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About Maryana Torocheshnikova

Journalist of the Moscow office of the Liberty (Svoboda) Radio. Specialises in human rights cases and judicial affairs.

Articles by Maryana Torocheshnikova

Friday 30th July

What is Strategy 31?

Maryana Torocheshnikova, 30 July 2010
For the last 12 months Russian cities have witnessed regular demonstrations to protest restrictions on the right to assemble enshrined in Article 31 in Russia’s Constitution. 31 May was no exception in Moscow, with particularly brutal police involvement. Strategy-31 is spreading: will the authorities crack down even further or will they have to compromise? First published: April 26.
Sunday 20th June

Animals in the Courtroom

Maryana Torocheshnikova, 20 June 2010
Ex-Yukos bosses Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev stand accused of a crime that even prosecutors are finding difficult to define, writes Mariana Toroschesnikova. Now foreigners are beggining to understand the real danger in Russia lies not in wild bears roaming its streets but in wild prosecutors ruling the courts.
Monday 8th June

Khodorkovsky and Lebedev on trial - again

Maryana Torocheshnikova, 8 June 2009
Surreal twists and turns as Russia's most famous oligarch reappears in court
Thursday 19th February

Politkovskaya’s murder: solved or fudged?

Maryana Torocheshnikova, 19 February 2009
A trial ended, the accused freed, a journalist's murder unsolved. We saw it coming (archive)
Tuesday 20th January

Who Killed Markelov & Baburova?

Maryana Torocheshnikova, 20 January 2009
Russia's latest contract-kiilings are a warning: don't be different.  Plus: Novaya's Gazeta's inquest, and Anastasia Baburova's moving blog
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