Замоскворецкий суд Москвы сегодня вынес решение по делу «Ив Роше»: Алексей Навальный получил 3 года 6 месяцев условно, а его брат Олег - 3 года 6 месяцев тюремного заключения. Дело «Ив Роше» — одно из нескольких уголовных дел, инициированных российскими правоохранительными органами, которые ставят
Security think-tanks and expert communities in the Western world are perpetuating the dangerous myth that Muslim radicalisation is rife in Central Asia.
Central Asian security services have been abducting their countries’ citizens from Russia to stand trial on trumped-up charges. And the Russian police have been helping them.
Russia’s present troubles would suggest that the left-wing opposition finally has a chance to be heard. But how is that possible when so many of them have been in bed with Putin for years …
До «черного вторника» 16 декабря вопрос об отставке Путина и досрочных выборах выглядел совершенно безосновательно. Но сейчас необходимо и этот пусть и по-прежнему маловероятный сценарий обсуждать. In English
The Kremlin has adopted a deliberate strategy – to let the rouble continue falling as the 'lesser of two evils'; and protect President Putin’s core support base.
Until Black Tuesday on 16 December 2014, 15 years after Vladimir Putin first took power, there were no grounds to suggest he might resign or call snap elections. Now there are. На русском языке
Dear oDR Reader,The Sakharov Centre in Moscow is currently facing unplanned inspections, with threats of closure or registration as a Foreign Agent.
Even as the Russian rouble responds to Central Bank intervention, people are taking to the streets in search of imported goods. Meanwhile, President Putin makes a few phone calls.
As the rouble collapses, residents of Tomsk have long memories — from Black Tuesday 1994 to Black Tuesday 2014.
Americans can no longer adopt Russian children, so now the government is encouraging more Russians to adopt. But without much success.
Chechen women have to be very careful about what they wear because of Ramzan Kadyrov’s ‘virtue campaign.’
