TODAY: Rights groups outraged at Razvozzhayev’s account of psychological torture, Duma deputy to seek his asylum in Europe; Kudrin think tank says Russians now believe in possibility of revolution; migrants offended by brochure; Rosneft deal shows Sechin’s rise; pension directors in bid to save funds; easyJet wins Moscow flights.

Rights groups and opposition members, including the new Coordinating Council, have responded to reports of the kidnapping and psychological torture of Leonid Razvozzhayev (denied by the Investigative Committee) with outrage, saying it heralds a return to Stalinist political repression.  The Coordinating Council accused the Kremlin of ‘rude violation of Russian and international law’.  Fears within the opposition were sparked after Razvozzhayev talked to the Public Observer Commission about his experiences.  ‘All that I wrote in my so-called confession was written under pressure […] They told me: if you don’t answer our questions, your children will be killed.’  State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomaryov says he will visit Europe tomorrow to seek asylum for Razvozzhayev, who is his aide.  A report released by Alexei Kudrin’s think tank suggests that support for Putin is dwindling, with many of those surveyed apparently believing in the possibility of a political revolution, whilst the Directorate for Social Projects, a new Kremlin agency created by Vladimir Putin this week, aims to promote patriotism.  A guide for labour migrants, published in St Petersburg, has sparked outrage about xenophobia for depicting workers as ‘paintbrushes, brooms and other tools of low-skilled labor’.