Here’s a quick round-up of some of the violations reported in the wake of the weekend’s regional elections: Saratov: Parties vying for seats in the local legislature accused each other of attempting to cast fake ballots. ‘1...
It was reported this morning that Mikhail Gorbachev planned to spend his 80th birthday, which is today, quietly with family at home. It seems Mr Gorbachev has received an unexpected visitor in the shape of President Medvedev, who has r...
TODAY: Lavrov urges caution on Libya; Russia will deploy missiles to Kuril islands; Vitaly Churkin defends Belarus on UN’s Ivory Coast accusations. Khimki forest activist claims threats to her children; new police law met with a new st...
TODAY: Lavrov urges caution on Libya; Russia will deploy missiles to Kuril islands; Vitaly Churkin defends Belarus on UN’s Ivory Coast accusations. Khimki forest activist claims threats to her children; new police law met with a new st...
In a neatly-argued piece today in today’s Moscow Times, opposition member Vladimir Ryzhkov addresses the iniquities of the Russian justice system, drawing upon his own experience of taking Vladimir Putin to court for slander. This was ...
In a neatly-argued piece today in today’s Moscow Times, opposition member Vladimir Ryzhkov addresses the iniquities of the Russian justice system, drawing upon his own experience of taking Vladimir Putin to court for slander. This was ...
Here’s the latest video from anti-authoritarian art collective Voina, whose previous stunts include flipping over police cars and painting an erect phallus on a draw bridge to salute the FSB headquarters. Two of their number, Oleg Voro...
Here’s the latest video from anti-authoritarian art collective Voina, whose previous stunts include flipping over police cars and painting an erect phallus on a draw bridge to salute the FSB headquarters. Two of their number, Oleg Voro...
TODAY: Opposition leaders to appeal over Putin lawsuit; new police law might make shutting down websites simpler; environmental activists detained; jailed Belarusian opposition member’s prison torture claims. Lavrov meets with Clinton;...
On the eve of Russia’s new police reform law coming into effect, the LA Times features some particularly harrowing accounts of the experiences of residents of Nizhny Novgorod at the hands of local police. These sobering testimonies act...
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