Opposition activist Taisiya Osipova was sentenced to ten years on charges of drug trafficking on Friday. Rights activists allege that her arrest is...
Is drug legislation being used to silence opposition activists?
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Opposition activist Sergey Udaltsov under threat from Moscow police
Opposition leader Sergey Udaltsov has spent much of December under arrest and on hunger strike --- but the unity of his supporters grows stronger...
Over 100,000 Russians protesters aim to prevent Putin from becoming president
According to opposition leaders, at least 120,000 people gathered in the centre of Moscow on 24 December to demand new and fair parliamentary...
“Putin uses tabloid to try and split Russian opposition”
A leading online tabloid has published opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s private phone conversations, during which he denigrated other Russian...
Russia gets ready to protest
The first meeting of Russia's newly elected State Duma will be held on 21 December. Tens of thousands of Russians protested the parliamentary...
Kommersant publishing house editor-in-chief fired for anti-Putin photos
Alisher Usmanov, a metal tycoon and owner of Russia’s leading Kommersant publishing house, fired Kommersant Vlast magazine editor-in-chief Maxim...
Moscow prison whistleblower under pressure
Senior lieutenant Alexey Kozlov, responsible for educational work at Butyrka pre-trial prison in Moscow, has virtually lost his job after having...
Russia urges Putin to step down
Tens of thousands of people participated in opposition rallies against alleged unfair parliamentary elections in Russia. The biggest was in Moscow:...
Russia cracks down on anti-Putin protests
Thousands of people have taken part in opposition rallies against Vladimir Putin's United Russia after allegations of widespread electoral fraud....
Hacked websites and fraud mark Russia’s parliamentary elections
Parliamentary elections were held in Russia yesterday (4 December). Several independent media websites were hacked on election day; journalists and...
Election monitor targeted in run up to Russian elections
Rights activists have said there has been an onslaught of freedom of expression violations in Russia as the country's 4 December parliamentary...
Russia: “Defamation suits a key factor in suppressing free speech as long as Vladimir Putin rules the country”
Earlier this month, Russia’s Department of Presidential Affairs won three defamation lawsuits against newspaper Novaya Gazeta in just one week. “The...