A key United Russia lawmaker said Tuesday that he supported granting amnesty to suspects in the high-profile Bolotnoye case, echoing recent comments by President Vladimir Putin. Speculation about a possible amnesty for suspects in the case has grown since Putin said at the Valdai Club meeting last week that …Continue reading →

The greats of Russian rock, many of whom who rose to fame as glimmers of protest against the controlled political climate of the Soviet Union, offered their voices and influence to today’s political opposition in a packed concert on Sunday. The RokUznik (Rock Prisoner) concert at Moscow’s Mir concert hall raised more than …Continue reading →

Lawyers for two Russian defendants in a high-profile case over a May 2012 opposition rally in Moscow that turned violent have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights over them being kept in custody while awaiting their ongoing trial, …Continue reading →

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has combined and prioritized appeals lodged by seven Russians, accused of involvement in a rally that turned violent in downtown Moscow last May, against the conditions of their detention, their lawyer said Tuesday. “The court …Continue reading →

Amentally ill Russian man held in pretrial detention for more than a year after attending an opposition rally has been barred from attending his mother’s funeral. Mikhail Kosenko and 26 others are being tried for allegedly instigating “mass disorders” and …Continue reading →

Twelve activists accused of clashing with riot police during a violent rally against Vladimir Putin‘s rule appeared in a Moscow court on Thursday, in a case dubbed a political show trial by Kremlin critics. The “Bolotnaya case”, which takes its name …Continue reading →

A Moscow court has given a four-and-a-half-year jail sentence to an opposition activist, the first of 18 people on trial for protesting against Vladimir Putin’s government. Maxim Luzyanin, 36, co-operated with investigators and pleaded guilty to charges of participating in …Continue reading →

Russian investigators say a detained anti-Kremlin activist has admitted trying to foment riots with funding from a Georgian MP. Leonid Razvozzhayev disappeared in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on Friday, after meeting officials at the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, a …Continue reading →