Russian authorities claimed to have solved the sensational killing of known Kremlin critic journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment in October 2006. Ten......
A Moscow court has rejected a libel suit filed against a newspaper, by the grandson of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, to protect his grandfather's name. In his plea, Stalin's grandson Evgeny......
The Royal Swedish Academy on Friday jointly awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the......
The winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize is to be named on Friday morning.The Norway-based Nobel Committee, as part of their 50-year-long tradition has not named the nominees. However, the Nobel......
Despite a year seemingly filled with gloom and near constant reminders of humanity’s failings, the Nobel Peace prize will reward a person, or organisation, who’s worked tirelessly for......
Pussy Riot protest band members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova said they were detained on suspicion of theft in the Winter Olympics host city of Sochi on Tuesday, less than two months......