Russia

143 million people
10,730 USD GNI (PPP)
Internet:
Partly Free
Press:
Not Free
Not Free

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News & Updates

Press Releases

Russian Opposition Leader Boris Nemtsov Killed in Moscow

February 27, 2015

Following the murder of Boris Nemtsov, a prominent opposition leader in Russia, Freedom House issued the following statement. 

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Eurasia
Press Releases

Russia Moves to Silence Independent Broadcaster

February 4, 2015

In response to the decision of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRS) and the federal oversight body for telecommunications to withdraw broadcasting licenses of the award-winn

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Freedom of Expression, Media Freedom
Regions: 
Eurasia
Press Releases

Freedom in the World 2015: Freedom declines for ninth year

January 28, 2015

More aggressive tactics by authoritarian regimes and an upsurge in terrorist attacks contributed to a disturbing decline in global freedom in 2014. 

Issues: 
Civil Society, Democratic Governance, Elections, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Religious Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eurasia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Americas
Press Releases

Aleksei Navalny, Kremlin Critic, Sentenced by Russian Court

December 30, 2014

In response to a Moscow court sentencing Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny to a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence, and his brother Oleg Navalny to a prison term of the same length in a politically-motivated case, Freedom House issued the following statement. 

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Human Rights Defense, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Eurasia

Experts

Susan Corke

Director for Eurasia Programs


Issues: 
Regions: 
Eurasia

Arch Puddington

Vice President for Research

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Elections, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Religious Freedom, Rule of Law, U.S. Foreign Policy
Regions: 
Europe

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Special Reports

Contending with Putin's Russia

As President Barack Obama enters his second term, relations with Russia present him with a set of thorny problems. This package of materials includes policy proposals, a summary of Russian legal restrictions on NGOs, a chronology of repressive actions under Vladimir Putin since 2000, and graphs illustrating Russia's score declines in Freedom House's annual reports.


 

Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On

“Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On,” marks the 20th anniversary of the failed Soviet coup of August 19, 1991. The retrospective essay examines the changes in the political rights and civil liberties in the former Soviet Union over the last two decades, as well as includes graphs and rankings that illustrate the region's performance in the annual Freedom House publications Freedom in the World and Freedom of the Press. The report  concludes that there is a serious and disturbing failure to embrace democratic institutions in most of the post-Soviet region.

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