Before 24 November, Turkey was described in Russian news reports as a reliable partner in ambitious projects, a source of fruits and
The Russia-Turkey crisis is feeding a new propaganda war between the countries
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CATEGORY: Russia
“Fear peninsula”: How Russia closed down media freedom in Crimea
Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Tetiana Pechonchyk outlines the ways Russia has curtailed press freedom in Crimea
Russia: Media freedom NGO faces closure
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF) to the list of NGOs it considers foreign agents
Russia: Blasphemy law has aided the growth of religious censorship
Since the amended blasphemy law came into force in July 2013, Russian journalists have faced a growth of religious censorship
Russia’s regional media: Cowed, controlled and silenced
When the Tomsk-based station TV-2 ceased broadcasting earlier this year, Siberia lost one of its few independent stations
Russia: Attempted murder of Oleg Kashin a symbol of impunity for attacks on journalists
On 6 November 2010, prominent Russian journalist Oleg Kashin was badly beaten with a steel pipe on his doorstep and nearly killed
Russia’s targeting of NGOs ensnares journalist associations
Most of the Russian NGOs defending freedom of the press are blacklisted as “foreign agents”, while facing excessive pressure for non-compliance, writes Mapping Media Freedom correspondent Andrey Kalikh
Anastasia Vladimirova: A ruthless crackdown on independent media
Index on Censorship youth advisory board member Anastasia Vladimirova explains why she thinks Russia’s NGO law curtails independent media
Padraig Reidy: When Putin met the Pope
What might have happened when the leader of the world’s largest state met the leader of the world’s smallest?
Padraig Reidy: Doubting Cambridge University Press’s commitment to academic freedom
CUP are still refusing to publish Putin’s Kleptocracy by Karen Dawisha for fear of libel action — despite saying they have no reason to doubt the veracity of the work
Russia seeks to gag UN high commissioner on human rights
As so often at the sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council, some interventions by states go unnoticed, but one in particular — Russia’s — must be called out
#IndexAwards2015: Campaigning nominee Soldiers’ Mothers
Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia is an NGO network dedicated to improving transparency and exposing human rights abuses in the Russian military
