Tag: Ksenya Sobchak

Russia Update: Ekho Moskvy Editor Venediktov Questioned by Police About Threat to Journalist Sobchak

March 5, 2015

Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Aleksey Venediktov, editor of Ekho Moskvy, has given testimony to police about threats to journalist Ksenya Sobchak, saying that since the murder of Boris Nemtsov, such […]

Russia Update: Protesters Harass Russian Talk-Show Host over Tough Questions to Putin on Chechnya

December 22, 2014

Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here, and see also our Russia This Week story The Guild War – How Should Journalists Treat Russian State Propagandists? and special features ‘Managed Spring’: How Moscow […]

Russia This Week: Opposition Protests Vote Fraud at Civic Chamber (26-30 May)

May 30, 2014

Updated Daily. A critical review of Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide by noted Russian intelligence and cybersecurity expert Andrei Soldatov reveals how little is known about Snowden in Russia. Another NGO has lost its court case attempting to challenge the prosecutor’s designation of “foreign agent,” even as the Russian Constitutional Court ruled that […]