In another sign that Russia is not taking corruption, police brutality or legal nihilism seriously, it has been revealed that, of the two people finally held in some way accountable for the death in custody of Sergei Magnitksy, one of them has bee...
Opposition politician Oleg Shein, whose activities in the town of Astrakhan we blogged about here, is on his 25th day of a hunger strike in protest against the ‘mafia system of government’ in the southern city. Today Ria-Novosti repo...
TODAY: Red Square protest attracts hundreds of activists; Yevgenia Chirikova one of three among detained; first arrests made under St Petersburg’s new anti-gay propaganda law; charges against Magnitksy doctor dropped. Rumors spread of Nashi&...
TODAY: Red Square protest attracts hundreds of activists; Yevgenia Chirikova one of three among detained; first arrests made under St Petersburg’s new anti-gay propaganda law; charges against Magnitksy doctor dropped. Rumors spread of Nashi&...
Over recent years, Novaya Gazeta journalists have paid a heavy price for their investigations into the darker side of Russian politics. Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in 2006, Anastasia Baburova in 2009. It remains unclear at the moment whether...
TODAY: Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in jail; attack on Novaya Gazeta journalist; Kirill’s disappearing luxury watch. Kudrin forms new think tank; governor reshuffles; prisoners make dramatic protest against brutality; head of Tatarstan...
TODAY: Viktor Bout sentenced to 25 years in jail; attack on Novaya Gazeta journalist; Kirill’s disappearing luxury watch. Kudrin forms new think tank; governor reshuffles; prisoners make dramatic protest against brutality; head of Tatarstan...
Bloomberg examines the case of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, who has not come under fire for the millions he made during his time in office: ‘It is everyone’s personal decision whether or not to enrich himself while in office.’ 2011 ...
Bloomberg examines the case of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, who has not come under fire for the millions he made during his time in office: ‘It is everyone’s personal decision whether or not to enrich himself while in office.’ 2011 ...
TODAY: Orthodox Church backing for Putin a ‘gamble’? Former judge denounces legal system; anarchist expelled; private tv channel raided; dissonance moving to provinces; Medvedev shuffles governors; Lavrov warns West on selling weapons to Syrian re...
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