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Statement on Umarali Kuvvatov’s Arrested in the UAE
A group of Russian opposition leaders speak out on the arrest of Tajik oppositionist Umarali Kuvvatov, who now faces a real threat of torture if extradited to Tajikistan.
Jan 31, 2013 | Continued
Suspicious Death in Moscow Police Station
A man has died in administrative detention in the same Moscow police station where three officers were arrested last year for suspicion of murdering an acquaintance.
Jan 5, 2013 | Continued
Fatalists in the Kremlin
In this column for Yezhednevny Zhurnal, journalist and military expert Aleksandr Golts sums up Putin’s first year of foreign policy upon his third return to the presidency – one dominated, in more ways than one, by international isolationism.
Jan 4, 2013 | Continued
Russian Activists Continue Legal Appeals Against Electoral Fraud
Russian activists who tried to petition for falsified election results to be annulled have been thwarted by a legal stipulation that only allows candidates to context elections.
Dec 29, 2012 | Continued
Kremlin Summer Camp to Expand Overseas
Organizers from Russia’s agency for youth affairs are planning to hold the notorious Seliger summer camp in Europe and the US in an attempt to rally support from Russian émigrés for projects in the motherland and to influence foreign policy towards Russia.
Dec 27, 2012 | Continued
‘Four and a Half Hours of Banality and Repetition’
Journalists, analysts, and politicians respond to Vladimir Putin’s annual press conference.
Dec 21, 2012 | Continued
Kind Putin Will Save the Children
In this blog post for Ekho Moskvy, journalist Anton Orekh questions whether Russia’s pending anti-Magnitsky legislation is itself a threat to Russian interests.
Dec 20, 2012 | Continued
Kudrin Calls 2012 ‘Year of Missed Opportunities’
Former Finance Minister and close Putin confidant Alexei Kudrin has named 2012 a “year of missed opportunities” because of the Russian government’s failure to take the opportunity of public outrage about fraudulent parliamentary elections to push through democratic reforms.
Dec 19, 2012 | Continued
Jailed Pussy Riot Member Decries Prison Conditions
Jailed Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina has written a letter decrying the living and working conditions in her penaly colony, where administrators use the constant threat of being denied parole to keep inmates in line.
Dec 18, 2012 | Continued
Nemtsov on Putin’s Address: They Will Not Break Us
On the occassion of the annual presidential address to the Federation Council, opposition leader Boris Nemtsov lashed out at Putin’s cynicism and hypocrisy and called for activists to stand in solidarity.
Dec 13, 2012 | Continued