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Courts and Prisons the Focus of Human Rights Complaints
Unfair court judgments, poor prison conditions and abuse of authority by law enforcement officials were among the main complaints received by Kremlin human rights ombudsman Vladimir Lukin last year, which he said in an annual report was the "most difficult" for him since taking his post in 2004.
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A Russian street artist, whose mysterious style and politically charged messages had led to comparison's to the British artist Banksy, has died.
By Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) - Eight former U.S. and Russian ambassadors on Tuesday urged swift action to improve relations between Washington and Moscow, which are at odds over issues ranging from Syria to human rights. Ties between the Cold War foes have soured since Vladimir Putin returned to Russia's presidency in May, undermining U.S. President Barack Obama's attempt to "reset" relations. ...
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Professor Gumperz created a subfield, known as interactional sociolinguistics, that studies exchanges in a range of social situations, especially discourse across cultures.
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian officials have until July 1 to get rid of financial assets abroad as part of President Vladimir Putin's campaign to stem corruption and capital flight, his chief of staff said on Tuesday. Sergei Ivanov, held a rare Kremlin news conference to announce measures related to a drive to "de-offshore" the Russian economy - a term used by Putin in the first state of the nation speech of his new term last year. Russia ranked 133rd out of 174 states in Transparency International's 2012 Corruption Perception Index. ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the first international treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade Tuesday,after a more than decade-long campaign to keep weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists,
warlords,organized crime figures and human rights violators.
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By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers. There were 155 votes in favor, 3 against and 22 abstentions. Venezuela - which had said it planned to abstain - Zimbabwe, Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu were not allowed to vote because they were in arrears on their U.N. dues. U.N. ...
Gazprom Sub-$100 Billion as Putin Frets: Russia Overnight
Bloomberg American depositary receipts of Gazprom sank 2.9 percent to $8.25 in New York yesterday, pushing the market value of Russia's gas export monopoly to $97.7 billion, the lowest level since July 2009. Shares tumbled to a four-year low in Moscow. |
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President Vladimir V. Putin signed a law on Tuesday that could roll back a reform, pushed by his predecessor, that allows the direct election of regional governors.
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On Wednesday, Washington is expected to
give a boost to the court when the State Department offers a reward for information on fugitives in atrocity cases and issues a list of names that will include the court’s
most-wanted.
give a boost to the court when the State Department offers a reward for information on fugitives in atrocity cases and issues a list of names that will include the court’s
most-wanted.
By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The 193-nation U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved the first treaty on the global arms trade, which seeks to regulate the $70 billion business in conventional arms and keep weapons out of the hands of human rights abusers. The National Rifle Association (NRA), a powerful U.S. pro-gun lobbying group that has opposed the treaty from the start, said it was a sad day for the United States, which joined the vast majority of U.N. member states by voting for the pact. ...
Russia's UN envoy has warned that Moscow might not sign the first treaty on the global arms trade after it
wasoverwhelmingly approved by the UN General Assembly.
wasoverwhelmingly approved by the UN General Assembly.
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Property magnate Sergei Polonsky walked free from a Cambodian jail on Wednesday after posting a $50,000 bail and promising not to leave the country, his lawyer said.
A Moscow court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of a prominent human rights lawyer who has been granted political asylum in the U.S.
Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov proposed in an article in “Izvestia” earlier this week that foreign travel by senior Russian officials with access to state secrets should be restricted, if not banned.
Human Rights Watch says Azerbaijani authorities appear to be trying to silence members of a youth activist group.
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A new documentary film looks at how the people of the South Caucasus continue to deal with the consequences of the region's violent past. The film, "Memories Without Borders," looks at ordinary people living in often extraordinary circumstances, in Nagorno-Karabakh, Baku, southern Armenia, and Istanbul.
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There are sensible ways to reform Social Security, but it is not driving the deficit.
