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Week-ending 15 April 2016



Tatyana Leskina


Mikhail Prokhorov


IKEA


Dmitry Kamenshchik


State TV film


Sergei Magnitsky


Khusein Betelgeriev


Crimean Tatar Mejlis


Council of Europe


Ukrainian Literature

Dante Alighieri
Independence of judiciary
On 15/4 Judge Tatyana Leskina of the Saratov Regional Court of Arbitration was fired after accepting on 7/4 a lawsuit calling for the dismissal of President Putin. (The Moscow Times, 15/4)

Human rights and business
On 14/4 the FSB raided the headquarters of Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim investment group. Dozhd reported a possible link with pressure on Prokhorov to sell the RBC media holding. (The Moscow Times, 14/4)

On 14/4 police raided the Russian headquarters of IKEA. IKEA's lawyer said the raid and a criminal case initiated against the Swedish retailer are aimed at seizing the land where the IKEA headquarters are located. (The Moscow Times, 14/4)

On 15/4 a Moscow court extended the house arrest of Domodedovo airport owner Dmitry Kamenshchik until 28/7, denying him a 50m rouble bail. (The Moscow Times, 15/4)

Aleksei Navalny
On 11/4 Aleksei Navalny said he would file a lawsuit against state-owned TV VGTRK in connection with a film portraying him as a paid agent of Bill Browder. (The Moscow Times, 11/4)

Bill Browder
On 14/4 the Investigative Committee said it intends to question British-US investor William Browder about the murder of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. (The Moscow Times, 14/4)

Chechnya
On 12/4 Khusein Betelgeriev returned home apparently having been beaten. Family said he had been taken from his home on 31/3 by unidentified men in uniforms. (Caucasian Knot, 12/4)

Ukraine
On 13/4 Crimean Prosecutor General Natalya Poklonskaya suspended the activities of the Mejlis — the Crimean Tatars' self-governing body -  'in order to prevent violations of federal law.' (The Moscow Times, 13/4)

On 14/4 the Council of Europe said that Crimea must be re-opened to regular Council of Europe monitoring to safeguard the human rights of 2.5 million people. (Council of Europe, 14/4) 

Libraries
Russian investigators are reportedly searching for visitors to the Moscow Library of Ukrainian Literature who borrowed books on Ukrainian history and Holodomor. (The Moscow Times, 13/4)

On 15/4 reports said the Dante Alighieri Library is to be evicted from its Moscow premises which are to be given to Russia's Investigative Committee. (The Moscow Times, 15/4)
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Rights in Russia,
18 Apr 2016, 01:33
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