October 12, 2015 Nuclear Russia, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Two decades of legal harassment dissolve Bellona Murmansk as a Russian NGO – but it will continue its work Twenty years ago this month, Bellona’s still nascent offices in Murmansk were raided by the FSB, the successor organization to…
October 8, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games BREAKING: Vitishko appeal granted, but ecologist remains in prison pending further court reviews The Tambov Regional court has declared the ruling of a lower court denying imprisoned environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko a less onerous…
October 6, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Environmental prisoner Vitishko on hunger strike Yevgeny Vitishko, the environmentalist imprisoned for his vociferous opposition to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, has announced an indefinite…
October 5, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian Rights Council leader defends environmental and human rights groups to Putin Mikhail Fedotov, the head of the Presidential Council on Civil Society Development and Human Rights, blasted in a meeting with…
October 2, 2015 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Putin to re-examine case of imprisoned environmentalist Vitishko In his first known public remarks on the imprisonment of environmentalist Yevgeny Vitishko, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he would…
