For World Refugee Day 2018, Civic Assistance Committee has published the data on the institution of asylum in Russia in 2017. The key finding from this research is that the institution of asylum has declined further from its previous position. The report has been prepared by Konstantin Troitsky, a research associate at Civic Assistance Committee. [»]

Interview with a cognitive activist who has been beaten by Nazis in Moscow metro. [»]

This prize is awarded annually «for civic courage and outstanding achievements in defending human rights”.  [»]

The Kremlin is trying desperately to end the war in Syria, but it wants nothing to do with displaced Syrians at home. [»]

Varvara’s family has fled the armed conflict in Ukraine, in Russia, they were granted refugee status and got registration at the place of residence. The Department of Education, however, does not consider all of the foregoing to be enough.  [»]

In mid-July, a gay, HIV-positive foreigner arrived at an immigration office in Moscow seeking asylum in Russia. Unlike in his native Uzbekistan, where sex between men is punishable by up to three years in prison, Russia has not criminalized homosexual relations. [»]

The Department of Education won’t accept tens of thousands of children who do not have permanent registration in Moscow to kindergartens based on long-outdated rules with no legal status.  [»]