Week-ending 27 March 2020 Putin Postpones Vote On Constitutional Changes Due To Coronavirus MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has postponed an April 22 vote on sweeping constitutional changes that…
Week-ending 20 March 2020 Russia’s Top Court Approves Putin Reform Plan to Stay President Until 2036 Russia’s Constitutional Court on Monday approved amendments proposed by President Vladimir Putin to the…
Week-ending 13 March 2020 Russian Federation: Authorities Suppress Criticism of the Proposed Constitutional Amendments The Russian authorities are resorting to their tried-and-tested methods of silencing all criticism while preparations are…
Week-ending 6 March 2020 Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on activities of regional ombudsmen MOSCOW, March 5 (RAPSI) – The State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a…
16 May 2020 By Sergei Davidis Source: Facebook The Investigative Committee has announced the first criminal cases and arrests of suspects in connection with the photographs of Hitler and Himmler…
30 May 2020 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests in Russia. Every Friday OVD-Info sends out a mailing with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive the…
Week-ending 29 May 2020 Pavel Ivankin on a picket. Photo: Telegram channel 'ЯГражданин! via OVD-Info Activists Detained As ‘Fabricated’ Terrorism Trial Resumes In Russia Activists were reportedly detained and single-person…
Week-ending 29 May 2020 Human rights defenders map the spread of respiratory diseases in the Russian prison system A group of human rights defenders and lawyers have launched a new project called “Grey Zone”…
Week-ending 29 May 2020 Source: Ilya Azar, Facebook Russia: Prominent journalist’s detention epitomizes authorities’ crackdown on activists amid COVID-19 In response to today’s sentencing of prominent Russian journalist and Moscow…
Week-ending 28 February 2020 Levada Center: 25 percent of Russians favor constitutional changes; 65 percent don’t understand them A new survey conducted by the independent Levada Center and published by…