Since Vladimir Putin announced his return, it has been noted that some of the less savory elements of Russia’s political elite have come crawling out of the woodwork, in both people and idea form. The FT notes today in a fascinating articl...
TODAY: Rights activists call Aleksanyan death ‘murder’; dozens detained at rally; United Russia’s ‘charm’ offensive to gain middle class vote; Communist will play nationalist card. The Eurasian Union and Putin’...
TODAY: Rights activists call Aleksanyan death ‘murder’; dozens detained at rally; United Russia’s ‘charm’ offensive to gain middle class vote; Communist will play nationalist card. The Eurasian Union and Putin’...
From Catherine Belton’s Financial Times coverage of yesterday’s death of Yukos lawyer Vasily Alexanyan, who, like Sergei Magnitsky, was denied urgent medical treatment while unlawfully jailed by the Russian government. “He would still ...
From Catherine Belton’s Financial Times coverage of yesterday’s death of Yukos lawyer Vasily Alexanyan, who, like Sergei Magnitsky, was denied urgent medical treatment while unlawfully jailed by the Russian government. “He would still ...
Prof. Mark Galeotti (NYU) has an interesting piece in The Moscow News about the recent revenge killings of expatriate Chechens living in Turkey, raising troubling questions over the extra-territorial activity of state security services (and natura...
Prof. Mark Galeotti (NYU) has an interesting piece in The Moscow News about the recent revenge killings of expatriate Chechens living in Turkey, raising troubling questions over the extra-territorial activity of state security services (and natura...
After reading a petition, my friend called me and said that the story of Vitaly Arkhangelsky, a businessman from St Petersburg, is of the same nature as the examples provided on the site. Please be reminded: the authors of the petition believe tha...
TODAY: 40 detained at Moscow gay rights rally; whether the arrested were participants or opponents remains unclear; the activities of art’s enfants terribles Voina; Britain’s secret Magnitsky blacklist; FSB authorized to kill abroad, s...
TODAY: 40 detained at Moscow gay rights rally; whether the arrested were participants or opponents remains unclear; the activities of art’s enfants terribles Voina; Britain’s secret Magnitsky blacklist; FSB authorized to kill abroad, s...
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