Russia

Russian Federation: Do not repeat mistakes made in Chechnya - 25 October 2007

The Russian and Ingush authorities must not repeat mistakes made in Chechnya, Amnesty International warned, as an increasing number of enforced disappearances, abducti

Russian Federation: Day of National Unity - a day to challenge racism - 1 November 2007

As Russia prepares to mark National Unity Day on 4 November, Amnesty International urges the authorities to publicly speak out against racism and violence directed at

Russian Federation: Systematic repression on eve of elections - 28 November 2007

Amnesty International is gravely concerned about the Russian authorities' systematic disregard for basic human rights in the run-up to parliamentary elections in the c

Russian Federation: Human rights activist and journalists beaten in Ingushetia - 24 November 2007

Amnesty International is shocked and appalled by the latest attack against a human rights defender and members of the media in the southern Russian Republic of Ingushe

Russian Federation: Fair trial for Khodorkovskii and Lebedev - 7 December 2007

As a second trial against former YUKOS oil company head Mikhail Khodorkovskii and his associate Platon Lebedev draws closer, Amnesty International urges the Office of

Systematic repression mars Russian elections - 30 November 2007

The Russian authorities displayed a systematic disregard for basic human rights in the run-up to parliamentary elections.

Russian Federation: The palpable undercurrent of fear and violence - 27 July 2006

Reports from the Northern Caucasus regularly bring further evidence of continuing arbitrary detentions, followed by torture, "disappearance" or unlawful ki

Demand the truth about student's disappearance - 10 December 2007

Russia: 22-year-old Artur Akhmatkhanov was grabbed by masked soldiers and bundled into an armoured personnel carrier in 2003; he has not been seen s

Press Freedom Day: Global action needed to protect journalists - 3 May 2007

2006 was a year in which killings of reporters and media staff reached historic levels. All of society pays the price when journalists are killed with impunity and cen

Russia extradites, Uzbekistan abuses - 6 August 2007

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, co-operation between former members, Russia and Uzbekistan, has been increasingly influenced by concerns about regional secur