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    <title>IFEX - Russia</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:40:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalist detained for questioning after publishing open letter to Putin]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/09/glasnost_defence_foundation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mikhail Lobanov believes he is being pressured to protect one of his attackers in an earlier beating - the son of a regional inspector - from criminal liability.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/09/glasnost_defence_foundation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Government shuts HIV-prevention group's website]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/08/andrey_rylkov_fdn/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The website by the Andrey Rylkov Foundation advocates health-based drug policies and has been a vocal critic of the country's ban on methadone.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/08/andrey_rylkov_fdn/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Authorities "at war" with bloggers in Chelyabinsk region]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/03/blogs_hacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Blogs of government critics in Chelyabinsk region have been under cyber attack in recent weeks in an apparent bid to stem the spread of negative information on the Internet about authorities' performance.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/02/03/blogs_hacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Independent newspaper suspends publication in response to pressure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/27/mgk_pressure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the general director of "Moi Gorod-Kostroma", the paper was subjected to various inspections while its staff was repeatedly detained by the police.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/27/mgk_pressure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Tajik opposition journalist stabbed in Moscow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/13/atovulloev_stabbed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dodojon Atovulloev is well-known for his critical views towards the Tajik authorities and the serious threats to which he has been subjected have led Germany to give him political refugee status.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2012/01/13/atovulloev_stabbed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Newspaper comes under pressure after election of Communist Party mayor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/28/berdsk_gorodskoi_vestnik/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The actions against the "Gorodskoi Vestnik" newspaper have included threats, expulsion of journalists from public events and removal of copies of the paper from newsstands.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/28/berdsk_gorodskoi_vestnik/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Free expression activist gunned down on Memorial Day for slain journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/21/kamalov_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 15 December - a day to commemorate assassinated journalists in Russia - a newspaper publisher and free expression activist was shot 14 times by a masked gunman, report the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES), the Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF), the International Press Institute (IPI), Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and ARTICLE 19.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/21/kamalov_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Meeting highlights common challenges faced by journalists, civil society activists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/20/shared_experiences/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 and the Russian Union of Journalists (RUJ) held their first one-day meeting to share experiences of addressing violence against journalists, exchange best practices and strategies on protection, and learn from each other.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Impunity still reigns in beating of Oleg Kashin]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/16/kashin_impunity/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One year after the attack, none of Kashin's assailants have been arrested and those who commissioned the crime remain unknown.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/16/kashin_impunity/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalists' house burgled, dog poisoned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/16/break_in/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Yakov Samokhin and Eleonora Solomennikova believe the incident was a warning for them to stop reporting on environmentally and politically sensitive topics.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/16/break_in/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalist and human rights activist killed in Dagestan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/16/chernovik_founder/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of "Chernovik" newspaper, was shot and killed outside the newspaper's offices on Memorial Day, a day dedicated to commemorating the assassination of journalists in the country. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/16/chernovik_founder/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Global journalists' community joins IFJ to mark memorial day for dead colleagues]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/15/impunity_memorial_day/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Russian Union of Journalists prepares to host its annual commemoration of journalists who have died in the course of their work, IFJ expressed solidarity with its colleagues.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/15/impunity_memorial_day/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Africa - Recent advancements in criminal defamation laws in Africa, Mexico offset by setbacks in Russia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/africa/2011/12/07/criminal_defamation_roundup/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IFEX members have noted some significant advancements in the criminal defamation field these past weeks: the President of Niger has become the first head of state to endorse the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for repeal of criminal defamation and insult laws in Africa, and Mexico's Senate has unanimously approved to decriminalise slander and libel. But although Russia recently amended its defamation legislation, critics say it did not go far enough.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/africa/2011/12/07/criminal_defamation_roundup/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Election marred by free expression violations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/07/election_fraud/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As Russians voted this week in parliamentary elections, censorship, coordinated cyber-attacks, and arrests of journalists and bloggers were carried out in an apparent bid to suppress allegations of electoral fraud and criticism of the ruling party, report the Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF) and the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES), among other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/07/election_fraud/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Respect right to peaceful protest, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/07/moscow_election_arrests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Riot police detained more than 300 demonstrators at a major rally in Moscow to protest what they contend are fraudulent parliamentary election results. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/07/moscow_election_arrests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Political debate disrupted by cyber-attacks and arrests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/06/elections_violations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Websites critical of the government were paralysed both prior to and during the elections, while a number of opposition journalists and bloggers were briefly detained in the days preceding the vote.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/06/elections_violations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Freedom House condemns authorities' harassment of independent election monitor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/05/golos_association/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["The campaign against Golos is yet another reason to raise serious questions about the legitimacy, openness, and competitiveness of Russia's parliamentary election," says Freedom House.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/05/golos_association/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Voronezh authorities suspend publication of newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/05/newspapers_seized/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["My – Grazhdane" was founded in 2001. The paper publishes materials on the most important socio-political events taking place in Russia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/05/newspapers_seized/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Authorities tighten control of all media in run-up to elections
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/02/tightened_control/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Censorship measures are targeting both traditional media, which are closely scrutinized, criticized and threatened, and the Internet, now recognized as playing a key role in political debate. Russia has 51 million Internet users, more than any other country in Europe.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/12/02/tightened_control/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Human Rights Watch calls on St. Petersburg legislature to halt consideration of "draconian homophobic bill"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/29/homophobic_bill/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The discriminatory bill is a blatant attack on free expression and a thinly disguised attempt to silence Russia's LGBT community, said Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/29/homophobic_bill/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Rural residents under "information blockade" during elections]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/21/omsk_information_blockade/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Opposition parties in Omsk region say they have been denied equal access to airtime which they say is preventing local residents from accessing information about candidates and denying them their electoral rights.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/21/omsk_information_blockade/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Newspaper harassed over critical article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/21/moi_gorod_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Officials are threatening to sue the newspaper "Moi Gorod - Kostroma" for slander after it published an article criticising the regional security department. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/21/moi_gorod_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalist beaten and robbed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/03/avdeyev_beaten/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sergey Avdeyev was beaten in the presence of police officers for taking pictures of an illegally operating barbeque restaurant in Yekaterinburg's Leninsky district on 22 October.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/11/03/avdeyev_beaten/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Government eager to use Net surveillance software currently in test phase]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/28/rozkomnadzor_surveillance/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[If the authorities decide, using very vague criteria, that a website has "extremist" content, the site will be given three days to remove it. If it fails to comply, it will be sent two further warnings and then it will be closed down.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/28/rozkomnadzor_surveillance/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Terror, threats and corruption: report of RSF fact-finding visit to Russian Caucasus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/17/mission_report/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RSF representatives visited Chechnya and Dagestan from 9 to 13 September 2011, meeting with journalists, government officials and human rights activists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/17/mission_report/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Southern Urals media community concerned over dismissal of editors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/13/publications_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Some journalists believe the purpose of the dismissals was to appoint persons loyal to the current administration prior to upcoming state Duma elections. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/13/publications_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Five years after Politkovskaya's assassination, impunity still reigns]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/12/five_years/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With the five-year anniversary of the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya on 7 October, the recent arrest of the alleged gunmen and conspirator bring little hope to numerous IFEX members, including Russian members the Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF) and the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/12/five_years/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Five years on, writers continue to call for justice for Anna Politkovskaya]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/11/appeal_for_justice/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PEN American Center expresses concern that some of the people behind Politkovskaya's murder may still be at large, furthering a climate of impunity for crimes against journalists and writers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/10/11/appeal_for_justice/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Editor attacked in his home over anti-corruption reports]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/09/22/singurov_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alexander Singurov believes the attack was aimed at killing him. He links the incident to stories published in his newspaper just two days prior to the attack.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/09/22/singurov_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Retired police officer charged in connection with Politkovskaya's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/09/07/pavlyuchenkov_convicted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Five years after journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in the elevator of her apartment building, retired police officer Lt. Col. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov has been charged for spearheading the criminal group that carried out her murder, report the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Convicted criminal Lom-Ali Gaitukayev was also named for organising the slaying.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/09/07/pavlyuchenkov_convicted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Retired police official charged in Politkovskaya murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/09/07/pavlyuchenkov_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Investigative Committee brought charges against Lt. Col. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov in connection with the journalist's 2006 murder and named a convicted criminal as an organiser of the slaying.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/09/07/pavlyuchenkov_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - New suspect detained in Anna Politkovskaya's slaying]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/08/25/suspect_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The suspect, retired Lt. Col. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov, is said to have formed a criminal group tasked with killing the journalist.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/08/25/suspect_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalist attacked in Anapa]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/08/04/martynov_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vyacheslav Martynov's wife believes that the journalist may have been targeted for his critical publications about municipal corruption.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/08/04/martynov_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Human Rights Watch urges authorities to quash prosecution against rights lawyer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/08/03/lawyer_prosecuted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The charges against Sapiyat Magomedova appear to be in retribution for her efforts to obtain justice for the police beating she suffered in June 2010, Human Rights Watch said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/08/03/lawyer_prosecuted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Charges laid against official who attacked, injured reporter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/07/29/koltsov_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alexander Koltsov was attacked shortly after publishing a critical article about the collapse of a pedestrian overpass in the district of Naro-Fominsk.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/07/29/koltsov_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Armed man pursues journalist in Moscow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/07/08/rechkalov_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ calls for a thorough police investigation into the incident, including the possibility that the threat against Vadim Rechkalov was connected to his work as a journalist.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/07/08/rechkalov_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Human rights defender acquitted]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/17/orlov_acquitted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The slander case stemmed from Oleg Orlov's statement suggesting that Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, was responsible for the murder of the human rights advocate Natalia Estemirova in July 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/17/orlov_acquitted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Activists targeted on eve of EU Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/13/activists_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["EU leaders should make it clear they won't tolerate threatening activists for their legitimate human rights work," says Human Rights Watch.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/13/activists_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Human rights defender attacked near residence, injured]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/10/hamroev_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The beating by unidentified men on the stairway of his Moscow apartment building was the second recent attack on Hamroev, a longtime human rights defender who works on issues related to Central Asia and Islam with the Memorial Human Rights Center. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/10/hamroev_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - WAN-IFRA welcomes reopening of printing house]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/09/krestyanin_reopened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The weekly "Krestyanin" won a court hearing to reopen the printing house and printing presses, averting a financial crisis that would have threatened the paper's existence. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/09/krestyanin_reopened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Suspected gunman indicted in Anna Politkovskaya's murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/03/suspected_gunman/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rustam Makhmudov, the suspected gunman in the 2006 murder of the investigative journalist, was indicted in Moscow, according to Russian press reports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/03/suspected_gunman/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Court suspends private weekly's printing house for 90 days]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/01/krestyanin_closed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WAN-IFRA is concerned that the closure is politically motivated and part of a campaign by local officials to silence critical voices in the run-up to elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/06/01/krestyanin_closed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Dagestan court acquits "Chernovik" journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/24/chernovik_journalists_acquitted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ welcomes the ruling, which acquitted editor Nadira Isayeva and four reporters with the Makhachkala-based independent weekly of long-standing, politicised extremism charges.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 17:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/24/chernovik_journalists_acquitted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Two sentenced in Baburova murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/11/baburova_murder_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The conviction of two defendants in the 2009 double murder of journalist Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov is a landmark victory in the fight against impunity in press killings, CPJ said.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Convictions of ultra-nationalists for murdering lawyer and journalist a victory for justice, say IFEX members]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/11/tikhonov_khasis_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two ultra-nationalists have been convicted and sentenced to long prison terms for the January 2009 double murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and "Novaya Gazeta" trainee reporter Anastasia Baburova - a landmark victory against impunity in Russia, say the Glasnost Defence Foundation (GDF), the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES) and other IFEX members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 17:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Journalist beaten after photographing demolished house]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/10/khanmagomedov_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Magomed Khanmagomedov reported the attack and threats to police but his assailants have not been detained.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/10/khanmagomedov_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Two suspects found guilty in Baburova murder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/02/baburova_murder_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anastasiya Baburova, a freelance reporter with the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was shot and killed in Moscow along with human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov in January 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/05/02/baburova_murder_case/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Another journalist attacked after reporting on Khimki forest controversy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/04/11/kuzmin_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vitaly Kuzmin's colleagues and friends link the assault with the newest issue of his paper, which featured a lengthy interview with Khimki forest defenders and a story denouncing the poor performance of Council members.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/04/11/kuzmin_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Rights activist arbitrarily detained]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/04/04/kalyapin_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Igor Kalyapin has done groundbreaking work on police torture cases throughout Russia, according to Human rights Watch. He was arrested for peacefully asserting his right to free assembly.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/04/04/kalyapin_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Russia - Hearings continue in Markelov-Baburova murder trial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/03/28/markelov_murder_case/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hearings in the murder case of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and newspaper intern Anastasia Baburova are ongoing at the Moscow city court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/russia/2011/03/28/markelov_murder_case/</guid>
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