Leonid Nikitinsky: Sentences, yes; words, no. Russian lawmakers lay more mines across the field of law―to put away anyone prepared to call things by their proper names

29 June 2022 by Leonid Nikitinsky, PhD (Law), journalist, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Новая газета. Европа] A la guerre comme à la guerre:…

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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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Statement by Human Rights Defenders: ‘Throw the old junk out of the State Duma!’

14 September 2021 Pictured left: Boris Altshuler, head of the “The Right of the Child" Regional Public Organization for the Protection of Children's Rights, a member of the Moscow Helsinki…

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Eva Merkacheva: On the ban on lawyers bringing electronic devides into penal colonies.

25 May 2021 By Eva Merkasheva, journalist, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group Prize, member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Московский комсомолец] On 25…

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