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share Print Having a tattoo or an unmarried sister or an Instagram account -- all of these things can count against women seeking custody of their children in Russia’s North Caucasus region, where local court decisions often reflect communities beliefs that children belong to the fathers side of the family. In Muslim-majority Chechnya and Ingushetia, and to a lesser extent, Daghestan, deep-seated customs dictate that children go to the fathers side of family following a divorce. And while Rus...

Journalists in Trouble Newsletter Embed share width No media source currently available 0:00 1:25:34 0:00 VIDEO - When Journalism is Considered a Crime: The Risks of Covering Protest Movements in Eastern Europe and Eurasia Share A Moscow court has agreed to hear a libel lawsuit filed by Aleksei Navalny against Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov over comments he made linking U.S. spies with the jailed opposition politician. Open Media group quoted a representative of the Presnensky district court o...

RFE/RL Calls On Russia To Stop Targeting Journalists After Appeal Fails May 07, 2021 13:33 GMT Share share Print PRAGUE -- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has called on Russia to stop "targeting" journalists after one of its contributors lost an appeal against her inclusion on Russia’s controversial registry of “foreign agent” media. The City Court in the western Russian city of Pskov on May 5 said the inclusion of RFE/RL contributor Lyudmila Savitskaya on the Justice Ministry’s list wa...

Given the threats and ongoing arrests, the large crowds never materialized. Nevertheless, more than 200 people were arrested that day at modest marches across the country, according to Vyasna. Lukashenka “chose a deterrence strategy,” unleashing a new wave of repression to nip in the bud any fresh wave of mass protests, explained Alesia Rudnik, a Belarusian analyst based in Sweden. “Dozens of journalists, activists, and ordinary citizens were arrested,” Rudnik explained in e-mailed comm...

Russian Foreign Agent Turns Tables On Officials With Transfer Of Funds May 06, 2021 12:36 GMT share Print A Russian journalist labeled as a "foreign agent" has turned the tables on several local lawmakers in the northwestern region of Pskov, sending them money to make them associates. Denis Kamalyagin, the chief editor of the Pskovskaya gubernia newspaper who was labeled by a court as a "foreign agent" in December, said on May 5 he transferred unspecified amounts of money via his mobile phone t...

Russian Court Rejects RFE/RL Journalists Appeal Of Foreign Agent Designation May 06, 2021 08:58 GMT Share share Print A court in the western Russian city of Pskov has denied an appeal by RFE/RL contributor Lyudmila Savitskaya contesting her inclusion on Russias controversial register of "foreign agent" media. The Pskov court ruled on May 5 that Savitskayas inclusion on the Justice Ministrys list was lawful. Savitskayas attorneys said they would appeal the ruling. Savitskaya and four other peopl...

share Russian state media outlet “The FSB (federal security) detained 16 members of the Ukrainian youth radical association ‘MKU’ who were preparing attacks in different parts of Russia.” Misleading On April 29, Russia’s RIA Novosti state news agency reported that the Federal Security Service (FSB) had detained 16 members of a “Ukrainian youth radical association” who were allegedly planning terrorist acts in several Russian cities using explosives. The arrests were part of a spe...

Reporters Without Borders Slams Russias Foreign Agent Listing For Meduza May 05, 2021 14:21 GMT Share share Print The media-freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says the Russian governments "draconian and defamatory" decision to list the Meduza website as a "foreign agent" may force one of the countrys most popular independent news sites to shut down. The listing is "a massive blow to media pluralism in Russia," the Paris-based RSF said in a May 5 statement. "We call on the Russian Ju...

Russian Lawmakers Initiate Thinly Veiled Bill Aimed At Keeping Navalny Associates From Participating In Elections May 05, 2021 09:24 GMT Share share Print A group of Russian lawmakers has proposed legislation that would bar individuals involved in the activities of a public or religious group, or any organization that has been recognized by a court as "extremist or terrorist," from taking part in parliamentary elections. The draft bill, put forward just ahead of September elections to the parli...

share Print Despite a lack of material evidence, and no established intention of harm, a trio of Russian 14-year-olds are facing lengthy prison sentences after being charged with "training for terrorist activities" in a case that initially alleged the schoolboys were planning to destroy a virtual Federal Security Services (FSB) building they created in the popular computer game Minecraft. The case, which has attracted widespread attention due to the age of the accused and the notion that childs...