Russian Federation

Russia urgently needs legislation to protect against all forms of gender-based violence, along with an end to the government-endorsed culture...

Discrimination, homophobia and Russia’s crusade against non-traditional sexual relationships have helped fuel a worrying rise in hostility towards LGBTI human...

The Russian authorities will tighten their stranglehold on press freedom in the country today by introducing a bill that designates...

Prisoners in Russia endure inhumane conditions, often for weeks on end, as they are transported thousands of miles in cramped,...

The Russian authorities must abolish their absurd “homosexual propaganda law” and end persecution of human rights activists, said Amnesty International...

The sentencing of opposition leaders Aleksei Navalny and Leonid Volkov to 20 days in administrative detention is yet further evidence...

In response to Moscow City Court’s decision to suspend the deportation to Uzbekistan of openly gay journalist Khudoberdi Nurmatov...

A new law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin banning anonymizers and virtual private networks (VPNs) is a major...

Following reports in Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper that security forces in the Russian republic of Chechnya killed 27 people...