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An improvised memorial near the Kremlin where Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was gunned down last month has been vandalized.
A civil rights activist in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan has been sentenced to three years in prison for the "public justification of terrorism."
A Russian human rights activist has been questioned by investigators after he said there were signs a suspect in opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's killing was tortured.
Tens of thousands of Russians have marched through central Moscow to mourn slain opposition politician Boris Nemtsov and express outrage at the Kremlin over his killing.
Andrei Balin, the co-chairman of the local branch of the Republican Party of Russia – People's Freedom Party in the central Russian city of Talyatti, was beaten and robbed shortly before the party's leader, Boris Nemtsov, was gunned down in Moscow.
Dozens of young activist belonging to an anti-Maidan movement in Russia have protested in front of RFE/RL's offices in Moscow.
Noted Russian journalist Dmitry Shipilov from Kemerovo region in Siberia has received asylum in Ukraine.
Russian civil rights activist Pavel Shekhtman plans to request political asylum in Ukraine.
A district court in Moscow is expected to review the case against Sveltana Davydova, a woman from Vyazma who is accused of treason for allegedly telephoning the Ukrainian Embassy and informing it about Russian troop movements.
A coalition of Russian opposition activists has applied to the Moscow authorities for permission to hold a mass demonstration in the capital on March 1.
Investigators in Moscow have searched the apartment belonging to the parents of an associate of outspoken Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny.
A Moscow court has extended the pretrial detention period for Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko until May 13.
Russian officials say 34 illegal labor migrants from Central Asia were detained in the city of St. Petersburg.
Svetlana Davydova’s husband said his wife phoned the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow in April and said that a military base near their home had emptied out, suggesting the soldiers may have been deployed to Ukraine.
A concert by a Russian singer has been cancelled after he performed a song he wrote that is critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's Investigative Committee has launched investigations against civil rights activist Mark Galperin, accusing him of "multiple violation of the law on public gatherings."
Antifascist activists are holding marches in Russian cities to honor human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down in Moscow six years ago.
Russian authorities say they are investigating claims that opposition leader Aleksei Navalny’s anticorruption foundation misused donations from its supporters.
Two unknown men have severely beaten a local journalist in Russia's southwestern city of Saratov.
A series of single-person protests are being held in western Siberian city of Tomsk, with demonstrators calling for an independent regional television station to be allowed to resume terrestrial broadcasts.
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