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March 4, 2009

Neo-Nazis call for violence and intimidation against Research Center SOVA

The Director of Russian Research Center SOVA along with the colleagues are repeatedly subjected to threats from Neo-Nazi groups.

March 2, 2009

U.S. criticizes the Russian Federation in human rights report

The State Department of the United States criticized the Russian Federation, saying civil liberties there were “under siege” and the war with Georgia last summer resulted in heavy civilian casualties.

February 27, 2009

Solidarnost movement calls on Putin to resign

Russian opposition rallied about 350 people in central Moscow on February, 21 to demand early presidential elections, the latest sign of public anger over the government’s handling of a deepening economic crisis.

February 25, 2009

Four defendants on Politkovskaya case found not guilty

The jury in the murder trial of Anna Politkovskaya has reached a verdict. Jurors acquitted four men who spent the last three months sitting in a cage at the Moscow District Military Court.

February 25, 2009

‘Bloody millions. The price of the subject?’

The Russian army has started paying out compensations for the deceased soldiers and officers.

February 20, 2009

The role of NGOs in August 08 Conflict

NGOs from South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Georgia, Europe and the Russian Federation gathered in Strasbourg to discuss ways of cooperation on the August 08 Conflict.

February 18, 2009

Medvedev revives Rights Council after criticism

Following a series of murders and sharp criticism from the West, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has revived a council of human rights advisers.

February 16, 2009

Ultra-right groups threaten Russian journalists, editors and experts

Deputy Head of human rights research centre receives death threat from neo-Nazi group.

February 13, 2009

Another Russian social activist suffered severe beating

Yuri Grachev, editor of the oppositional newspaper Solnechnogorsk Forum and a deputy in the Solnechnogorsk City Council, has been attacked and severely beaten by unknown persons.