Tag: Pavel Krasheninnikov

Putin ‘Repeating All Mistakes’ of 2000 Amnesty and Making New Ones as Well, Experts Say

April 28, 2015

Staunton, April 28 – The Victory Day amnesty Vladimir Putin has promised “repeats all the mistakes of an analogous measure of 15 years ago, when the godfathers of organized crime along with repeat rapists and murders were released from prison” on an unsuspecting population, according to Versia journalist Ruslan Gorevoy and the experts he spoke […]

Bolotnaya and Greenpeace Prisoners May Not Be Eligible for Amnesty Until After Trial

December 16, 2013

On December 12, 1993, Russia adopted its current Constitution. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the President and the State Duma will pardon a significant number of criminals. There has been a significant amount of speculation as to whether Pussy Riot, the Bolotnaya Square prisoners, the Greenpeace activists, and other high-profile convicts will be included in […]