Dozhd TV channel released a film about the abuse of Alexey Navalny in the penal colony Konstantin Goldenzweig produced a large report entitled "Tortures for Navalny: who he is surrounded by in the colony, how they compromise and break him". In this film, former prisoners of the penal colony No. 2 in Pokrov, where Alexey Navalny is serving his sentence, describe how they were forced to behave with Alexei. Journalists spoke to Nariman Osmanov and Yevgeny Burak, who had once served their [...]

The case of the Ingush protest leaders On November 8, a hearing was held at the Kislovodsk City Court at which the case of the leaders of the Ingush opposition was considered, namely the case of Achmed Barachoew, Musa Malsagow, Ismail Nalgiew, Sarifa Sautiewa, Malsag Uschakow, Bagaudin Chautiew and Barach Tschemursiew. They have been charged with organising violence at a rally in Magas in 2019. The opposition leaders are also accused of creating or participating in an extremist society. As a reminder, [...]

Alexey Navalny was registered as inclined to extremism and terrorism The administration of penal colony No. 2 in Pokrov removed the politician Alexey Navalny from the register list as inclined to escape, but put him on the register list as inclined to terrorism and extremism. This was reported on the politician's Instagram page. "A certain police officer sent a report that the convicted Navalny professes extremist and terrorist ideology. It is proposed to register Navalny as an extremist and a terrorist," Navalny [...]

Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of "Novaya Gazeta", wins the Nobel Peace Prize Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of "Novaya Gazeta", and Philippine journalist Maria Ressa have won the Nobel Peace Prize. This was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. "Since its founding in 1993, "Novaya Gazeta" has published critical articles on topics ranging from corruption, police violence, illegal arrests, election manipulation, troll factories and the use of Russian troops inside and outside Russia. Opponents of "Novaya Gazeta" responded with threats, violence and murders. [...]

  Tortures in Russian prison colonies Gulagu.net human rights project has received 40 gigabytes of footage of tortures and rape of prisoners in Russian prison colonies. According to Gulagu.net founder Vladimir Osechkin, "the secret archive of the intelligence services" was given to human rights activists by a programmer who had access to the computers of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Saratov Oblast for five years during his imprisonment. In September, Gulagu.net already published five photos with scenes of sexual abuse and [...]

The murder of Anna Politkovskaya: 15 years later On October 7, 2021 the statute of limitations on the murder of "Novaya Gazeta" journalist Anna Politkovskaya expired. "Novaya Gazeta" notes: "This means that those who ordered the murder, whose names have not been released to this day, have officially escaped responsibility". "The investigation has dragged on as long as it could, since the ones who ordered it was policy. And, apparently, the big one policy" says "Novaya Gazeta" deputy editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov. Despite [...]

The ECHR has recognized the Russian Federation responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko The European Court of Human Rights has recognized the Russian Federation responsible for the poisoning of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in the UK. His widow, Marina Litvinenko, was awarded compensation in amount of €100,000. The court ruling states that Russia was responsible for poisoning Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium on in the UK in 2006. The court noted that Russia failed to effectively investigate the case and [...]