
European and Russian activists expressed support for Bulgaria’s environmental and human rights movements, demanded the release of the imprisoned head of Memorial in Grozny, Oyub…

In Russia and Bulgaria alike institutions exempt the Orthodox church from anti-COVID restrictions and use them to prosecute critics. A Russian journalist criticising the Orthodox…

Amending the Council of Europe’s (CoE) sanctioning rules to restore Russia’s voting rights in its Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) has divided democracy and human rights advocates….

Lose regulations and insufficient control turn municipal waste inceneration into an ecological and health risk for Bulgarian cities, activists warn. Waste imports from countries, such…

Toxic waste accumulated from production various chemicals over 15 years ago still threatens the health of people in Ufa. The city is the capital of…

Local residents did manage to close the landfill in the Leventsovka area of Rostov-on-Don, thank to decisive help from Russia’s military. As a result the…

From mid-July to mid-August, Valentina Ivanovna spends her nights in a sleeping bag on a bench in the yard while renting out her one-room apartment…

The whole of Russia is now keeping its eyes on Arkhangelsk Oblast, where local residents continue their struggle against large businesses planning to dump household…

Oyub Titiev, Director of the Regional Branch of the Human Rights Centre “Memorial” in Grozny, Chechen Republic in Russia, accused in a falsified case of…