Repression
Russian Police Keep it Up With ‘Strategy 31’ Arrests (updated)
Opposition activists across Russia held rallies in defense of free assembly on Tuesday, with dozens detained in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other cities.
May 31, 2011 | Continued
Russia’s Chief Whistleblower Sues Federal Investigators
Russian blogger Alexei Navalny is suing federal prosecutors for failiing to properly notify him of the charges against him.
May 27, 2011 | Continued
Khodorkovsky’s Cell Mate Names Names in ‘Forced’ 2006 Attack
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s former cell mate has come forward with the names and details of how law enforcement officers forced him to attack Khodorkovsky in 2006; prison officials refuse to comment on the story.
May 26, 2011 | Continued
With Verdict Upheld, Khodorkovsky Becomes ‘Prisoner of Conscience’
Following a much-criticized decision by a Moscow appeals court to uphold Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev’s guilty verdict, Amnesty International has declared the pair to be prisoners of conscience.
May 25, 2011 | Continued
Mass Demonstrations to be Broken Up by “Tornado”
Russian engineers have developed a new armored truck equipped with a water canon that are intended to aid internal military forces in breaking up mass protests.
May 24, 2011 | Continued
Moscow Bans Gay Parade to Appease ‘Gov’t Agencies, Cossacks’
Moscow city authorities have banned an annual gay pride parade just months after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that other such bans have violated the European Convention on Human Rights.
May 17, 2011 | Continued
Investigators Refuse to File Charges in Case of Wounded Journalist, Again
Lawyers for Gazeta.ru journalist Aleksandr Artemev are planning to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights since investigators refuse to file charges against police officers who broke his arm at an opposition rally.
May 12, 2011 | Continued
Russian Court Sanctions Arrest of Hermitage Executive Cherkasov (updated with corrections)
Moscow’s Tverskoy Court has sanctioned the arrest of one of deceased lawyer Sergei Magnitsky’s colleagues, Hermitage Capital Management executive Ivan Cherkasov. (Note: This article is corrected from earlier reports)
May 4, 2011 | Continued
Rock Critic Troitsky Faces Prison Time for ‘Slandering’ Cop
Rock critic Artemy Troitsky faces up to two years in jail for presenting a fake award to a police officer for being an awful cop.
Apr 21, 2011 | Continued
Journalist Gets 4 Days Jail After Covering ‘Day of Anger’
An independent journalist covering this weekend’s Day of Anger protest has been sentenced to four days of administrative arrest for supposedly trying to break down a police barrier; he maintains his innocence and has gone on hunger strike in protest.
Apr 13, 2011 | Continued