Protests

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin chose a symbolic moment, the day of the Russian presidential election, to publish his annual report on human rights in the Russian Federation

The recent rally orchestrated by the opposition in central Moscow indicates that the post-election discontent is gradually coming to an end

Society remains unhappy, but no one is really in the mood to fight. Where to Russia’s protestors go from here?

Police detained several opposition activists including vocal anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny and leftist leader Sergei Udaltsov during the rally in Pushkin Square in central Moscow

Thousands of opponents of president-elect Vladimir Putin rallied in Moscow on Monday evening, denouncing his victory at the presidential polls as illegitimate

Vladimir Putin has won the presidential race. And while his supporters lauded the victory, the opposition is planning massive protests

Several rallies are scheduled to be held today in central Moscow. Neither the authorities nor the opposition really understood what the protestors who have taken to the streets since Dec. 4 actually wanted

Russia Beyond the Headlines asked the experts and representatives of political forces if Russia will see an escalation of protests and a "tightening of the screws" after the presidential elections

Sunday's rally in support for fair elections has opposition still hoping to establish the dialogue with the authorities a week ahead of the presidential vote

The newfound political activism among Russians is manifesting itself during this year’s presidential election campaign in three new ways – on the streets, on the Internet, and in the polling place

Social networks mirror the social capital and expand the circle of trust between people.

Russian pundits believe that the recent protests resulted from economic problems, which makes them an even more potent force

While recent protests show that the Russian public is breaking into two camps - one pro-Putin and one opposition, is the political elite also fracturing?

Organizers from across the political spectrum are planning rallies to bring even more people into the streets in the second half of the month

Organizers from across the political spectrum are planning rallies to bring even more people into the streets in the second half of the month.

A talented British playwright is turning his spotlight on the recent demonstrations against electoral fraud in Russia

Once again on Feb. 4 Russians protested in New York against vote fraud during the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections, but this time, the rally launched a new organization – the Coalition of Russian-speaking Organizations for Civil Rights

In the midst of Russia’s 2012 presidential campaign, the Feb. 4 protests showed that Russians are ready to take to the streets in defense of their rights

A new project of Russia's prominent anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, RosVybory, aims at monitoring the upcoming presidential elections. But will it be successful like Navalny's previous project Rospil?