Laws of attrition
Subtitle: crackdown on Russia's civil society after Putin's return to the presidency
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781623130060
Subjects: Political crimes and offenses; Civil society; Non-governmental organizations; Law and legislation; Political persecution; Freedom of expression; Human rights; Politics and government
Other titles: Crackdown on Russia's civil society after Putin's return to the presidency; Russia, laws of attrition
Notes: "April 2013"--Contents page.

"This report was researched and written by Yulia Gorbunova, researcher with the Europe and Central Asia division of Human Rights Watch, and Konstantin Baranov, a consultant with the Europe and Central Asia division"--Page 76.

"This 78-page report describes some of the changes since Putin returned to the presidency in May 2012. The authorities have introduced a series of restrictive laws, begun a nationwide campaign of invasive inspections of nongovernmental organizations, harassed, intimidated, and in a number of cases imprisoned political activists, and sought to cast government critics as clandestine enemies. The report analyzes the new laws, including the so-called "foreign agents" law, the treason law, and the assembly law, and documents how they have been used."--Publisher's Web site as accessed 22 May 2013.

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available online via the World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Recommendations; title: Methodology; title: I. Background; title: II. The "Foreign Agents" law; title: III. NGO inspections; title: IV. Treason law; title: V. The "Dima Yakovlev Law"; title: VI. Restrictions on public assemblies; title: VII. Internet content restrictions; title: VIII. Other elements of the crackdown; title: IX. Russia's international legal obligations; title: Acknowledgements.