The Movement to Defend Khimki Forest succeeded in urging authorities to further investigate illegal logging and the role of the main contractor.

A much-trumpeted Russian Law on the Police came into force on March 1. Initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010, it tends to change the image of Russian police to a great extent.

The murder of Stanislav Markelov and Anastasia Baburova provoked a lot of public reaction in Russia and abroad