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Nov 20 2021
Congressional Resolution on the non-Recognition of Putin as President after 2024
On November 18, 2021, US Congressmen Steve Cohen (D-TN), Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, known as the Helsinki Commission, along with the Helsinki Ranking Member Joe Wilson (R-SC), introduced a Congressional Resolution to end recognition of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia
Nov 19 2021
U.S. Adds Russia to the Lists of Countries Suppressing Religious Freedom —along With Eritrea, Iran, and North Korea
The United States has added Russia to the list of countries implicated in “egregious violations of religious freedom,” a move that comes as ties dip to their lowest since the Cold War
Nov 16 2021
Free Russia Foundation submits evidence to OSCE of gross human rights violations in Belarus
On November 4, 2021, 35 OSCE Participating States invoked the Vienna Mechanism and addressed human rights concerns regarding actions by the Government of Belarus
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Oct 27 2021
Russian State Duma Election
Oct 21 2021
Russia post-elections
Oct 11 2021
Russia’s growing political repressions
Oct 05 2021
The New People: A Hollow Multiparty Façade
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