The pro-Putin United Russia party has re-criminalised defamation, just half a year since it was decriminalised on the initiative of ex-president...
Duma criminalises defamation in attempt to silence opposition
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CATEGORY: Russia
Open letter | Russian NGO law threatens free speech
Last week the Russian parliament pushed through a bill that in its current form would brand non-profit organisations receiving funds from abroad as...
Russia prepares internet blacklist
A draft law is set to create a digital blacklist of Russian websites which promote drugs or suicide or contain contain porn or "extremist"...
Pussy Riot supporters detained for protesting against criminal prosecution
Tens of people gathered near Moscow's Tagansky Court on Wednesday to protest against the prosecution of members of feminist punk group Pussy Riot....
Russian opposition activists questioned over anti-Putin rallies
Russian investigators are planning to question 600 people accused of participating in clashes with police during an anti-Putin rally on 6 May. More...
Moscow radio host stabbed after “anti-Muslim” comments
Moscow journalist Sergei Aslanyan was stabbed repeatedly earlier this week. Anslanyan, who specialises in motoring and hosts a programme on state...
Russian gay community persecuted
Holding rallies and demonstrations is a right, specified in article 31 of the Russian constitution and one which is regularly abused by Russian...
Police crack down on Moscow “Occupy” protests
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...
Russian punk collective Pussy Riot speaks exclusively to Index
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...
Protests, mass arrests and clashes with police mark Vladimir Putin’s inauguration
Following an inauguration ceremony on Monday, Vladimir Putin is once again Russia's president. After an absence of four years, Putin won a third...
Television presenter tells President Medvedev he often faces censorship
One of Russia's best known television news presenters Alexey Pivovarov revealed the extent of state media censorship during President Dmitry...
Putin critic Shevchuk concerts cancelled in Siberia
DDT, one of Russia's biggest rock bands, have had several concerts in Siberian cites cancelled according to frontman Yuri Shevchuk. He has said that...
