Monthly Archives: May 2020

Law of the Week: State Duma cancels fines for displaying Nazi symbols in non-propagandistic cases

Week-ending 21 February 2020 Russia’s State Duma cancels fines for displaying Nazi symbols in non-propagandistic cases The State Duma has voted in favor of an amendment to the Codex of…

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Law of the Week: Regulation restricting contacts between Russian scholars and their foreign counterparts rescinded

Week-ending 14 February 2020 Russian Ministry’s Controversial Order Restricting Scholars’ Contacts With Foreigners Rescinded  A controversial order by Russia’s Ministry of Education and Science that restricted interaction between Russian scholars…

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Read more about the article Leonid Nikitinsky: Who is looking out at us from Hitler’s photo? At the bottom of all the ‘Nazism rehabilitation’ criminal cases lie propaganda, arrogance, and resentment

Leonid Nikitinsky: Who is looking out at us from Hitler’s photo? At the bottom of all the ‘Nazism rehabilitation’ criminal cases lie propaganda, arrogance, and resentment

25 May 2020 Leonid Nikitinsky, Novaya Gazeta correspondent, member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights and Civil Society, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize for Human Rights Source:…

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Read more about the article Quote for the Week. Sixteen OSCE member states: ‘We will continue to raise our concerns with regard to the numerous credible allegations of ongoing serious human rights violations and abuses in Chechnya until we receive a substantive response from the Russian Federation and observe tangible progress in the region.’

Quote for the Week. Sixteen OSCE member states: ‘We will continue to raise our concerns with regard to the numerous credible allegations of ongoing serious human rights violations and abuses in Chechnya until we receive a substantive response from the Russian Federation and observe tangible progress in the region.’

Week-ending 29 May 2020 Sixteen OSCE member states: 'Seventeen months have passed since this report was issued. However, there has been no constructive response to the report or its recommendations…

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Read more about the article Boris Altshuler: Russia just hasn’t produced an influential democratic party

Boris Altshuler: Russia just hasn’t produced an influential democratic party

18 May 2020 Boris Altshuler heads the non-profit Children's Right and is a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новые Известия] The country desperately needs…

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Law of the Week: Constitutional Court orders review of Konstantin Kotov’s conviction under ‘Dadin’ Article

Week-ending 31 January 2020 RUSSIAN FEDERATION: KONSTANTIN KOTOV SHOULD BE RELEASED, “DADIN’S ARTICLE” REPEALED  On 27 January 2020, Russia’s Constitutional Court ordered a review of the conviction of activist Konstantin…

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