Russia

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

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New Report: ‘Breaking Down Democracy’

June 5, 2017

Free societies face a growing threat from authoritarian leaders who represent a permanent and increasingly powerful challenge to liberal democracy as the dominant governing system of the 21st century, a new Freedom House report concludes.
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Russia: Authorities Try to Silence Dissent, Anti-Corruption Protests

March 27, 2017

In response to Russian police arresting hundreds of people in anti-corruption protests across the country on March 26, including the largest demonstration in Moscow in five years, Freedom House issued a statement.
FREEDOM AT ISSUE BLOG

5 Ways Human Rights Have Dwindled in Russian-Held Crimea

March 7, 2017

Three years after Russian forces seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, political repression has affected residents’ lives in a variety of ways.
FREEDOM AT ISSUE BLOG

Оцінювання України у звіті «Свобода у світі» (Ukrainian)

February 10, 2017

Зважаючи на окупацію частини території України, продовження конфлікту, а також складну політичну ситуацію, оцінювання стану свободи в країні є нелегким завданням.

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Experts

Arch Puddington

Distinguished Fellow for Democracy Studies


Issues: 
Elections, Religious Freedom, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Europe

Marc Behrendt

Director, Europe and Eurasia programs

Marc Behrendt is the Director for Europe and Eurasia programs at Freedom House, with over 20 years of experience working in the Eurasia region in peacebuilding, governance and human rights.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights
Regions: 
Eurasia, Europe

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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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