Human Rights

The EU's travel sanctions on the Lukashenko regime have been described as "symbolic" at best, as the Belarusian president and his entourage pop up across Europe as members of their national Olympic Committee.
 
The countries concerned tend to be those where the regime has economic interests, and one wonders if these are the same countries that are blocking economic sanctions at the European Council.
 

Ella Pamfilova, President Medvedev's chief human rights adviser, has resigned her post having voiced sharp criticism of Russia's domestic policies and what she describes as the government's "failure to engage with civil society."