Head of the Civil Initiatives Committee, former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin stated at a session of Open Tribune on Monday that the government and United Russia should bear responsibility for the present stagnation in the economy. United Russia retaliated by accusing HIM of Poor performance When he was in Civil Service. The Kommersant cited Alexei […]
[Veteran activist and Litvinenko friend Alex Goldfarb explains the next steps for Marina Litvinenko following the news that the UK government has hamstrung the inquest by requesting that crucial evidence remain classified. –Ed.] Today [May 17] Sir Robert Owen, the British coroner who is performing the inquest into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, in part […]
Russia is set for 10 years of anemic growth, according to economists, who said the slowdown is predominantly due to low investment and structural factors, rather than the fall in commodity prices.
[Vladimir Markin, head of media liaisons for the Russian Federation Investigative Committee, has recently become the main supplier of political news. His commentaries and interviews not only lead to feverish discussion about who’s in and who’s out in the Kremlin, they arguably result in the immediate firings of the ill-favored: That’s what happened after Markin […]
A retired US diplomat and expert on the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was banned from entering Russia earlier this month, the New York Times said on Sunday.
The number of non-profit organizations declared “foreign agents” is growing rapidly. Should the NGOs submissively register as enemies of the government facing a “global conspiracy,” or should they stand their ground? This was the subject of the discussion at The New Times. Discussion participants: Furkat Tishaev (Senior Counsel, Memorial Human Rights Center); Ivan Ninenko (Transparency […]
A key witness in the investigation into Alexander Litvinenko’s killing, who helped the murdered dissident compile a report on a senior businessman with strong ties to the Kremlin, is willing to give evidence at a public inquiry, The Independent has learnt.
Russia’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal against the second conviction of jailed former oil tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Businessman Alexander Lebedev today pleaded not guilty to hooliganism and assault based on “political hatred” at the start of his trial in Moscow.
Investigators will open a case against State Duma member Ilya Ponomaryov on charges of embezzling $750,000 from the Skolkovo Foundation, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin told Izvestia newspaper. They will seek to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.
