Guy Verhofstadt, President of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament issued the following statement following the arrests of political activists in Russia. “I condemn the sentences handed down by a Moscow court in the cases of eight individuals arrested …Continue reading
The United States is deeply disappointed by the sentences handed down by a Moscow court in the cases of eight individuals arrested after the Bolotnaya Square protests in Moscow in May 2012. Those convicted are: Andrei Barabanov, an artist; Yaroslav …Continue reading
Today’s guilty verdict against defendants in the Bolotnaya Square protest trial is a hideous injustice, said Amnesty International. In what was clearly a show trial, a Moscow court found guilty eight defendants in the Bolotnaya case. The sentences are expected …Continue reading
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has requested information from Russia on what restrictions have been imposed on suspects in the case concerning the large-scale unrest that took place at Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square in May 2012. “The European Court …Continue reading
Concern is mounting over Sergei Krivov, one of over 20 people charged with assaulting police during an opposition rally in Moscow last year. Krivov has been on hunger strike now for 50 days to protest what he says are violations …Continue reading
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, in a courthouse nestled amid high-rise apartment blocks in south-west Moscow, nine men are marched into a room in handcuffs and placed in metal cages. They are joined by three others who are also on …Continue reading
On 8 October 2013, Mikhail Kosenko, one of the defendants in the so-called Bolotnaya square case was found guilty of taking part in mass disorder (article 212 of the Russian Criminal Code) during the “March of the Millions” on 6 …Continue reading
Mikhail Kosenko convicted despite footage showing he was not violent during anti-Putin protests in Bolotnaya Square last year. A Moscow court sentenced a 37-year-old man to an indefinite term of forced psychiatric treatment on Tuesday in a case that rights …Continue reading
Russian authorities should withdraw the charges against a protester on trial in relation to the 2012 mass protest. The protester, Mikhail Kosenko, faces indefinite detention in a psychiatric institution on charges of mass rioting and an act of violence threatening the …Continue reading
The Moscow City Court rejected on Monday a motion filed by the leader of Russia’s Left Front opposition party Sergei Udaltsov seeking to overturn his house arrest order, RAPSI learned in the courtroom. Udaltsov has been accused of clashing with …Continue reading