October 5, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Russia to answer for its ‘foreign agent’ law in European Court of Human Rights Russia’s Justice Ministry is finally ready to offer a defense of its “foreign agent” law which says the 2012 legislation…
September 26, 2017 Industrial Pollution, Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law New Russian pollution report long on scary data, short on solutions In another surprisingly frank pronouncement on Russia’s health, the country’s environmental oversight agency has said 16 million of its citizens…
September 4, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law Youth ecology and recycling group named newest Russian ‘foreign agent’ Mere days after an apparent softening of the foreign agent law, Russia’s Justice Ministry has targeted a group that organizes…
August 25, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Russian NGO law In rare twist, eco-group taken off ‘foreign agent’ list In an unexpected ease of hostilities toward environmental groups, the Kola Ecological Center was peeled off the Ministry of Justice’s…
August 8, 2017 Russian human rights issues, Sochi Olympic Games Post Olympic construction again threatens water in Sochi Post Olympic ski resort expansion around Sochi is again threatening drinking water supplies for hundreds and thousands of Black Sea…
