March 16, 2008 Access to information, International climate conferences, Radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel Radioactive waste train still in St. Petersburg – protesters threatened at gunpoint ST. PETERSBURG – A guard with a gun attempted to disperse environmentalists who were measuring radiation levels on a train…
March 7, 2008 Access to information, International climate conferences Unjust decisions are made behind closed doors ST. PETERSBURG - The Russian State Duma is currently reviewing a bill that would close any courtroom that lacks space…
March 3, 2008 Access to information, International climate conferences EBRD environmental policy and practice differ, say Russian ecologists ST. PETERSBURG - Despite the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD’s) history of openness and transparency regarding investment projects…
February 29, 2008 Russian NGO law Russian authorities gaining practice in liquidating NGOs – a St. Petersburg case study ST. PETERSBURG - The manner in which non-governmental organisations are audited in Russia under the country’s law on civil society…
February 18, 2008 International climate conferences, Russian NGO law UPDATE: European Parliamentarians visit Russia to check pulse of ailing NGO sector ST. PETERSBURG – Prominent German Members of European Parliament (MEPs) Rebbeca Harms and Gisela Kallenbach ended a two-day series of…
