- 07:39 16/04/2013
Pavel Chikov, a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, said on Monday that a clear set of rules for inspections of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is required.
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- 13:18 12/04/2013
Russian election watchdog Golos (Vote, or Voice) has been given notice to vacate its office in Moscow with no explanation, the non-governmental organization’s deputy director Grigory Melkonyants told RIA Novosti on Friday.1
- 19:36 11/04/2013
Russian non-governmental organizations on Thursday called on the Russian authorities to disclose the names of NGOs that received $1 billion in foreign funding mentioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin last week.
- 10:02 11/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 21:30 09/04/2013
The Russian Ministry of Justice said on Tuesday it was filing a legal suit against an election monitoring non-governmental organization, Golos (Voice), under the recently introduced law on “foreign agents.”
- 18:06 08/04/2013
The recent wave of inspections of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Russia is not aimed at restricting their activity but rather at controlling their foreign funding, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.1
- 23:03 07/04/2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday Berlin plans to broaden the discussion on civil society and human rights with the Russian government.
- 19:15 05/04/2013
President Vladimir Putin insisted on Friday that the Kremlin was committed to the goal of democratic development, but said Russia needs more time to overcome the legacy of almost 70 years of Soviet rule.
- 13:06 05/04/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin looks set to face questions over the unannounced inspections of hundreds of non-governmental organizations across Russia in recent weeks when he visits Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on April 7-8.1
- 09:34 05/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 23:54 04/04/2013
Celebrated British rock guitarist and singer Mark Knopfler on Thursday canceled concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, citing a wave of spot checks by Russian authorities on prominent rights groups and other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).4
- 04:24 03/04/2013
Prosecutors in the central Russian Voronezh Region have started inspections of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as part of an anti-extremism drive, the regional prosecutor’s office has reported.
- 12:24 01/04/2013
Working for an NGO – especially a foreign-funded one – in today’s Russia is rather like being the main protagonist in a computer game like Temple Run. No matter how many hurdles you jump over and how many monsters you dodge, there is always a new danger in your path.
- 18:32 30/03/2013
President Vladimir Putin has ordered to allocate more than 2.3 billion rubles (some $75 million) in 2013 to support socially oriented NGOs working in Russia, the Kremlin said on its website on Saturday.
- 19:44 29/03/2013
Russia dismissed the growing alarm on Friday over the ongoing nationwide inspections of non-governmental organizations’ offices that some activists have described as a campaign of systematic intimidation.
- 02:48 29/03/2013
Russian prosecutors have launched three administrative cases against veteran Russian human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov, a spokeswoman for Moscow prosecutor’s office told RIA Novosti.
- 01:42 29/03/2013
European parliament members have launched a campaign to collect signatures for nominating a prominent Russian human rights group, Memorial, for the Nobel Peace Prize, the press service of the European People's Party (EPP) said on Thursday.
- 00:53 29/03/2013
The United States expressed concern Thursday that a series of raids on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Russia could become a “witch hunt.”1
- 17:13 28/03/2013
A recent series of spot checks on non-governmental organizations in Russia that caused outcry among rights advocates is aimed at establishing their compliance with laws against extremism and the legalization of criminal income, the Prosecutor General's Office said Thursday.1
