Screenshot from CBC Radio Canada Youtube channel video, residents of St. Petersburg are waiting in a full train station. Olga, leaving for Spain said, “The situation could become more serious at any time. I’m really scared. Since the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine, more … than 7,000 peopleRead More →
Russians are bracing for an economic recession that could be the deepest since the 1990s after the United States and its allies imposed ‘crushing’ sanctions on Moscow, seeking to punish President Vladimir Putin for the unprovoked invasion from Ukraine. Analysts say citizens face a future characterized by runaway inflation, risingRead More →
A documentary film about Alexei Navalny, who narrowly survived an apparent novichok poisoning attempt, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The 90-minute film, simply titled Navalny, features flying footage of the Russian opposition leader, filmed during the several months he spent in Germany in late 2020 while recovering from poisoning.Read More →
Separately, the Federal Prison Service demanded that Navalny’s brother’s suspended sentence be turned into a prison sentence. Russian authorities have added imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny and a handful of his allies to an official list of “terrorists and extremists”. Also on Tuesday, local news agencies reported that the FederalRead More →
A Russian court in Siberia has sentenced two Jehovah’s Witnesses to long prison terms in the latest persecution of members of the banned Christian group. The commission of inquiry noted on January 20, a court in the city of Seversk sentenced a Jehovah’s Witness to seven years in prison afterRead More →
The year in Russia is ending with a series of events that have alarmed many observers about the intentions of President Vladimir Putin and his government. First, the state media monitoring agency Roskomnadzor blocked the OVD-Info website, which notably served as a clearinghouse between detained protesters and defense lawyers. ThenRead More →
Russian police have taken three former regional coordinators of Aleksei Navalny’s campaign team for questioning amid continued pressure against associates of the jailed opposition leader. The home of Zakhar Sarapulov, who headed the Irkutsk headquarters of Navalny’s network of regional campaign groups, was raided in the early morning of DecemberRead More →
TOMSK, December 6. /TASS/. Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) will open its new skills center, where engineering students will be tested for their management skills and then receive individual programs to develop their talents, the university’s press service said on Monday. . “Tomsk Polytechnic University has joined the project of theRead More →
Shortly before leaving Russia in a hurry for Georgia, Sergei Samborsky visited the office of the Presidential Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova. Tomsk resident Samborsky made headlines last month after posting a shocking video of appalling conditions inside the “red zone” of the Siberian city’s largest COVID-19 hospital. InRead More →
TOMSK, Russia — Seven local lawmakers in the Siberian city of Tomsk have asked Russia’s Investigative Committee to launch an investigation into the August nerve agent poisoning of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny. City lawmakers said in a formal letter to the investigating committee that they were concerned about theRead More →