On the nominations to PACE’s Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces

26 January 2026 On 26 January 2026 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved a list of Participants in the Assembly’s Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic…

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Leonid Nikitinsky: A slice of Strasbourg pie for ‘foreign agents’

23 October 2024 By Leonid Nikitinsky  Source: Novaya gazeta Russia will undoubtedly pay no compensation to so called 'foreign agents' who have won their case at the European Court of…

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Ilya Shablinsky: Do I believe that my country will at some point have to return – in suffering and shame – to this international order? Of course, I do.

2 February 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky, doctor of jurisprudence and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Spektr] Today’s Russian Federation, Putin's government, is withdrawing…

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Leonid Nikitinsky: On draft legislation denouncing a number of European conventions

19 January 2023 The president has proposed that the Duma denounce several European conventions. To what end—no one understands. Except maybe on principle. by Leonid Nikitinsky, columnist for Novaya gazeta…

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Ilya Shablinsky: Protection of civil rights in a grey area. Russia has withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights, which is very convenient for the bureaucracy, but harmful to all Russians

15 June 2022 by Ilya Shablinsky, legal expert and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Независимая газета] On 11 June a law came into force…

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Mikhail Fedotov: ‘An independent court is a good thing―but double-edged’

3 June 2022 Mikhail Fedotov, a lawyer and laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group human rights prize, talks about how Russia could create a supranational human rights body to replace…

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Elena Lukyanova: This is a state not bound by law

8 June 2022 Aleksandr Zhelenin interviewed Elena Lukyanova for Rosbalt Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Rosbalt] "Russians are now going to live in a closed space, cut off from all…

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OVD-Info Weekly Bulletin No. 257: Remove the witnesses

12 June 2022 OVD-Info is a Moscow-based NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests and prosecutions in Russia. Each week OVD-Info publishes a bulletin with the latest news, which is translated here. To receive…

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Karinna Moskalenko: And Europe should learn its lessons from this too

28 May 2022 by Karinna Moskalenko Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Facebook] The International Protection Centre has received notification from the European Court of Human Rights that the long-awaited…

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Karinna Moskalenko: Learn lessons and start a new drive to join the Council of Europe. But, first of all, the current madness must be stopped

20 May 2022 by Karinna Moskalenko, human rights lawyer and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Фейсбук] There is a “Ministerial” in Turin (Italy) today…

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