Posts Tagged ‘Dmitry Medvedev’

Orlando Figes: a victory for Russian history

May 14th, 2009

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A St Petersburg court has confirmed that the police raid on Gulag archive Memorial was illegal
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Medvedev to revise treason bill

January 29th, 2009

Russia’s President Medvedev has said he will seek to revise a new treason bill backed by Prime Minister Putin. (more…)

An open letter to President Medvedev

December 8th, 2008

Memorial’s historical archive must be restored immediately. An open letter from Orlando Figes and some of the world’s leading academics
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The future of the Russian media

March 11th, 2008

On 4 March, to mark the publication of its latest issue, ‘How Free is the Russian Media?’, Index on Censorship hosted a discussion in London and Moscow on the future of the Russian media under President Medvedev. The discussion featured John Kampfner, Arkady Babchenko (author of One Soldier’s War in Chechnya), Maria Eismont (New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow), Alexander Verkhovsky (Sova Centre, Moscow), Natalia Rostova (Novaya Gazeta), Oleg Panfilov (Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations), Maria Yulikova (Carnegie Centre) and Sergei Bachinin (Vyatsky Nablyudatel’) and Anna Sevortian (Centre for Development of Democracy).

The event was supported by the Open Society Foundation and the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway.

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