Russia Raids Moscow Amnesty International Office
Russian prosecutors and tax police searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups Monday, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to stifle dissent
Russia’s Human Rights Record is the Worst Since the Soviet Era
Authoritarianism increased last year in Russia to levels unseen since the Soviet era with a raft of harsh laws curbing political freedoms and harassment of opposition activists and critics
Pussy Riot’s Appeal to be Heard by Russian Court
A Russian court is due to hear the appeal of jailed punk band Pussy Rioton Monday against a two-year sentence for performing an anti-Kremlin song in a Moscow cathedral
Tens of Thousands March Against Putin
The first major protest against President Vladimir Putin after a summer lull drew tens of thousands of people, determined to show that opposition sentiment remains strong despite Kremlin efforts to muzzle dissent.
Pussy Riot’s Online Uprising
There’s the Free Pussy Riot website, a home-base network of sorts, full of aggregated information about the case as well as outlets for international activists to join together in unity. There’s the requisite Facebook page — Free Pussy Riot Now Putin, fear no art and a Tumblr page, We Are Pussy Riot, where visitors can sign an online petition
Two Years in Jail for 40 Second Art Performance
A judge sentenced three members of Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot to two years jail on Friday for staging a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a church, an act the judge called blasphemous
Putin’s Black Sea Mansion Built with Illicit State Funds
On a recent morning, in the village of Praskoveyevka, located on the northern coast of Russia’s Black Sea, a few hours’ drive from Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a group of activists—some in bathing suits, others in the nude—went for a swim at a public beach
Pussy Riot’s Punk Power
Punk music particularly, following the three-chord principle of the Ramones, prided itself on putting blunt truth and attitude before technical accomplishment.
Paranoia Driving Putin’s Tyranny and Repression
Apologists for the Kremlin are struggling. The Russian regime’s dogged defence of the blood-drenched Syrian dictatorship, and its persecution of the Pussy Riot musicians for their stunt in Moscow’s main cathedral, display its nastiest hallmark: support for repression at home and abroad.
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