Russian organizations, both public and private, often impose discriminatory requirements on contractors, a new post from RFE/RL’s Russian investigative unit, Systema, highlights. Many official tender documents explicitly state that cleaning, security, and equipment installation must be handled exclusively by people…
The government of St. Petersburg has announced that the city‘s surveillance cameras will be set up to recognize ethnicity. The contract for the relevant services was signed by the Committee on Interethnic Relations. As Stefania Kulaeva, expert of ADC Memorial,…
ADC Memorial expresses solidarity with the independent journalists of the Barents Observer, who are being persecuted for their principled support of the rights of minorities, indigenous peoples of the North, and LGBTI+ people. Immediately after the European Court of Human…
The European Network on Statelessness blog: In recent years, after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has significantly tightened its legislation on migration and citizenship, and some innovations create an immediate risk of statelessness. The long-standing problem of statelessness is rooted in…
Cherta Media published an interview with Stefania Kulaeva on the situation of Roma in Russia: In October 2024, a taxi driver named Elena Manzhosova was found murdered outside Chelyabinsk in the city of Korkino. When locals learned of the crime,…
Stefania Kulaeva, expert of ADC Memorial, comments on the pogroms in Korkino, Chelyabinsk region, on the evening broadcast of the TV Rain: “I would like to urge all those who talk and write about this incident not to name the…
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