Earlier this week I bumped into a tourist who, during our conversation about Edinburgh, said she was from Russia and on hearing from me that my wife was from Ukraine, hurriedly added that she also had relatives in Ukraine.
Russia has labeled the anti-Putin group an “extremist organization” The post 2 Russian Journalists Arrested on ‘Extremism’ Charges for Working With Alexei Navalny’s Foundation appeared first on TheWrap.
The Russian authorities must promptly investigate a threat made against the lives of prominent human rights lawyer Magomed Alamov and his family and provide them with effective protection, said Amnesty International. On 23 October, Magomed Alamov, who works for the non-governmental organization Crew Against Torture supporting victims of domestic violence in the North Caucasus, was threatened by relatives of a young woman who escaped her home in Ingushetia with the help of his organisation. In an
FRONTLINE takes a closer look at the different tactics that President Vladimir Putin and the government have used to clamp down on journalists in Russia, and the impact it’s had on press freedom since he came to power.