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Published in: oDRNot single spies, but in battalions…The new law obliging Russian NGOs receiving foreign funds to register as 'foreign agents' or spies has created a...
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Published in: oDRSentence first, verdict afterwardsThe Russian legal system’s human rights record is appalling, but the European Court in Strasbourg is powerless to...
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Published in: oDRKeeping calm and carrying onSt Petersburg's Regional Press Institute has defended Russian media rights for the last two decades. Like other...
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Published in: oDR‘Foreign Agents’ fight for survivalThe Centre for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights has achieved much in fifteen years, but now, like so...
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Published in: oDRAdministering the last human rightsRussia’s new NGO law forcing organisations to register as ‘foreign agents’ continues to take its toll. ‘Public...
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Published in: oDRWhich way?‘NGO’ has become a dirty word in Russia. The organisations most committed to helping Russia develop a meaningful...
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Published in: oDRThe disabled need not apply: prejudice and discrimination in BelarusThe excitement surrounding the Paralympics brings home just how far so many countries have come in rethinking...
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Published in: oDRRussia's police: new name, but can it change its spots?Reform of the Russian police, initiated in 2009 by then president Dmitry Medvedev, is still ongoing and mired in...
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Published in: oDRHow God came to vote for Putin: the background to Pussy RiotThe gradual intrusion of the Orthodox Church into Russian secular life and the state is something that went largely...
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Published in: oDRStrasbourg: Supreme Court of the North Caucasus
For the population of Russia’s North Caucausus, crippled by war, violence and lawlessness, the European Court of...
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Published in: oDRPalliative care in Russia: it's time to stop the suffering
In whatever country they manifest, life-limiting conditions are heartbreaking for children and their families. In...
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Published in: oDRMedia freedom in the Russian regions? You must be joking…
As the Kremlin tightens its grip even further on the Russian media, lawyer and legal rights activist Galina Arapova...
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Published in: oDRPride, prejudice — just ‘don’t say gay’ in RussiaLGBT issues have taken a battering in Russia over the last year, with a number of regions introducing repressive...
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Published in: oDRGovernment — the main source of instability in the northern CaucasusAs violence in the north Caucasus hits the headlines again, Alexander Cherkasov sees the roots of the problem in the...
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Published in: oDRThe Nationalists and the Protest Movement
The Russian opposition movement is of necessity a broad coalition, with little to hold it together but a common...
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Published in: oDRRussian government declares ‘cold war’ on civil societyThe draconian laws introduced by President Putin during his first 100 days continue to inflame hearts and minds....
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Published in: oDRRussian rights at the crossroads
Anna Sevortian and Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch present a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia
