The Khamovnichesky court in Moscow has prolonged the detention of three Pussy Riot members until 12 January. The term of their arrest should have expired on 24 July, but the judge complied with the prosecution's application to prolong the detention...
The pro-Putin United Russia party has re-criminalised defamation, just half a year since it was decriminalised on the initiative of ex-president Dmitry Medvedev. The move is in line with Russian government's authoritarian response to a number of...
Last week the Russian parliament pushed through a bill that in its current form would brand non-profit organisations receiving funds from abroad as “foreign agents” and would require them to take part in a stringent reporting process. Opponents say...
A draft law is set to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites which promote drugs or suicide or contain contain porn or "extremist" materials. The draft law would allow websites to be blacklisted without judicial oversight --- it merely...
Tens of people gathered near Moscow's Tagansky Court on Wednesday to protest against the prosecution of members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Three activists locked themselves in a cage near the court building and police struggled hard to...
Russian investigators are planning to question 600 people accused of participating in clashes with police during an anti-Putin rally on 6 May. More than 1,200 people have already been interviewed, one of whom--- Stepan Zimin --- faces criminal...
Moscow journalist Sergei Aslanyan was stabbed repeatedly earlier this week. Anslanyan, who specialises in motoring and hosts a programme on state Mayak radio station, was attacked on 29 May after a stranger called him and asked to leave...
Holding rallies and demonstrations is a right, specified in article 31 of the Russian constitution and one which is regularly abused by Russian authorities. Since 31 July 2009 the opposition has held protests in support of peaceful assembly on the...
Vladimir Putin’s inauguration on 7 May was marked with mass protest actions, arrests and clashes with police, which have continued for the last two weeks and seem unlikely to stop. Since the inaguration ceremony, protesters have been holding an...
A Moscow court has confirmed that three women accused of being members of Pussy Riot can be held in prison until trial. Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Semutsevich had appealed against an earlier decision to keep them in...