Mikhail Fedotov: “If the State Duma can pass any law it likes, let it abolish the universal law of gravity.”

19 April 2022 Mikhail Fedotov in conversation with Petr Godlevsky Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Rosbalt]  Mikhail Fedotov is secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, former Minister…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 22 April 2022]

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Sarah Gear reviews ‘The Putin System’ by Grigory Yavlinsky

26 April 2022 by Sarah Gear Sarah Gear reviews The Putin System: An Opposing View by Grigory Yavlinsky, Columbia University Press, NY [Hardback 2019]. pp231. £22 ISBN 9780231190305. Reading Grigory Yavlinsky’s The Putin System in…

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‘Destination: The Hague.’ An interview with international lawyer Sergei Golubok on who faces retribution for war crimes in Ukraine and when [Novaya gazeta]

20 April 2022 by Irina Tumakova, special to Novaya Gazeta. Europe An interview with international lawyer Sergei Golubok on who faces retribution for war crimes in Ukraine and when Source:…

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Simon Cosgrove: A look back at the past week in Russia [week-ending 22 April 2022]

24 April 2022 By Simon Cosgrove Simon is chair of Rights in Russia but writes these comments in a personal capacity and they may not necessarily represent the views of the…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: No children’s camp. How children end up as raw material for totalitarianism [The Insider]

16 April 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: The Insider The stern Russian state takes a harsh and distrustful view of children. In the minds of the authorities, children can become…

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