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Dr. Ganna Yudkivska is a force to be reckoned with in the world of international law and human rights. Her impressive career trajectory originated in a newly independent Ukraine and has since spanned continents and venerable institutions. She is a partner at Equity Law Firm, Vice-Chair of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, [...]

The General Court of the EU revoked on Wednesday the restrictive measures imposed on Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven, two Russian billionaires, between February 2022 and March 2023. The two were originally sanctioned in connection with Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven are significant shareholders of Alfa Group, a cooperation that [...]

Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She’s stationed in Washington during her Semester in DC. Georgetown University hosted a conference on Monday covering the 75th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance of more than 30 [...]

Tajikistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Shokhin Samadi told Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti Saturday that Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev’s claims of Ukraine recruiting mercenaries for its military in Dushanbe, Tajikistan are false. The denial comes as a response to Wednesday’s allegations from Patrushev that the Ukrainian embassy in Dushanbe has been recruiting [...]

Ukraine lowered the age of military conscription on Wednesday from 27 to 25 in an attempt to reinforce their army admist the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky signed the bill outlining the change which had already been passed by the country’s parliament. The new law will result in an expansion of the number [...]

A Russian court in the city of Kazan extended on Monday the pre-trial detention of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist Alsu Kurmasheva until June 5. The court declined her petition to be moved to house arrest. This is the second time the court has extended her pre-trial detention. According to RFE/RL, Kurmasheva told reporters [...]

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow announced on Monday that a tenth person, a Tajik citizen named Yakubjoni Yusufzoda, was arrested for the Crocus City Hall terror attack that killed 134 people.  “The court decided to satisfy the request of the investigator of the Investigative Committee, to select a preventive measure for Yusufzoda in the [...]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation demanded extradition from Ukraine of all individuals connected with terrorist acts on Sunday. According to the press release, Russian authorities conducted an investigation that led to the conclusion that the terrorist attack that took place at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk on March 22 was [...]

One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. His arrest came amid a broader media crackdown and surging suspicion of the West, both of which have loomed heavily amid Moscow’s ongoing war against Ukraine. On this grim anniversary, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken implored Russia to release Gershkovich [...]

Two suspects of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack appeared before Moscow’s district court on Sunday. On Friday, camouflage-clad individuals opened fire on a crowded concert hall and shopping complex just outside of Moscow before setting the structure ablaze, according to local official statements and media reports. Russian security services identified the suspects as two nationals from [...]