News of the Day: 31 August 2021
Amnesty International: In a judgment issued today, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that Russian authorities have failed to properly investigate the murder of Natalia Estemirova, a prominent…
News of the Day: 30 August 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia on Monday reported 18,325 new coronavirus cases and 792 deaths. RFE/RL: Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has warned Apple over what it called the U.S. technology…
News of the Day: 29 August 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia on Sunday reported 19,286 new coronavirus cases and 797 deaths. The Guardian: The Russian government has silenced opposition voices, approved cash payouts to potential voters, and made…
News of the Day: 28 August 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia on Saturday reported 19,492 new coronavirus cases and 799 deaths. RFE/RL: Andrei Pivovarov is perhaps the most atypical candidate in Russia’s already atypical election. Since his…
News of the Day: 27 August 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia on Friday reported 19,509 new coronavirus cases and 798 deaths. The Moscow Times: Police visits of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s supporters have spread to St.…
News of the Day: 26 August 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia on Thursday reported 19,630 new coronavirus cases and 820 deaths, a new record fatality count since the start of the pandemic. The Guardian: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei…
Rights in Russia week-ending 20 August 2021
Our round up of the week's news 14 August 2021 The Guardian: A senior BBC journalist who is to be expelled from Russia has condemned “an increasingly repressive environment” for critical journalists…
News of the Day: 25 August 2021
The Moscow Times: Russia on Wednesday reported 19,536 new coronavirus cases and 809 pandemic deaths. CPJ: Russian authorities should cease labeling news outlets as “foreign agents,” and shou ld let…
Stepan Petrov is the first indigenous rights defender to be designated as an individual ‘foreign agent’ in Russia
23 August 2021 by Dmitry Berezhkov, chief editor of Indigenous Russia Source: Indigenous Russia Blog This blog was originally published in English and is republished here by kind permission Stepan…
‘Who, if not us?’: Supporters of Russian political prisoner Yuri Dmitriev speak out
19 August 2021 by Natalia Shkurenok, a Saint-Petersburg based journalist, writing for The New Times, Snob, Colta, ArtNews Paper and Novaya Gazeta. Source: OpenDemocracy Republished by kind permission What makes…