Today, 25th October, marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, now Russia's most...

In another report from her recent visit to the Vyatlag prison complex in central Russia, Ekaterina Loushnilova is...

The judgment in the Berezovsky vs Abramovich case was a long time coming. Berezovsky lost comprehensively, but...

The murder of the lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 looks likely to trigger legislation in the United States which...

On 10th July a Moscow court extended the pre-trial detention of three members of feminist punk rock band Pussy Riot,...

Vladimir Putin’s swearing-in as President last week was accompanied by protest rallies that were brutally broken up...

Following the UK government’s bungled attempt to deport Abu Qatada, many Tory MPs have taken to heavy criticism of...

Vladimir Putin may have won Sunday’s presidential election, but his new term is unlikely to be an easy one. Russia...

Politician-blogger Alexei Navalny and writer Grigory Chkhartishvili (a.k.a Boris Akunin) conclude their dialogue...

Last Wednesday oDR and the Russia Foundation held a roundtable event reflecting on the country's disputed...

Life for ex-prisoners is not easy in any country in the world, but there are so few opportunities in provincial...

Formal hostilities may have ceased in Chechnya, but civilians continue to be abducted, tortured and murdered by the...

For many in Russia the word ‘Strasbourg’ is identified with justice and the protection of human rights and the...

It is nearly two years since Sergei Magnitsky died a shocking death in Moscow's Matrosskaya Tishina prison. Since...