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• Excerpts from [Medvedev] Speech at Meeting of the Council for Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights  
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2009-72, April 17, 2009.
• State Department 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  
Excerpts, State Department report; JRL #2009-40, Feb. 26, 2009
• Senior Russian senator lambasts European Court of Human Rights
From Interfax; JRL #2009-58, March 24, 2009.
• Russian human rights activist shares U.S. Department of State criticism  
From Interfax; JRL #2009-41, Feb. 27, 2009.
• Russian Public Chamber indignant at U.S. human rights report  
From Interfax; JRL #2009-41, Feb. 27, 2009.
• State Department 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  
Excerpts, State Department report; JRL #2009-40, Feb. 26, 2009.
• U.S. Assesses Russia, Belarus, Caucasus States In Rights Report (Part 2)
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2009-40, Feb. 26, 2009.
• Lukin remains Russian rights ombudsman for another 5 years
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-34, Feb. 18, 2009.
• Pamfilova's appointment as head of presidential council a good move - human rights activist
From Interfax; JRL #2009-29, Feb. 11, 2009.
• Rights groups concerned about respect for Russians' rights to hold rallies
From Interfax; JRL #2009-17, Jan. 26, 2009.
• Report Says Decline In Freedom Accelerates Across Former Soviet Union
By Nikola Krastev, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2009-8, Jan. 13, 2009.
• Russian information ministry: Russian human rights activists divided on Freedom House latest report
 From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2009-10, Jan. 15, 2009.
• Beginning of [Medvedev] Meeting with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2008-228, Dec. 16, 2008.
• Russia's human rights record should be improved - rights activists
From Interfax; JRL #2008-224, Dec. 11, 2008.
• Universal illusion of human rights 
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-224, Dec. 11, 2008.
• Russian Conservatives Challenge Notion Of Universal Values
By Robert Coalson, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2008-223, Dec. 10, 2008.
• U.S. 'concerned' over Russian police raid on Memorial office  
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-223, Dec. 9, 2008.
• [Rice] Remarks At the 2008 International Human Rights Day Awards Ceremony  
State Department trasncript; JRL #2008-222, Dec. 9, 2008.
• New Russian human rights NGO plans to go national soon
From Interfax; JRL #2008-192, Oct. 22, 2008.
• Only 1% of Russians never give up seats on metro, bus - poll
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2008-187, Oct. 14, 2008.
• Abolition Of Death Penalty In Russia Requires Long Public Awareness Campaign - Russian Diplomat
From Interfax; JRL #2008-174, Sept. 25, 2008.
• Foreigners with debts may be barred from leaving Russia
By Kirill Bessonov, from The Moscow News; JRL #2008-144, Aug. 8, 2008.
• Russia will soon join UN convention on disabled persons' rights -minister
From Interfax; JRL #2008-109, June 4, 2008.
•     New Report Finds Exercise of Freedom in Former USSR Can Be Risky
By Peter Fedynsky, from Voice of America; JRL #2008-105, May 29, 2008.
• Strasbourg Court Obliges Russia To Repay Over 4 Mln Euro To Illegally Prosecuted Citizens  
From Interfax; JRL #2008-104, May 28, 2008.
• Russia does not need unfounded accusations from Amnesty International
From Pravda.Ru; JRL #2008-103, May 27, 2008.
• Russia: Disabled Still Largely 'Invisible' In Society
By Chloe Arnold, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2008-103, May 27, 2008.
• Russia: Disabled Still Largely 'Invisible' In Society
By Chloe Arnold, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2008-103, May 27, 2008.
• Kremlin Urged to Free Russian Political Prisoners
From Voice of America; JRL #2008-102, May 23, 2008.
• RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CLOSES DOWN
From Interfax; JRL #2008-88, May 6, 2008.
• Putin Thanks Human Rights Activists
From Interfax; JRL #2008-87, May 5, 2008.
• Medvedev meets with Council of Europe human rights commissioner
From Interfax; JRL #2008-81, April 25, 2008.
• Moscow's Disabled Stuck in a Separate World
By Svetlana Osadchuk, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2008-Special Edition, April 22, 2008.
• Russia rejects US report on human rights, accuses USA of double standards
From Interfax; JRL #2008-55, March 13, 2008.
•     State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007 [Excerpts]
Excerpts from State Department report, with link to full report; JRL #2008-54, March 12, 2008.
•     RUSSIA 2007: FREE EXPRESSION FURTHER RESTRICTED WHILE PUNITIVE PSYCHIATRY RETURNED
By Jonas Bernstein, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #2008-54, March 12, 2008.
• Marks Of Stalinism Still Felt In Russia - Ombudsman
From Interfax; JRL #2008-50, March 6, 2008.
• Ponomaryov Accused of Slandering Prison Chief
By David Nowak, from The Moscow Times; JRL #2008-41, Feb. 26, 2008.
• Rights Activist Ponomaryov Calls Charges For His Criminal Prosecution 'Artificial'
From Interfax; JRL #2008-40, Feb. 25, 2008.
• Russians Complain To European Court Increasingly More Often - Ombudsman
From Interfax; JRL #2008-37, Feb. 21, 2008.
• Presidential human rights council plans voluntary dissolution after March 2
From Interfax; JRL 2008-36, Feb. 20, 2008.
• [Disabled] Equal Access at Work
By Rebeccah Billing, from The Moscow News; JRL #2008-33, Feb. 15, 2008.
• Rights of prisoners in Russia routinely violated - ombudsman
From Interfax; JRL #2008-33, Feb. 15, 2008.
• Ombudsman Highlights Dangers To Russian Civil Society
From Interfax; JRL #2008-33, Feb. 15, 2008.
• Penitentiary Head Disagrees With Ombudsman's Report On Prisons
From Interfax; JRL #2008-33, Feb. 15, 2008.
• LEV PONOMAREV: RUSSIA HAS FOUR CATEGORIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
By Jonas Bernstein, from The Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor; JRL #2008-32, Feb. 14, 2008.
• [Putin and Lukin remarks:] Beginning of the Meeting with Vladimir Lukin, the Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Russian Federation
Kremlin transcript; JRL #2008-32, Feb. 14, 2008.
• Disabled People Must Be Better Protected In Russia - Expert
From Interfax; JRL #2008-30, Feb. 12, 2008.
• Russian Rights Ombudsman Slams Decision to Close British Council Branches
From Interfax; JRL #2007-256, Dec. 14, 2007.
• Institute Of Democracy And Cooperation Set Up In Russia
From Interfax; JRL #2007-243, Nov. 16, 2007.
• Lawyer Speaks On Russia's Human Rights Institute Proposal
From Interfax; JRL #2007-225, Oct. 30, 2007.
• Putin: Political purges result of overemphasis on ideology over human values
From Interfax; JRL #2007-225, Oct. 11, 2007.
• Russian human rights activist rules out possibility of repression at state level
 From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-225, Oct. 30, 2007.
• Russian Human Rights Activists Invited To Meeting With Rice
From Interfax; JRL #2007-213, Oct. 11, 2007.
• Sarkozy Meets With Russian Human Rights Activists
From Interfax; JRL #2007-213, Oct. 11, 2007.
• Foreign Leaders Should Meet With Rights Activists - Putin
From Interfax; JRL #2007-213, Oct. 11, 2007.
• Certain Human Rights Cases Should Be Heard By General Courts - Putin
From Interfax; JRL #2007-208, Oct. 4, 2007.
• Russian Human Rights Activists Respond To Freedom House View Of Democracy In Russia
From Interfax; JRL #2007-202, Sept. 26, 2007.
• Russia: Is Coercive Psychology Staging A Comeback?
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2007-179, Aug. 22, 2007.
• Russia: Opposition Activist Awaits Release From Psychiatric Hospital
By Chloe Arnold, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #2007-175, Aug. 16, 2007.
• Russian psychiatrist says opposition activist put in hospital illegally
From Interfax; JRL #2007-173, Aug. 14, 2007.
• Russian Rights Ombudsman Calls for Activist's Release from Psychiatric Hospital
From Interfax; JRL #2007-173, Aug. 14, 2007.
• Ex-dissident Bukovsky seeks retraction from psychiatric body
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL #2007-173, Aug. 14, 2007.
• Yabloko Leader Says Country Should Get Rid Of Vestiges Of Stalinism
From Interfax; JRL #2007-169, Aug. 7, 2007.
• United Civil Front Activist Allowed To Meet Husband At Mental Health Clinic
From Interfax; JRL #2007-169, Aug. 7, 2007.
• Top Strasbourg judges comment on Russian justice system's failings, improvements
From Interfax; JRL #2007-168, Aug. 6, 2007.
• Top Strasbourg judges comment on Russian justice system's failings, improvements
From Interfax; JRL #2007-168, Aug. 6, 2007.
• NGOs invited to help design index of freedom of speech in Russia
From Interfax; JRL #2007-158, July 20, 2007.
• Rules For Strasbourg Court Appeals Could Be Reformed After National Legal Reform - Zorkin
From Interfax; JRL #2007-157, July 18, 2007.
• Russian court official warns extremism law could be used against businesses
From Interfax; JRL #2007-153, July 12, 2007
• Rights Activists Slam New Russian Anti-extremism Law
From Interfax; JRL #2007-153, July 12, 2007
• Senators' committee approves law banning Russians in debt from going abroad
From Interfax; JRL 2007-151, July 10, 2007.
• Public Chamber Supports Zorkin's Call For New Laws On Filing Suits With Strasbourg Court
From Interfax; JRL 2007-151, July 10, 2007.
• Russian Human Rights Group Complains About Office Closure
From Interfax; JRL 2007-112, May 17, 2007.
• Council Of Europe Concerned About Russia's Minorities
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL 2007-104, May 8, 2007.
• Russians Don't Think Human Life Is Valued Enough In Russia - Poll
From Interfax; JRL 2007-96, April 26, 2007.
• Russians Don't Think Human Life Is Valued Enough In Russia - Poll
From Interfax; JRL 2007-96, April 26, 2007.
• Ombudsman Says May Have Police Sued Over Petersburg Demo
 From Interfax; JRL 2007-89, April 16, 2007.
• Governor of Russia's second city tells police to check cases of rights violation
From Interfax; JRL 2007-89, April 16, 2007.
• U.S. human rights report fails to reflect reality - ministry
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2007-86, April 12, 2007.
• U.S. Report On Rights In Russia Fair - Russian Rights Activists
From Interfax; JRL 2007-84, April 10, 2007.
• Analyst Say State Department's Report Interference In Russian Affairs
From Interfax; JRL 2007-84, April 10, 2007.
• Senior MP accuses USA of "gross interference" in Russian affairs
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2007-84, April 10, 2007.
• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2006 [Excerpt re: Russia]
State Department report; JRL 2007-82, April 8, 2007.
• Russian commissioner highlights threats to political freedoms
From Interfax; JRL 2007-80, April 5, 2007.
• President Vladimir Putin met with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin
From Kremlin.Ru; JRL 2007-80, April 5, 2007.
• Lukin Disagrees With Freedom House Report On Freedoms In Russia
From Interfax; JRL 2007-80, April 5, 2007.
• Russian human rights report highlights police violence against opposition
From Interfax; JRL 2007-75, March 29, 2007.
• Violations Of Human Rights Rise, Report Says
By Natalya Krainova, from The Moscow Times; JRL 2007-59, March 13, 2007.
• On-The-Record Briefing on the State Department's 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs; Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry F. Lowenkron, State Department transcripty; JRL 2007-55, March 7, 2007.
• U.S. Official Discusses Rights Issues In Russia, Caucasus
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL 2007-55, March 7, 2007.
• Public Chamber decries U.S. human rights report on Russia
From Russian (government) Information Agency Novosti; JRL 2007-55, March 7, 2007.
• U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 [Excerpt on Russia]
JRL 2007-55, March 7, 2007.
• New Book: The Impact of the ECHR on Russian Law
From Andreas Umland; JRL 2007-55, March 7, 2007.
 
• Memorial Submits Financial Documents On Reference Book To Prosecutors
From Interfax; JRL 2007-48, Feb. 27, 2007.
• Russia: Misprint Or Provocation?
By Victor Yasmann, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL 2007-27, Feb. 4, 2007.
• Nothing Suspicious About Wildhaber's Illness - European Court
From Interfax; JRL 2007-27, Feb. 4, 2007.
• Russia may set up organization to monitor human rights in West
From Interfax; JRL 2007-25, Feb. 2, 2007.
• 80% Of Claims To Public Chamber Concern Law Enforcement Agencies - Kucherena
From Interfax; JRL 2007-16, Jan. 23, 2007.
• Human Rights Situation Worsening In Russia - Memorial Head
From Interfax; JRL 2006-278, Dec. 12, 2006.
• Rights Activists, Opposition Should Join Forces To Protect Rights In Russia - Alekseyeva
From Interfax; JRL 2006-278, Dec. 12, 2006.
• Russia Continues Death Penalty Moratorium Pending Introoduction of Jury Trials
From Interfax; JRL 2006-256, Nov. 14, 2006.
• Helsinki Commission Discusses Russia's Rights Situation
By Jeff Custer, from Voice of America; JRL 2006-172, July 31, 2006.
• Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005 - 2006 [excerpt on Russia]
State Department report; JRL 2006-82, April 6, 2006.
• U.S. State Department's 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
Excerpt from Russia section; JRL 2006-60, March 9, 2006.
•     Critical Report Ignored in Russia
By Anatoly Medetsky, from The Moscow Times; JRL 2006-60, March 9, 2006.
•     Russia wants to see compatriots in other countries enjoy full rights - ministry
From Russian Information Agnecy Novosti; JRL 2006-60, March 9, 2006.
•     Putin acknowledges human rights abuses during talks with UN envoy
From Interfax; JRL 2006-48, Feb. 24, 2006.
•     A Highly Resistant Strain
The Sychyov Case is a Reflection of a Broad Malaise in the Russian Army
By Victor Litovkin, from Russia Profile; JRL 2006-32, Feb. 2, 2005.
•     Human Rights Project [Russia Political Asylum Inquiry]
From Ethan Burger; JRL 2006-14-26, Jan. 16, 2006.
•     Re: Nalchik
From Pavel Felgenhauer, attaching his column and additional comment; JRL #9271, Oct. 19, 2005.
•     Lukin Says Regional Media Can Post Reports On His Website
From Interfax; JRL #9262, Oct. 4, 2005.
•     Russia: Rights Group Compares Current State Of Country's Prisons To Gulags
By Bruce Pannier, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #9234, Aug. 28, 2005.
•     Russia: Muslims, Rights Groups Denounce Repression
By Claire Bigg, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #9142, May 7, 2005.
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[Putin] Meeting with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin
Kremlin.Ru transcript; JRL #9075, March 3, 2005.
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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2004: Russia
From the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; JRL #9072, March 1, 2005.
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MOSCOW ACCUSES WASHINGTON OF "DOUBLE STANDARDS"
From Russian Information Agency Novosti; JRL #9075, March 3, 2005.
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Erosion of Human Rights Accelerates in Russia, Activist Says
 From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #9061, Feb. 15, 2005.
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World: Human Rights Watch -- Annual Report Paints Bleak Picture In Many Former Soviet States (Part 2)
By Andrew Tully, from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; JRL #9016, Jan. 14, 2005.
 
•     JRL 2004 Excerpts ~ Russia, Human Rights