In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the terrible murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, RFE/RL speaks with the parents of the latter about their fears for her safety at the time, on the grow...
Yulia Latynina, the famously sharp and acerbic Russian political commentator, has really stirred up some strong reactions in both Georgia and Russia with a recent column published in Novaya Gazeta, which argued that any other leader in Georgia oth...
Rather succinctly stated by Karinna Moskalenko, a lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, in the New Times: “If through its representatives Russia insists that the bankruptcy of Yukos was lawfully implemented, and that the taxes demanded from Yukos...
Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender, has reduced its interest rates for private customers to precrisis levels, likely leading to reductions at other banks. The Russian appetite for luxury goods has suffered as a result of the financial c...
TODAY: Demonstrations to mark anniversary of Markelov and Baburova murders; activist tried for ‘hate speech’ voting leaflet; military code of honor at odds with poor treatment of recruits; Health Minister announces no population declin...
Pretty good stuff from Susan Sternthal in the Financial Times: I moved to Moscow with my family last year and was startled to see so many stray dogs. Watching them over time, I realised that, despite some variation in colour – some were blac...
TODAY: Russia ratifies European Human Rights Convention’s Protocol 14; Yanukovych leading Ukraine’s exit polls; Medvedev’s photograph sells for $1.7 million at charity auction; video cameras to monitor rail route; NATO likely to ...
Right around the same time that the world’s well-meaning politicians professed their concern for the environment at the Copenhagen conference, the Russian authorities launched their own official version of an environmental advocacy group, ev...
Writing on a Russia Profile experts panel, Stephen A. Blank predicts some tough times ahead for Dmitry Medvedev’s reform attempts in 2010. Thus as 2012 draws closer into view, we should expect more visible signs of a struggle, though hardly ...
TODAY: Overhaul of electoral legislation proposed; rights activists seek Markelov-Baburova memorial; Sochi Olympic construction allegedly impinging on citizens’ rights. Turnaround on Protocol 14? Damning judgment on social equality fro...
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