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Chechen President Sues Rights Leader for Slander, Again
After promising to stop suing human rights activists following criticism from his mother, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has filed criminal charges of slander against Memorial head Oleg Orlov.
8Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Chechen President Sues Rights Leader for Slander, Again | Continued
Opposition Leader Gets 10 Days Confinement, No Explanation
A leading opposition activist in Orel has been sentenced to ten days of police detainment despite a row of contradictory circumstances, testimony, and questionable behavior on the part of the judge and police involved.
7Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Opposition Leader Gets 10 Days Confinement, No Explanation | Continued
Russia’s Crumbling Roads ‘Connected With Our Poverty’
Russian automobile owners will have to pay nearly $1000 in taxes a year just to maintain currently existing roads, at the same time as the country suffers from a sorely lacking transportation infrastructure.
6Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Russia’s Crumbling Roads ‘Connected With Our Poverty’ | Continued
Clinton: ‘Steel Vise’ Clamps Down on Activism in Russia
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Russia among a number of countries whose governments actively pressure rights groups who work to develop democracy.
5Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Clinton: ‘Steel Vise’ Clamps Down on Activism in Russia | Continued
No Extremism Found in ‘Putin. Results. 10 Years’
An anti-Putin report has been officially declared to be free of extremism, and opposition leaders distributing the report have been given authorization to get back 100,000 confiscated copies of the document.
2Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on No Extremism Found in ‘Putin. Results. 10 Years’ | Continued
Study Deplores ‘Rapidly Shrinking Space For Dissent’ in Russia
A new study by Freedom House singles out Russia as having experienced a severe decline in the quality of its democratic governance over the course of the past ten years.
30Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Study Deplores ‘Rapidly Shrinking Space For Dissent’ in Russia | Continued
Other Russia to Form Official Political Party
The Other Russia opposition coalition plans to form its own political party to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections, but expects to face government interference to hinder the officially required federal registration.
29Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Other Russia to Form Official Political Party | Continued
Five Detained at St. Petersburg Gay Pride Protest
At least five gay rights activists were detained over the weekend at an gay pride protest in St. Petersburg that local authorities refused to sanction.
28Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Five Detained at St. Petersburg Gay Pride Protest | Continued
26-Year-Old Journalist Found Dead in Moscow Apartment (updated)
The body of Russian journalist Dmitri Okkert was found with more than thirty knife wounds in his Moscow apartment on Friday morning. An investigation is currently underway.
25Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on 26-Year-Old Journalist Found Dead in Moscow Apartment (updated) | Continued
Russian Gov’t ‘Not Interested’ in Addressing Torture
A group of experts say that the use of torture is so widespread throughout Russia’s penitentiary and and law enforcement agencies that it has become a norm that the government is not interested in addressing.
23Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Russian Gov’t ‘Not Interested’ in Addressing Torture | Continued