“We see around the world that there is a risk of backlash as we make gains on [women’s] rights and opportunities,” said USAID Senior Coordinator Jamille Bigio.

Who still dares to protest the war in Russia? Women. They hold up signs, lay flowers, hide messages in books and write to political prisoners. DER SPIEGEL spent months following three of them.

A few weeks later, Gorinov became the first person arrested under Russia’s war censorship laws. For one thing, he was accused of calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “war” instead of “a special ...

The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday against Russian judge Olesya Mendeleeva due to her involvement in the detention of Alexei Gorinov, an activist who was sentenced to seven years in prison ...

The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge for her role in the detention of human-rights activist Alexei Gorinov over his opposition to Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Treasury Department ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist Alexei Gorinov over his opposition to Russia’s war in ...

The U.S. Treasury Department has levied sanctions against Russian judge Olesya Mendeleeva, blaming her for the detention of Alexei Gorinov, a human rights activist. Gorinov, who opposed Russia's ...

The United States is today imposing sanctions under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program on Olesya Mendeleeva for her role in the arbitrary detention of Moscow city councilor and human rights ...

The United States Treasury Department announced sanctions on a Russian judge, Olesya Mendeleeva, responsible for the controversial imprisonment of Alexei Gorinov, an activist critical of Russia's ...

WASHINGTON - The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist Alexei Gorinov over his opposition to Russia's war in ...