Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Lethally Dangerous Name ‘Navalny’
17 June 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV Up until today, the most seditious word in Russia was “war.” Now we have added “Navalny.” In Kazan, a court fined a…
CSO of the Week: Aleksei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
Week-ending 3 December 2021 The banning and designation as 'extremist' of Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, along with other organisations associated with him, which Amnesty International has described as 'one of…
Memorial Human Rights Centre: The criminal case against Aleksei Navalny and his associates for organizing an ‘extremist group’ is politically motivated
29 October 2021 We believe the designation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and other structures run by Navalny as extremist to be unlawful. The organizations did not violate Russian law. Source:…
Law of the Week: Extremism legislation used to prosecute peaceful political opposition
Week-ending 26 November 2021 Anti-extremism legislation is being used to prosecute peaceful, political opposition activities. In particular, the designating of organisations as 'extremist' is used to bring politically motivated prosecutions…
Legal Case of the Week: Jehovah’s Witness charged with extremism acquitted by court in Vladivostok
Week-ending 26 November 2021 On 22 November 2021 a court in Vladivostok acquitted Dmitry Barmakin, a Jehovah's Witness, of charges of extremism in the first such acquittal for a member…
Law of the Week: Anti-extremism legislation used to suppress freedoms of association, expression and conscience
Wee-ending 19 November 2021 The Russian legislation on extremism has been used, among other things, to prosecute Jehovah's Witnesses and to outlaw organisations supporting Aleksei Navalny. This week Fedor Telin,…
Legal Case of the Week: Liliya Chanyseva charged with ‘extremism’, remanded in custody
Week-ending 12 November 2021 teamchanysheva / facebook via The Moscow Times This week Liliya Chanysheva, who used to head the support group for Aleksei Navalny in the Bashkortostan region, was…
Legal Case of the Week: Four Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to long terms in prison.
Week-ending 24 September 2021 On 23 September 2021 a district court in Volgograd sentenced four Jehovah’s Witnesses to more than six years in prison each on charges of extremism. Valery…
Law of the Week: Article 236 of the Russian Criminal Code (Violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules)
Week-ending 3 September 2021 This week (on 30 August 2021) Article 236 of the Russian Criminal Code, 'Violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules', was used to sentence Moscow municipal lawmaker…
Aleksandr Verkhovsky on how Russia fights extremism and xenophobia
17 June 2021 Radio Liberty interviews Aleksandr Verkhovsky, director of the Sova Centre Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Радио Свобода] Russia is fighting extremism and xenophobia with all its strength.…