Tags: Russia

Changed definition of treason a threat to activists and NGOs

The international politics of Pussy Riot.

Claim the party was illegally registered

Camp sentences and show trials are coming back

Sent out distress call on Sunday

The Russian president is pushing for more regulation of "totalitarian sects"

Sergey Udaltsov denies the charges

That should get Putin's attention

Says they threw him into a van and tortured him

Says surface-to-air missiles were made in the U.S.

Nobody is even pretending this isn't a move to stifle dissent

Headed to space station, with fish

Islamic insurgency continues to grip the Caucasus

Stands accused of organizing riots

The two women are on their way to camps east of Moscow described as tough

Dasvidaniya and privyet

Will crush dissidents under his heel from home

The punk feminists protest the abuses of Russia's authoritarian state.

All too familiar playbook