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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.
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.
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.
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.
‘Bloody millions. The price of the subject?’
The Russian army has started paying out compensations for the deceased soldiers and officers.
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.
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.
Ultra-right groups threaten Russian journalists, editors and experts
Deputy Head of human rights research centre receives death threat from neo-Nazi group.
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.