Democracy and Media

For almost 15 years they have published independent news from the Russian North. Now they are blocked

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Novaya Gazeta launches European edition in bid to dodge Kremlin censorship

Russia is leaving the Council of Europe

'Slava Ukraine,' the man from Arkhangelsk shouted before he was ushered away by police

As new iron curtain descends, Moscow takes action against "foreign influence"

Yuri Zhdanov

Naryan-Mar court sentences father of Russian opposition leader to 3 years in jail

Roskomnadzor

Use only official sources, media watchdog tells Russian journalists

war media

Kremlin steps up closure of info-space

'No War' says a lonely Murmansk protester

Environmental NGO

Bellona halts activities in Russia after 30 years of environmental work

Repression

Russia's best journalists are fleeing the country

Ivan Moseev

European court rules Russia violated Arkhangelsk activist's rights

Russia’s Novaya Gazeta suspends operations after Kremlin warnings

Censorship

Moscow Times' Russian service blocked over war coverage

Repression

"This candle must not be blown out"

As Russian editor Dmitry Muratov wins Nobel Peace Prize, Moscow adds another 9 journalists to Foreign Agent list

Repressive state

Yelena is a terrorist and extremist, Russian prosecutors say

Police state

An interior ministry colonel is appointed human rights chancellor in north Russian region

Police state

General Prosecutor demands shutdown of Memorial

Komi

Police special forces detain a north Russian human rights activist

Dmitry Muratov

Nobel Peace Prize for independent journalism in Russia

EU-Russia

European Parliament: Putin's regime is a stagnating authoritarian kleptocracy

Andrei Borovikov

Imprisoned Navalny aid in Arkhangelsk gets share of Boris Nemtsov award money

Ivan Pavlov

Prominent rights lawyer with Navalny links flees Russia amid pre-election exodus

History of repression

The FSB has taken a great interest in reading

Murmansk

Violetta Grudina faces court-approved forced hospitalization

First time since 1993

OSCE will not send observers to monitor Russian Duma Elections

Unfree vote

Violetta Grudina is banned from running in Murmansk elections

Murmansk election

The proper ideals of the Duma

State media

Fighting independent media, Moscow invests billions in patriotic internet contents for youth

Barents Observer takes case against Russian censorship to European Court of Human Rights

Censorship

Russia blocks VPN providers in ongoing internet crackdown

Press freedom

Barents Observer fights Russian censorship, opens Telegram channel

Oleg from Murmansk is charged with terrorism after social media post about Putin

Independent Russian news site VTimes shuts down following ‘Foreign Agent’ labeling

Navalny crackdown

"I will continue to fight, and no court verdict can stop me"

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