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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.
New crimes of Colonel Budanov
After an early release of former colonel Yuri Budanov, accused in rape and murder of a young Chechen woman Elza Kungayeva, evidence of his involvement in murder of three more Chechen residents is revealed.
Danger overhangs editor of Echo Moskvy Radio
After a string of murders targeting journalists in the Russian Federation, their security is still in question.
Russian Federation reviewed under the UPR
On the morning of 4 February 2009, the Working Group on the UPR examined the human rights situation in the Russian Federation. The large delegation was led by the Justice Minister, Aleksandr Konovalov, right. Over 60 States attempted to present a broad range of questions and recommendations, although time constraints resulted in over 20 States being unable to speak.