Remember the Date: On 23 November 2006 Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning

Aleksandr Litvinenko in 2002. Source: Wikipedia On 23 November 2006 the former Russian intelligence officer Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning in London. As The Moscow Times reports, on 1…

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ECtHR Ruling of the Week: Russia violated its obligations to protect Natalia Estemirova’s right to life by failing to effectively investigate her abduction and killing

Week-ending 3 September 2021 This week the European Court of Human Rights handed down one judgment in the case of Estemirova v. Russia, finding violations of Article 2 (right to…

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