Contents include:Lauri Mälksoo, Introduction: Russia, Strasbourg and the paradox of a human rights backlash Petra Roter, Russia in the Council of Europe: participation a la carte Anton Burkov, The use of European human rights law in Russian courts Sergei Marochkin, ECtHR and the Russian Constitutional Court: duet or duel? [read post]

Dr Anton Antonov, who was head of the paediatric ward of the hospital in Biala Slatina, where Mrs Cherveniashka first worked, told reporters that in a letter she wrote a month before her arrest, she wrote about the HIV/Aids outbreak in her ward and expressed fear for herself. [read post]