera's website.[27]

In June - July 2014, Zalmayev appeared in leading Ukrainian broadcast media, including the country's main political talk show, Shuster LIVE with Savik Shuster, where he urged Ukraine's government to devise a broad international media campaign to help Ukraine in the face of Moscow's aggression.[28] Zalmayev also gave interviews to Ukraine's media resources as Hromadske TV,[29] VESTI Radio,[30] and the 1+1 channel.[31] He is also often a contributor to The Odessa Review.