Penal system

Monday 14th September

The Khodorkovsky-Ulitskaya correspondence

Ludmila Ulitskaya and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, 14 September 2009
An exchange between renowned novelist and jailed ex-oligarch opens a buried history
Tuesday 7th July

Legal Nihilism in Russia

Bill Bowring, 7 July 2009
In May 2008 the newly-elected President Medvedev, himself a lawyer, promised legal reform in Russia, but there are few signs of it as yet
Thursday 11th June

The Vyatlag Archipelago

Ekaterina Loushnikova, 11 June 2009
Penal colonies still hold thousands of prisoners in the Kirov Oblast
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
Tuesday 30th September

Russia and its Death Penalty

Roger Hood, 30 September 2008

Why it's time for the state to say that execution contravenes a deeper law

Friday 8th August

Chronicle of a Pyrhhic victory

Lev Usyskin, 8 August 2008
How Lev Usyskin got booked in his car for an offence he didn't commit, how he took the traffic police to court and what he learned about Russian justice from the experience
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