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Moscow’s Sanctions Tit-for-Tat Threatens to Kill the “Reset”

This week the State Department has placed some 64 Russian officials on a visa blacklist that would prevent them from entering the United States. These Russian prosecutors and policemen all played a...

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U.S.–Russia Trade and the Magnitsky Act

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (H.R. 4405), a measure designed to promote human rights in Russia. The committee’s...

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Duma to Crack Down Against Foreign-Funded NGOs

Last Friday, Russia’s Kommersant, a leading newspaper, reported that United Russia, the ruling political party, is about to submit a bill in the Duma that would tighten the activity of non-governmental...

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Russia Conducts Unannounced Searches of Human Rights Groups

Newscom Russian law enforcement agents have conducted hundreds of unannounced searches of Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Authorities have searched 600 organizations across the country...

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President Obama’s Half-Hearted Magnitsky List

PhotoXpress/ZumaPress/Newscom The Departments of State and Treasury have released their public version of the “Magnitsky List”—18 Russian nationals who have committed gross human rights violations and...

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Russia: Putin Uses Courts to Crush Opposition

Krasilnikov Stanislav Itar-Tass Photos/Newscom KYIV, UKRAINE—Russia’s leading anti-corruption blogger, attorney and political activist Alexei Navalny, appeared in court Wednesday accused of...

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Human Rights Watch Decries Russia Opposition Crackdown

SERGEI CHIRIKOV/EPA/Newscom Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently released a scathing new report focused on the crackdown on Russia’s civil society. Since December 2011, the Kremlin has committed to...

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Russia: Kerry’s Chilly Kremlin Reception

Alexandra Mudrats/ZUMA Press/Newscom This past Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Vladimir Putin of Russia in the Kremlin. Kerry was seeking to repair frayed ties with Russia and...

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Snowden “on a Leash”: The High-Stakes Game in Russia

Guardian/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/EPA/Newscom President Obama is considering cancellation of his summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the September G-20 confab over Russia’s harboring...

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Russia Silences Political Opponents Through Judicial Abuse

Newscom Outspoken anti-corruption crusader and whistleblower Alexei Navalny may face up to 10 years in prison in Russia for money laundering. Just weeks ago, a Russian court suspended a sentence he was...

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U.S.–Russia Trade and the Magnitsky Act

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (H.R. 4405), a measure designed to promote human rights in Russia. The committee’s...

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Duma to Crack Down Against Foreign-Funded NGOs

Last Friday, Russia’s Kommersant, a leading newspaper, reported that United Russia, the ruling political party, is about to submit a bill in the Duma that would tighten the activity of non-governmental...

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Russia Conducts Unannounced Searches of Human Rights Groups

Newscom Russian law enforcement agents have conducted hundreds of unannounced searches of Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Authorities have searched 600 organizations across the country...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

President Obama’s Half-Hearted Magnitsky List

PhotoXpress/ZumaPress/Newscom The Departments of State and Treasury have released their public version of the “Magnitsky List”—18 Russian nationals who have committed gross human rights violations and...

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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Russia: Putin Uses Courts to Crush Opposition

Krasilnikov Stanislav Itar-Tass Photos/Newscom KYIV, UKRAINE—Russia’s leading anti-corruption blogger, attorney and political activist Alexei Navalny, appeared in court Wednesday accused of...

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Human Rights Watch Decries Russia Opposition Crackdown

SERGEI CHIRIKOV/EPA/Newscom Human Rights Watch (HRW) recently released a scathing new report focused on the crackdown on Russia’s civil society. Since December 2011, the Kremlin has committed to...

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Russia: Kerry’s Chilly Kremlin Reception

Alexandra Mudrats/ZUMA Press/Newscom This past Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met President Vladimir Putin of Russia in the Kremlin. Kerry was seeking to repair frayed ties with Russia and...

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Snowden “on a Leash”: The High-Stakes Game in Russia

Guardian/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/EPA/Newscom President Obama is considering cancellation of his summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the September G-20 confab over Russia’s harboring...

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Russia Silences Political Opponents Through Judicial Abuse

Newscom Outspoken anti-corruption crusader and whistleblower Alexei Navalny may face up to 10 years in prison in Russia for money laundering. Just weeks ago, a Russian court suspended a sentence he was...

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