Analysis highlights problems with Russian anti extremist legislation online

28.03.2012 16:07   Vyacheslav Kozlov, edited by Karina Ayvazova

On Wednesday the analytical center "Sova" presented their annual report on the "Misuse of anti-extremist legislation in Russia in 2011". Similar reports......

Medvedev intervenes to help liberal Journalist to enter to Russia after FSB ban

27.03.2012 13:21   News dept

Natalya Morar, a reporter for the liberal Russian magazine 'The New Times' is now able to enter Russia after receiving a personal invitation from Dmitry......

Suspected rapist policeman arrested in Kazan, another victim testified

20.03.2012 18:58   Anastassia Berseneva, edited by Semyon Kvasha

Two more policemen were arrested in Kazan. Ainur Rakhmatullin and Amir Sharafullin are accused of power abuse and use of violence, earlier they were fired......

Belarus executes two men for subway bombing

19.03.2012 18:16   Gazeta.ru team

Belarus state television reported late on Saturday that Vladislav Kovalyov and Dmitry Konovalov, convicted of carrying out terror attacks in the Minsk......

Moscow authorities refuse Magnitsky rally request, citing improper subject matter

19.03.2012 14:42   News dept

Moscow city government refused to sign off on a rally, planned to take place on March 24, against law enforcement actions in the case against Sergey......

Man allegedly beaten, sodomized, and killed at a police station in Kazan

12.03.2012 19:01   Daria Zagvozdina, Vyacheslav Kozlov, edited by Semyon Kvasha

A man died in Kazan, Tatarstan, after he was detained for petty hooliganism and taken to police station where he was allegedly beaten and sodomized with a......

The only college for mentally challenged to close

22.02.2012 23:18   Varvara Petrenko, Natalia Ziganshina, edited by Robert Gally

Moscow's only professional education institution for mentally challenged teenagers, the Center of Social and Labor Adaptation and Vocational Guidance, is......

Opposition activist verdict cancelled after Medvedev called it "harsh"

15.02.2012 12:27   Dmitry Karelin, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Smolensk city court cancelled the verdict of Taisiya Osipova, an activist from the opposition "The Other Russia" movement who was sentenced to 10 years in......

Tomsk duma speaker offers to burn opposition activists at stake

09.02.2012 17:39   News dept

Speaker of the city Duma of Tomsk, Sergey Ilyinix, said he thinks opposition activists who call the ruling United Russia party "a party of thieves and......

Teenager beaten to death in police station to get admission of guilt

23.01.2012 17:33   Dmitry Karelin, Nikita Zeya, edited by Robert Gally

A teenager detained on suspicion of mugging died after interrogation in the Department of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg. According to investigators......