Tanya Lokshina is the Europe and Central Asia Associate director at Human Rights Watch.
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Published in: oDRShrugging for Putin: Russia's flawed electionsRussia holds parliamentary elections on Sunday, but with most of the important questions already well answered,...
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Published in: oDRRussian TV: a different truth for east and west?Russia’s 9 time zones are often exploited by TV management to pull controversial programmes, but the internet has...
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Published in: oDRCaucasian prisoners (or how not to deal with militancy in Dagestan)The southern republic of Dagestan is now Russia’s most violent flashpoint. Besieged by militants from one side, the...
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Published in: oDRChechnya: choked by headscarves
In Chechnya there is official support for attacks on women when they are considered to have ‘flouted’ Islamic rules...
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Published in: oDRNatasha Estemirova: one year onOn 15 July 2009 Natasha Estemirova was kidnapped outside her flat in Grozny, bundled into a car, driven away and...
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Published in: oDRThe Black Widows of Dagestan: Media Hype and Genuine HarmOn April 9 2010, after explosions in the Moscow metro killed 39 people, rumours were circulated of 1,000 ‘black...