August 9, 2018 Nikitin Case, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law From modest beginnings, ERC Bellona reaches 20 – against long odds Twenty years ago this summer, a small environmental agency founded by an accused spy opened its doors in St. Petersburg…
June 19, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia’s Justice Ministry Defends ‘foreign agent’ law by saying everybody has one In a case that’s been dragging on for more than two years, Moscow’s Justice Ministry has said its law against…
May 30, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian Supreme Court upholds travel ban on Norwegian newspaper editor A Norwegian newspaper editor has lost a Kafkaesque case before Russia’s Supreme Court where he sought to challenge a travel…
May 29, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law St Petersburg Economic Forum panelists trash Russian environmental movement Discussions at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum included a wide-ranging bash of environmentalism in Russia, with Sergei Ivanov, president…
March 19, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law As Putin begins fourth term, Russia’s nonprofit sector continues to erode The results of yesterday’s presidential election in Russia surprised exactly no one and Vladimir Putin has swept to power once…
