When we all become “foreign agents”
Ivan Davydov explains the Kremlin’s addiction to targeting “foreign agents”
Law
30 years of constitutional justice in the Russian Federation: What needs to change?
Yulia Khalikova on how to strengthen the Constitutional Court in Russia
Expert evidence in Russian courts
Dmitry Dubrovsky on how Russian expert evidence can be used to help the courts instead of being a servant of the investigation
The cold logic of forced labour in Russia
Judith Pallot on what lies behind FSIN’s promotion of “forced labour as an alternative to deprivation of liberty”
Disqualified: The Right to Run for Office in Russia
Stanislav Andreychuk summarizes the plight of Russians banned from standing in elections
Navalny groups threatened with ‘extremist’ label
Grigorii Golosov reviews the legal implications of the government’s ‘extremist’ label for Alexey Navalny’s supporters
Punishment without crime: political prisoners in Russia
Ellen Leafstedt notes how Alexei Navalny’s recent imprisonment adds to a growing list of political prisoners in Russia
Russia’s censored judges
Yulia Khalikova looks at a recent ban on Constitutional Court judges publishing a dissenting opinion
The impact of Covid-19 on Russia’s courts
OVD-Info lawyers and analysts Alexandra Baeva, Natalia Smirnova and Denis Shedov have flagged up several issues affecting Russia’s courts during the pandemic
Punitive psychiatry in Russia: back to the USSR?
Bulat Mukhamedzhanov on the risks of political abuse of psychiatry
Valery Zorkin’s rejection of the rule of law
Olesya Zakharova unpacks the philosophy of Russia’s latest constitutional reforms