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The Same Fingerprints in the Killing of Nemtsov & Politkovskaya
09.10.2015
It should have been Boris Nemtsov’s 56th birthday on Oct 9. Instead it is the first birthday since Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critic was gunned down outside the Kremlin, and two days after the ninth anniversary of the killing of another bitter critic of Putin and his regime – Anna Politkovskaya. Novaya Gazeta marked these anniversaries by “comparing the fingerprints”.
Russian jailed for 12 years for mystery ‘spying for Ukraine’
09.10.2015
In the latest of a number of ‘spying’ cases brought by Russia in the months following its annexation of Crimea, Viktor Shur, about whom virtually nothing is known, has been convicted of ‘spying for Ukraine’ and sentenced to 12 years maximum security imprisonment.
Savchenko Trial turns into Insultingly Absurd Pantomime
08.10.2015
As well as an FSB officer (or not) in make-up and a wig, a witness was heard whose account is alleged by the defence to be a lie from beginning to end but who was protected by the court and allowed to conceal information that would have immediately confirmed that his story was false
Remembering Anna Politkovskaya
08.10.2015
The division between us versus the enemies has only grown in Russia to give birth to overwhelming tones of propaganda. Anna’s country lives under what PEN has called “a tsunami of anti-free expression laws emerging in Russia, which include treating international NGO’s as foreign agents; anti-gay laws; a law permitting the blocking of websites without a court order; laws against discussing Russian history; a Religious Defamation law.”
Dear Mr. Putin, God Won’t Forgive You For This. Signed, Oleg Kashin
07.10.2015
Journalist Oleg Kashin’s letter is an indictment of what he portrays as Putin’s corruption-ridden 15-year reign that has been "a monumental moral catastrophe for our generation" and "left the nation demoralized and disoriented."
A Perfect Day For Bombing: Russian TV Forecasts Favorable Weather For Syria Strikes
06.10.2015
On October 3, state-run television channel Rossiya-24 aired an exhaustive weather bulletin describing the current climatic conditions in Syria as "very favorable" for a bombing campaign.
Russian Blind Society Journalist Sacked for calling Crimean annexation illegal
05.10.2015
Oleg Shevkun lost his post as Chief Editor of the Russian Blind Society’s Internet radio service after honestly criticizing Russia’s forced annexation of Crimea. He is one of an ever-increasing number of Crimeans and Russians who have faced dismissal or prosecution for stating the undeniable truth that Russia is in breach of international law
Savchenko returned if Ukraine ‘recognizes’ a predetermined sentence
02.10.2015
Agreement, as now suggested, to ‘extradition’ if Ukraine accepted the Russian court’s verdict could have serious implications for applications to the European Court of Human Rights whose findings in this gross case are otherwise entirely foreseeable
24-year sentence in Russia’s ‘Ukrainian Chechnya fighter’ show trial
02.10.2015
Mystery Ukrainian Alexander Malofeyev has been sentenced to 24.5 years maximum security prison, after ‘confessing’ and claiming that he fought in Chechnya together with Russia’s Ukrainian prisoners Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, as well as Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk and other prominent Ukrainians.
Nadiya Savchenko: “You can call me the artillery spotter”
30.09.2015
The hearing on Sept 29 in the trial of Nadiya Savchenko confirmed the degree to which prosecution and the court are working in unison and indicated the courage shown by Nadiya Savchenko in captivity which has probably resulted in this universally condemned judicial travesty
Russia says Poland, not USSR, was Hitler’s Ally and Responsible for Holocaust
25.09.2015
The explanation provided by Russia’s Ambassador to Venezuela for why the Soviet invasion of Poland on Sept 17 was not an invasion is disturbingly similar to the arguments presented by Vladimir Putin as justification for Russia’s annexation of Crimea
’A Politician Can’t Be Afraid’: Russian Lawmaker Loses Seat After Taking On Governor, Kremlin
25.09.2015
Lev Shlosberg, a lawmaker in Russia’s north-western Pskov region known for his relentless criticism of the Kremlin has been expelled from the local legislature, a move denounced by the opposition as politically motivated.
Savchenko demands that everybody give testimony using a lie detector
23.09.2015
Nadiya Savchenko is probably facing a 25-year sentence at the end of the ‘court trial’ which began on Sept 22., but the customary “if she is found guilty” seems entirely out of place. Nobody seriously believes that Leonid Stepanenko and two other judges, seemingly from the Russian Donetsk City Court, are any more than actors in the spectacle unfolding
75-year-old Russian activist could face 5 year sentence for peaceful protest
23.09.2015
The trial has begun in Moscow of Vladimir Ionov who is facing criminal charges over supposed administrative infringements during peaceful protests. The 75-year-old civic activist is the first person to be tried under a new article of the Criminal Code which envisages up to 5-year sentences if a court has issued three rulings on administrative offences within 180 days.
Russian jailed for 14 years for a job application
22.09.2015
Gennady Kravtsov, a 36-year-old radio engineer, has been convicted of state treason and sentenced to 14 years maximum security prison because of a letter he wrote in search of a job having waited the requisite five years after leaving his post his post in military intelligence
Russia’s opposition rallies in Moscow following much criticized elections
21.09.2015
Thousands of Russian opposition activists and their supporters rallied in Moscow, in the wake of regional elections that saw the ruling party trouncing opposition candidates in voting criticized as rigged
Moscow congress defends separatists worldwide, only not in Russia
17.09.2015
Russia’s endorsement of “the right of nations to self-determination” begins beyond its borders, including those that it has illegally redrawn. A congress of separatists from around the world is due to take place in Moscow on Sept 20, with participants’ travel costs paid for by the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia whose only disclosed income is from a Kremlin-patronized fund.
Savchenko trial - 3 judges & only the prosecution’s story allowed
16.09.2015
Among the applications from Nadiya Savchenko’s defence rejected on Tuesday was for one Kremlin-backed militant leader to be called for questioning over the total discrepancy between his testimony and that of another leader and the prosecution.
3-year sentence for criticizing Putin and Russia’s annexation of Crimea
16.09.2015
A Russian court has sentenced 56-year-old Rafis Kashapov to three years imprisonment over social network posts criticizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and aggression in eastern Ukraine. It is the first trial on charges under a new article widely believed to be aimed at silencing opposition to, among other things, Russia’s occupation of Crimea (updated)
Fined for reading poetry at civic memorial to Boris Nemtsov
16.09.2015
The 10 thousand rouble fine on Andrei Margulev for holding vigil at the place where Boris Nemtstov was gunned down was imposed by the same Moscow court that four days earlier fined two religious activists 1 (one) thousand roubles for destroying an art exhibition which they claimed offend Russian Orthodox believers.
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