Exactly a year ago, on April 8, 2014, Constitutional court of the Russian Federation de facto supported orderly destruction of civil society by the Russian authorities by declining to sustain appeal of Russian ombudsman Vladimir Lukin regarding violation of constitutional…
Recently a new federal agency was established in Russia, which will deal with national and ethnic issues. I remember some time ago, when NGO activists were discussing adoption of the law on “foreign agents”, they often said that in Russian…
In March 2015 amendments to the law on non-governmental organizations, which make it possible to exclude NGOs from the register of “foreign agents” and which were long sought by moderate critics of the law on NGOs, finally came into force….
One year ago so called “green men” appeared in Crimea – people in camouflaged uniforms and balaclavas, without any flags or insignia on their uniforms. They abstained to answer any questions about who they were and where they came from,…
Over 80% of the Russian population has already felt the effect of worsening economic situation in Russia, Interfax news agency reported recently. Starting the New Year life of foreign workers willing to legally stay and work in Saint Petersburg also…
Over 20 years ago, back in 1992, the UN General Assembly declared December 3 the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Since then the states – members of the United Nations Organization try to time various events aimed at improving…
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