February 14, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia’s most enthusiastic environmental group shuts down over ‘foreign agent’ accusation Russia’s foreign agent law has ground another environmental group out of existence as Akrhangelsk’s youth group Aetas – which led…
January 31, 2018 Arctic, Russian human rights issues Norway says radiation levels around sunken Russian sub safe for now A new report published by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority has said that radiation levels near a Russian nuclear submarine…
January 16, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russian lawmakers take a giant step toward blacklisting individuals as ‘foreign agents’ Russia’s parliament, the Duma, has passed in the first reading amendments that would allow the government to name individuals as…
January 15, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Attack on Russian environmentalist linked to lavish mansion for Putin’s prime minister In an explosive allegation, Russian investigative journalists have reported that a prominent environmental activist may have been beaten late last…
January 10, 2018 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law, Sochi Olympic Games Russian group that highlighted Olympic environmental graft cleared from ‘foreign agent’ list A Russian environmental non-profit that made its name revealing luxury vacation homes and corrupt construction deals connected to Kremlin insiders…