Environmental groups and cultural organizations targeted in latest Russian civil society crackdown

Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Russia’s growing NGO crackdown turns to environmental, cultural groups

The Christian Science Monitor

Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights activist and chairperson of the Civic Assistance nongovernmental organization, walks out of court last week in Moscow after a hearing on the organization’s refusal to submit documents requested for the registration of the organization.