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7-12 November, 2010 the children from Chechnya accompanied by their teachers from the schools of Grozny, the capital of the republic, and the village of Novye Aldy visited St Petersburg. They really wanted to see this beautiful city.

I work in the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial, so every day I meet people who were cheated by mediator companies which issued them fake documents or by employers who did not pay the wages. And of course I also meet people…

On this day, in memory of the antifascists Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova, human rights activists oppose the increasing threat of fascism and the inadequate response of authorities towards protests. Two years ago the lawyer Stanislav Markelov and the journalist…

In relation to the 20th anniversary of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families on December 18, Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial urges the Russian Federation to ratify this most important document…

Social activists Oleg Vorotnikov and Leonid Nikolayev not released by court On January 14 the Moscow district court of Saint Petersburg examined the objections submitted by the lawyers of Vorotnikov and Nikolayev on prolonging preliminary custody of the artists. The…

The economical and social situation in many Central Asian countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States forces many people to go to Russia “for a better lot”: to earn money and support family and many relatives who retain at home….