On 8 April, the Russian Ministry of Justice labelled one 'Novaya Gazeta' correspondent and two 'RFE/RL' journalists as “media foreign agents”. Separately, a 'Radio Svoboda' journalist was charged with "discrediting the army".
Russia has revoked the registration of 15 foreign organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW). The announcement came on
Today (March 31), President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Armed Forces will draft 134,500 men over the next three months and release a similar number of soldiers who have completed their service (Pravo.gov.ru, March 31). Russia has always faced problems with its twice-a-year draft: On the one hand, young men and their families do not want to have their …
After two weeks of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, the majority of Russian society apparently still supports the aggression. Pro-government opinion poll organizations cheerfully report 71 percent backing for the “special operation” and 84 percent of Russians trusting their military (ЕADaily, March 6). The conclusions of independent sociologists, based on browsed social network content, suggest those figures are only somewhat …