What is really striking is all the fuss that’s been made over the trial, which starts on April 17 in Kirov, in which I’m one of the defendants accused of putting together a criminal organization that conspired to steal lumber and sawdust from the company Kirovles, and actually stole that stuff worth about 16 million […]
Sergei Parkhomenko has posted a detailed excerpt of the Ph.D. thesis of child ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, titled “Legal Conflicts and Contemporary Forms of Their Resolution.” As Parkhomenko claims, Astakhov’s dissertation was practically completely falsified. Kommersant: How was this dissertation verified? SP: It was verified in the same way that an enormous numbers of dissertations are […]
Mikhail Starshinov, a deputy of the State Duma from United Russia and a representative of the All-Russian Popular Front, is proposing to confiscate funds from non-profit organizations (NPOs) that do not wish to register as “foreign agents.” The “front man” is certain that this is not “theft”, as it is only a “prophylactic measure.” Mr. […]
Yesterday Moscow Presnensky District Court, acting upon a petition by the Main Investigative Department for the City of Moscow, issued an arrest warrant for Boris Kuznetsov, an attorney. According to the investigators, back in 2007 acting as a defense attorney for one of his clients, Kuznetsov revealed information considered a state secret, by disclosing the […]
“Kadyrov’s bodyguards” have been released once again. The generals promised: those who have kidnapped and tortured people in Moscow will be punished, will go to jail and will face trial. But they’re already free. We demand an answer from the Russian Federation Investigative Committee, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the […]
“The military would have to draft 600,000 conscripts annually to have 1 million men in uniform. That is the same number of men who turn 18 each year, and some sources predict the number will fall to as low as 470,000 within the next two years. That means every single 18-year-old male would have to […]
Russian envoy expresses outrage at ‘expropriation’ plan for levy on holders of Cyprus bank accounts. There are fears Vladimir Putin will retaliate against Europe over the Cyprus crisis.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Russia, an Israeli official said on Wednesday. Putin sent Netanyahu the invitation in a letter but no date for the visit was specified, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official version of Magnitsky’s death in prison is a futile attempt to stem human rights and political speculation.
THE OBAMA administration’s restructuring of plans for missile defense appears, for the most part, to be a rational response to changing circumstances, including an increasing threat from North Korea.
