16 March 2022 by Viktor Kogan-Yasny, writer, political and civil society activist and commentator, advisor to the chair of the Yabloko party Analysing surveys of public opinion in a dictatorship…
Week-ending 13 November 2020 "The Constitutional Court ought to declare laws unconstitutional if they create contradictions and problems. [...] There are several wordings that should be recognised as unconstitutional, but…
Week-ending 3 July 2020 Putin Signs Decree On Constitutional Amendments, Changes Take Effect July 4 MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that will bring into force a sweeping…
A war for nullification (22.06.2020) 22 June 2020 Lev Ponomarev, chair of the national NGO For Human Rights and member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original…
20 June 2020 Lev Ponomarev, chairof the national NGO For Human Rights, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Echo of Moscow] Quarantine restrictions in…
4 April 2020 Hi, Natasha Korchenkova During these challenging days and weeks, when whole countries are stuck in lockdown, it’s worth pointing out those who are now most vulnerable. That’s…
27 March 2020 By Arkady Liubarev, election expert Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy] Voting on the non-referendum – Aleksandr Kynev invented this word – has been postponed indefinitely.…
This week Simon Cosgrove and Sergei Nikitin talk with Lev Ponomarev (pictured left), long-time head of For Human Rights, one of Russia's leading human rights NGOs. This podcast is in the Russian…
11 March 2020 Petition to the Council of Europe to urgently conduct a legal assessment of the amendments to the Russian Constitution! Source: Change.org Citizens of Russia, Please show your…
Photo: Anna Artemeva / Novaya gazeta 6 March 2020 Anita Soboleva is a senior lawyer with the Institute of Law and Public Policy, a senior lecturer in the department of…