August 17, 2012 International climate conferences, Russian NGO law UPDATE: Pussy Riot guilty on all charges of ‘hooliganism motivated by religious hatred’ and sentenced to two years in penal colony A Moscow court today found guilty the three women from punk band Pussy Riot, who taunted the Kremlin from a…
August 9, 2012 International climate conferences, Russian NGO law Judge in Pussy Riot case to deliver verdict on Aug. 17 after band lambastes Kremlin in closing remarks yesterday The judge presiding over the case of Pussy Riot, the all-female Russian punk rock collective that in February stormed Moscow’s…
August 6, 2012 Russian NGO law COMMENT: The fate of Pussy Riot and the future of Russian dissent: finding the hero in every(wo)man How will the Russian government go about jailing an idea? It’s probably the most pertinent question as the trial against…
July 21, 2012 Access to information Bellona demands Belarusian authorities release arrested environmental activist Ozharovsky Bellona demands authorities take immediate measures to release Russian environmentalist Andrei Ozharovsky, nuclear physics expert and regular author of Bellona’s…
July 13, 2012 Russian NGO law BREAKING: Russian Duma passes controversial NGO ‘foreign agent’ bill in landslide vote In a crunch session before its summer vacation, the Russia Duma on Friday passed with overwhelming support its widely criticized…
