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Statement on Umarali Kuvvatov’s Arrested in the UAE 1 Feb 2013 | 01:02 am
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.
Suspicious Death in Moscow Police Station 5 Jan 2013 | 02:19 am
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.
Fatalists in the Kremlin 4 Jan 2013 | 01:54 pm
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 way...
Russian Activists Continue Legal Appeals Against Electoral Fraud 30 Dec 2012 | 01:21 am
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.
Kremlin Summer Camp to Expand Overseas 27 Dec 2012 | 08:13 am
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 mo...
‘Four and a Half Hours of Banality and Repetition’ 21 Dec 2012 | 05:23 am
Journalists, analysts, and politicians respond to Vladimir Putin's annual press conference.
Kind Putin Will Save the Children 20 Dec 2012 | 07:50 am
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.
Kudrin Calls 2012 ‘Year of Missed Opportunities’ 20 Dec 2012 | 01:49 am
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 ab...
Jailed Pussy Riot Member Decries Prison Conditions 19 Dec 2012 | 01:01 am
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 ke...
Nemtsov on Putin’s Address: They Will Not Break Us 13 Dec 2012 | 03:43 pm
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 solidar...
