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Al Kamen reported in his Washington Post In the Loop column that longtime State Department employee Diane Zeleny, who several weeks ago got a new job as director

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s finance minister resigned today in protest at Vladimir Putin’s “job swap” with President Dmitri Medvedev, apparently confirming the

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s self-elevation prompted a bizarre, if historically familiar incident at the current congress of

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Alexander Singurov believes the attack was aimed at killing him. He links the incident to stories published in his newspaper just two

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): It is no insult to describe Elena Bonner (left) as a dissident personality, writes Anne Applebaum. Bonner,

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Reports that the international community is failing to support democratic transitions emerging from the Arab Spring are raising

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): "While President [Dmitri] Medvedev (left) talks the talk, he has wasted a unique opportunity to contribute to Russia’s

Freedom House: Freedom House today launched a web feature presenting its latest special report, 'Promise and Reversal: The Post-Soviet Landscape Twenty Years On,' to mark the 20th

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Human rights groups are protesting the latest violent attack on a Russian rights activist, as another leading

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A new report released by ARTICLE 19 and IMS shows that a lack of investigation into violence against journalists in the three

Freedom House: Freedom House expresses deep concern over the latest attack on a Russian human rights activist, this time against Bakhrom Khamroyev outside his home in Moscow.

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Two ultra-nationalists have been convicted and sentenced to long prison terms for the January 2009 double murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, May 7, 2011-- In an interview for RIA Novosti Valdai Discussion Club, Free

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school