Justice For North Caucasus

Amnesty International’s Annual Report 2013, Russian Federation Head of state Vladimir Putin (replaced Dmitry Medvedev in May) Head of government Dmitry Medvedev (replaced Vladimir Putin in May) Background Freedom of assembly Freedom of expression Discrimination Human rights defenders Torture and other ill-treatment Justice system North Caucasus Amnesty International Reports Amnesty International Visits

Increasing peaceful political [...]

Monday, April 22, 2013

Paul Goble             Staunton, April 22 – “As many as 90 percent” of Russian young people do not see a place for themselves among the officially registered political parties, and consequently, some experts say, the conviction is growing among a portion of the country’s youth that only by going underground can they [...]

MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013

Paul Goble             Staunton, April 1 – Citizens of the Russian Federation who have failed to obtain justice in Russian courts have frequently appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. That has so embarrassed the Kremlin that its operatives appear to have taken what would be illicit steps to [...]

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013

Paul Goble             Staunton, March 27 – More than 23,000 citizens of the Russian Federation, a large percentage of them non-Russians from the North Caucasus, sought political asylum in Europe in 2012, a number that ranks Russia just behind Afghanistan and Syria and ahead of Iraq, Somalia and China, according to Eurostat, [...]

TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2013 Paul Goble             Staunton, March 5 – Stalin’s death sixty years ago today led the release of most of those incarcerated in the GULAG, and many Russians believe now that his demise led to the end of repression in the Soviet Union (interfax.ru/russia/news.asp?id=293675). But while the extent of such repression did decline, [...]

New Russian Legislation Undermines Moscow’s Claims to Strengthen Country’s Unity Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 6 January 14, 2013 04:11 PM By: Valery Dzutsev

On January 9, President Vladimir Putin proposed amendments to existing legislation that are widely seen as tightly restricting movement within the Russian Federation. The new amendments will apply to foreign [...]

We are welcoming a ‘Dictator’

05 Dec, 2012

RF President Vladimir Putin will be arriving to Turkey tomorrow for meeting with the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council. The goal of $100 billion trade volume is defined by the highest level of bilateral relations in both countries with a nationwide interest. As we get from [...]