On Wednesday the news broke that Novaya Gazeta’s deputy editor Sergei Sokolov (seen left) had apparently been threatened by Russia’s chief investigator Aleksandr Bastrykin, in an ominous sounding confrontation in a Moscow forest. The c...
TODAY: Investigating chief first denies, then apologizes for threats against reporter; Sobchak’s lawyers want her money back; ECHR reforms could have negative consequences for Russians with complaints. Syria’s ambassador denies Russia...
Hillary Clinton has, it seems, come to the end of her tether with Russia’s ongoing feeding of arms to Syria. It has been very hard to believe that transfers of weapons (or moreover helicopters as the latest accusation notes) are for as innoc...
Hillary Clinton has, it seems, come to the end of her tether with Russia’s ongoing feeding of arms to Syria. It has been very hard to believe that transfers of weapons (or moreover helicopters as the latest accusation notes) are for as innoc...
TODAY: Russia’s investigative chief accused of threatening the life of a reporter; opposition face ongoing questioning; gay rights leader takes propaganda law to ECHR. Washington ratchets up criticism of Russia’s arms sales to Syria; L...
Last week, as the prospect of increased fines for protesting loomed, Vladimir Putin teased those concerned about its implications with assurances that he would not sign the bill if it in any way contravened European ‘norms’. Once it w...
Last week, as the prospect of increased fines for protesting loomed, Vladimir Putin teased those concerned about its implications with assurances that he would not sign the bill if it in any way contravened European ‘norms’. Once it w...
The prospect of astronomical fines, raids on the opposition leaders’ home, the threat of ongoing legal proceedings against those involved in May’s march and occasional bouts of rain could not, it would seem, dampen the spirit of the pr...
The prospect of astronomical fines, raids on the opposition leaders’ home, the threat of ongoing legal proceedings against those involved in May’s march and occasional bouts of rain could not, it would seem, dampen the spirit of the pr...
Tomorrow, June 12, is Russia Day, a public holiday commemorating the day when the nation seceded from the USSR. Protestors in Moscow have secured a permit to hold a rally of up to 50,000 people. Lest this be taken as a sign, however, that the op...
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