Democracy and Media

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

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"

Yury Dmitriev

Jailed Russian historian receives Sakharov Freedom Award

Political repression

Opposition leader fears father will end his life in north Russian prison

Russia wants to exempt state media from ‘Foreign Agent’ scrutiny

Yevgeny's silent protest against oil spills was repressed by police

Media crackdown

Russia declares independent VTimes a ‘Foreign Agent’

New Barents Observer report

Repression by Law: Independent media as an enemy of the state

Navalny rallies

As riot police started detentions, the protesters recited Pushkin and chanted songs by Viktor Tsoy

Political repression

Navalny's regional offices close as "the darkest of times" is coming to Russia

Political intimidation

Murmansk: gunshots against window of opposition leader

Andrei Borovikov gets 2,5 years in jail for sharing music video by Rammstein

Repressive state

Navalny's partner Ivan Zhdanov sees father detained, sent to prison in Russian North

Political opposition

A sharp regime critic flags her candidacy in Murmansk election

Navalny protests

Riot police says it acted "politely" when it detained more than 70 Komi protesters

Russia threatens to block Twitter within 30 days

Valentina receives death threats after getting Stoltenberg award

Norway welcomes EU sanctions on Russia over Navalny's poisoning

Border town Kirkenes could get a square named after Boris Nemtsov

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

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