12 August 2021 Memorial Human Rights Centre has recognized an additional 36 Jehovah's Witnesses as political prisoners and a further 91 Jehovah's Witnesses as victims of politically motivated prosecutions. Source:…
10 August 2021 Olga Bendas has been sentenced to two years in a penal colony for assaulting a police officer by ‘striking the officer’s bulletproof jacket and helmet.’ Source: Memorial…
The Moscow Times: Russian authorities have declared an interregional state of emergency as tough-to-contain forest fires threaten the country’s top-secret nuclear weapons research center, Interfax reported Tuesday, citing the emergencies ministry. Wildfires have…
The Moscow Times: Russia on Monday reported 19,454 new coronavirus cases and 776 pandemic deaths. RFE/RL: Russia's Prosecutor-General’s Office has deemed four evangelical groups from Latvia and Ukraine as "undesirable,"…
RFE/RL: Russia reported 20,564 new coronavirus cases on August 22, taking the national tally to 6,747,087. The fresh figures include 1,661 in Moscow and 1,481 in St. Petersburg. The Russian…
The Moscow Times: Russia on Saturday reported 21,000 new coronavirus cases and 797 pandemic deaths. The Moscow Times: Russian police Saturday detained a handful of journalists in central Moscow protesting…
The Moscow Times: Russia on Friday reported 20,992 new coronavirus cases and 785 pandemic deaths. Amnesty International: The anniversary of Aleksei Navalny poisoning and attempted killing marks one year of…
The Guardian: Exactly one year ago, I did not die from poisoning by a chemical weapon, and it would seem that corruption played no small part in my survival. Having…
The Moscow Times: Russia on Wednesday reported 20,914 new coronavirus cases and 799 pandemic deaths. RFE/RL: On the 30th anniversary of a coup that failed to stop democratic reforms in…
RFE/RL: The number of political prisoners in Russia has increased to at least 410, the Moscow-based Memorial Human Rights Center said. In its latest updated accounting of political prisoners released on August…