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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleDuma 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...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticlePresident 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...
View ArticleRussia: 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...
View ArticleHuman 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...
View ArticleRussia: 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...
View ArticleSnowden “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...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticleU.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...
View ArticleDuma 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...
View ArticleRussia 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...
View ArticlePresident 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...
View ArticleRussia: 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...
View ArticleHuman 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...
View ArticleRussia: 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...
View ArticleSnowden “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...
View ArticleRussia 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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