Human Rights

Russians Protest Against Gay Parade in Moscow

Russian nationalists, communists and religious believers gathered in Moscow on Saturday to denounce plans for a Gay Pride march, as gay activists prepared to lobby the mayor to lift a ban on the event.

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Popularity: 10% [?]

May 26, 2007

Russia Says Cuts Kidnapping in Chechnya

Russia outlined on Thursday a series of steps it had taken to fight kidnapping in
Chechnya, a day after Amnesty International said authorities were letting murder and kidnap go unpunished in the turbulent republic.

Popularity: 3% [?]

May 24, 2007

Military Parade Held in Moscow to Mark Victory Day

Headed by military drummers and the tricolor national flag, the red Victory flag and the Flag of Armed Forces with hammer and sickle, Russian troops on Wednesday held an annual military parade on the Red Square to mark victory in World War II.

Popularity: 7% [?]

May 9, 2007

Violence Breaks Out as Estonia Remove Soviet War Memorial

Estonia’s parliament was behind barricades Saturday as violence rocked Tallinn for a second night after the removal of a Soviet war memorial, the AFP news arency reports.

Popularity: 4% [?]

April 28, 2007

Former Kremlin Reporter, Best-Selling Author Seeks Asylum in UK

Yelena Tregubova, a former Kremlin pool reporter and author of several books about Russian political elite, has applied for political asylum in Great Britain, the Ekho Moskvy radio reported on Tuesday quoting Tregubova’s own statement.

Popularity: 4% [?]

April 25, 2007

Rights Activists Report New Detentions Over Moscow Street Protests

Moscow police on Sunday arrested five civil rights activists taking part in a public stroll in the same areas where a week earlier police had attacked and arrested demonstrators, the DPA news agency reported.

Popularity: 3% [?]

April 23, 2007

Police Disperse Anti-government Rally in St. Petersburg

Russian police clubbed and detained opposition protestors St. Petersburg on Sunday during a non-sanctioned rally against President Vladimir Putin, The Associated Press Reports.

Popularity: 6% [?]

April 16, 2007

Garry Kasparov Released After Brief Detention

Former chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov accused Russian authorities of illegally crushing an anti-Kremlin march on Saturday and called the protest a victory for opponents of President Vladimir Putin, the Reuters news agency reports.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Billionaire Berezovsky Announces Plan to Overthrow Putin

Russian exiled billionaire Boris Berezovsky said Friday that he was planning a revolution in Russia to overthrow President Vladimir Putin.

Popularity: 5% [?]

April 13, 2007

All Foreign Adoptions Suspended in Russia

Authorities said Thursday they have halted the work of all foreign adoption agencies in Russia for several months, The Associated Press news agency reports.

Popularity: 3% [?]