Russian government decided to disband the Ministry for regional development. Various explanations are being discussed, among them the cuts in government apparatus, desire to avoid doubling of administrative responsibilities or the top officials’ tiredness of the constant requests made by…
Starting August 4, 2014 Russian citizens have yet another duty before their country – all Russians having a second citizenship or permanent residence status in another country must notify Russian authorities about this. Failure to notify supposes criminal prosecution, no…
by Stefania Kulayeva Following the shooting down of Malaysian Airline MH17 flight, people started bringing flowers and toys to Dutch embassies. I couldn’t understand – who are these toys for, why?.. Are they the symbols of murdered children, children who…
by Olga Abramenko Justice of peace of Rostov region made a ruling on July 8, 2014, which obliged NGO “Union of Women of Don” to pay Rb300,000 in penalty payments because organization failed to get voluntarily listed in a special…
Ukrainian and Russian bloggers published a list of accounts in various social networks, belonging to “volunteers” from Russia who are fighting for Donetsk and Lugansk “people’s republics”. It is noteworthy to see how they represent a whole spectrum of various…
Recently European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has combined several court cases related to justice in Russia based on systematic violations of the rights of prosecuted who had been ruled guilty in the absence of key witnesses. In all…
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