Repression
Ponomarev Calls on New Mayor to Curb Police Violence Against Demonstrators
Human rights advocates are calling on Moscow’s interim mayor to take the opportunity to improve the political situation in the city – but opposition protests are still being banned.
Oct 1, 2010 | Continued
Ryazan Attempts to Unconstitutionally Limit Rallies
Government authorities in Ryazan are attempting to ban citizens from holding more than one rally per day; oppositionists say the city is trying to prevent anti-government protests altogether.
Sep 24, 2010 | Continued
St. Petersburg ‘Strategy 31’ Organizer Gets 14 Days Arrest
A St. Petersburg opposition leader has been fined and sentenced to 14 days of arrest for organizing a rally in defense of free assembly.
Sep 18, 2010 | Continued
U.S., Amnesty Intl. Criticize New Arrest Sentence for Ponomarev
Days after completing a controversial three-day term, rights leader Lev Ponomarev has been sentenced to another four days of administrative arrest in connection with his participation in an opposition protest.
Sep 8, 2010 | Continued
Police Question Musicians Over Song Played at Khimki Rally
Moscow city police are questioning the musical group Barto in regards to a song they performed at an opposition rally, calling certain lyrics “extremist;” the artists maintain the song is a love song.
Sep 6, 2010 | Continued
Ponomarev & Shneyder Sentenced to Three Days Arrest
Lev Ponomarev and Mikhail Shneyder have both been sentenced to three days of administrative arrest following an unsanctioned march over the weekend in commemoration of Russia’s National Flag Day.
Aug 26, 2010 | Continued
Murmansk Police Confiscate Anti-Putin Report, 2 Activists Detained
Police in Murmansk have confiscated 1000 copies of “Putin. Results. 10 Years” under allegations of extremism, despite the fact that St. Petersburg police already did the same analysis and came up empty.
Aug 25, 2010 | Continued
Concert to Defend Forest Successful Despite Police, Nashi
Thousands of environmental activists and oppositionists turned out for a protest-concert in defense of outer-Moscow’s Khimki Forest on Sunday, despite legal ambiguities and a ban on audio equipment.
Aug 23, 2010 | Continued
Moscow Attempts to Ban Rally Defending Khimki Forest
The Moscow city authorities are attempting to ban a concert protesting the ongoing destruction of outer-Moscow’s Khimki Forest, on the basis that the law does not provide for a “rally-concert.”
Aug 20, 2010 | Continued
Kremlin Proposes to Allow ‘Strategy 31’ if Opposition Splits
Russian opposition leaders have shot down a Kremlin proposal that would give official sanction to the Strategy 31 rallies if they excluded Eduard Limonov.
Jul 14, 2010 | Continued