Tag: Constitutional Court

Russia This Week: Ultranationalist Politician Urges Men to Rape Women Reporters on Good Friday (April 14-18)

April 18, 2014

Updated Daily. Russia’s most outrageous ultranationalist has reached new lows at a press conference today. Russia’s leading social network entrepreneur reports that authorities have ordered him to turn over the personal data of groups related to the EuroMaidan protests and opposition leader Alexey Navalny; he has refused. Navalny also faces a lawsuit by a pro-Putin […]

The Rule of Law and the Inviolability of Rights in Russia

October 29, 2013

To many commenters and analysts, the concept of the inviolability of law and individual rights in Russia is almost assuredly viewed as a fanciful or abstract idea that has yet to reach its shores. One need only to look at the trials of dissidents, from Oligarchs and investors to punk rockers, political opponents and business […]