Week-ending 22 January 2021 On 17 January 2021 the Russian authorities arrested Aleksei Navalny when he arrived in Moscow by plane from Berlin. The next day at a court hearing…
Week-ending 15 January 2021 On 13 January 2021 Aleksei Navalny announced he would be returning to Russia on 17 January 2021. This week Russia’s Military Investigative Committee (a department subordinate…
Week-ending 8 January 2021 Photo via RFE/RL Opposition activist Yevgeny Chupov, who fled Russia in 2019 fearing possible prosecution for his political activities, has received refugee status in Bulgaria. RFE/RL…
Week-ending 1 January 2020 On 28 December human rights defender Lev Ponomarev, head of the human rights NGO For Human Rights, was designated as a 'foreign agent' along with three…
Week-ending 25 December 2020 On 21 December Aleksei Navalny, currently living in Germany after the attempt to assassinate him with Novichok, published a recording of a telephone call he claims was…
Week-ending 18 December 2020 This week Bellingcat and The Insider, in cooperation with Der Spiegel and CNN, published the outcome of a joint investigation that apparently implicates Russia’s Federal Security…
Week-ending 11 Deceember 2020 On 6 December 2020 police detained Valery Solovei, a former professor who worked at the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations until last year when…
Week-ending 4 December 2020 Source: Current Time via RFE/RL On 3 December 2020 Rita Flores, a member of Pussy Riot also known as Margarita Konovalova, was detained by police in…
Week-ending 27 November 2020 This week the German authorities announced that other items that belonged to Aleksei Navalny, in addition to the water bottle found in his Tomsk hotel room,…
Week-ending 20 November 2020 Marina Litvinenko. Photo: Litvinenko Justice Foundation Marina Litvinenko has submitted a claim to the European Court of Rights against Russia seeking €3.5m in compensation, including punitive…