Democracy and Media

Fight for free speech

Journalist Svetlana Prokopeva wanted to understand the young terrorist from Arkhangelsk. She ended up in a brawl with the FSB

Arkhangelsk

Not all unsanctioned rallies are met with police crackdown

Nordic countries condemn Kremlin's persecution of Aleksei Navalny

Violetta Grudina detained in Murmansk as Navalny supporters plan new protests

"Be silent, or die"

Big hassle in north Russian town as local school teacher stands up for free speech

Popular protest

Police squads are hunting down anti-Putin protesters in north Russian cities

Navalny arrest

Despite intensified crackdown, Russian youth staged fresh protests

Anti-Putin snowman protest leads to Arkhangelsk activist’s detention

Repressive policy

Only two hours after standing trial for sharing music video by Rammstein, Andrey Borovikov is arrested for his support of Aleksey Navalny

Despite crackdowns and freezing cold, Navalny supporters make ready for Saturday's demonstrations

Hundreds of Navalny supporters joined protest in Murmansk

Media crackdown

The Kremlin moves against independent journalists — thousands could end up as "foreign agents"

Media freedom

Barents Observer opens another door through Russia's censorship wall

Police persecution of Andrey Borovikov is politically motivated, says human rights watchdog

Troubled democracy

Russia moves to further curb protests

Navalny's man in Arkhangelsk faces 6 years in jail for sharing of Rammstein music video

Norway follows EU on Russia sanctions over Navalny poisoning

Karelian Supreme Court toughens sentence against Yury Dmitriyev to 13 years

Navalny's man in Arkhangelsk is pulled in by police

Activist from Arkhangelsk showing solidarity with Belarus fined by police

Local elections

Fraud and intimidation as local opposition groups challenge Putin's elites in regional vote

Eyes on elections

"No hint of protest in this rally," says performance activist as she stages show in front of north Russian Election Commission

Press release

Barents Observer is ready to take Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor to Supreme Court

Violetta detained in Murmansk for single-person picket in support of Navalny

Political opposition

Kremlin critic Navalny in coma after ‘poisoning’

A Gulag historian returns to prison

Norway, Russia border closed for normal traffic until at least August 20

In Syktyvkar, man in Putin mask stains Constitution with paint

Norway's celebration of Svalbard Treaty was followed by ardent and coordinated response from Moscow media

Appeal case "Barents Observer vs Roskomnadzor" comes up in Moscow court

Historian Yuri Dmitriev remains locked up in detention facility haunted by COVID-19. Regional supreme court turns down plea for early release

Future of journalism is under threat, warns press freedom organization

Armed Forces relocate Navalny's man in Novaya Zemlya

A champion in Murmansk media quits because of censorship

Moscow disinforms about coronavirus, says press freedom organization

At militarized Arctic archipelago Novaya Zemlya serves a trapped conscript from Aleksey Navalny's Anti-Corruption Fund

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