Tag: Kremlin
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The Western romance with Alexei Navalny needs to stop
OPINION Alexei Navalny, a major voice of Russia’s opposition, has had quite the year. After being poisoned with novichok at the hands of the FSB in August 2020, he spent five months recuperating in Germany. Upon returning to Russia in January of this year, he was arrested at the airport, triggering widespread protests across the […]
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Protests erupt across Russia in support of Navalny
REPORT Protests broke out across Russia today in support of jailed anti-corruption activist, Aleksei Navalny. From Vladivostok to Kaliningrad – separated by 8 time zones – Russians took to the streets at 2pm local time to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the Putin regime, despite the protest being declared illegal by the authorities. Demonstrations took place […]
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Konstantin Kotov and the sorry state of freedom of expression in today’s Russia
OPINION On the 16th December, Russian activist Konstantin Kotov was released from a penal colony situated 100 kilometres from Moscow. He had served eighteen months after being convicted for violating the country’s numerous rules that regulate protesting and mass actions. Kotov was first arrested during the anti-Kremlin protests that rocked Moscow in the summer of […]
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“Unlearned lessons from the past will lead to repeated tragedies.” An interview with the man helping to lead the fight to safeguard a mass grave in Yekaterinburg
INTERVIEW Politika News spoke to Anatolii Svechnikov, coordinator of the civil rights NGO, Уральский Мемориал (Ural Memorial), which is a local branch of the post-Soviet civil rights group Мемориал (Memorial) led by academics and activists. The organisation dedicates itself to raising awareness about the oppression and persecution that took place throughout the Soviet Union, and […]
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