Moscow’s Khimki Forest is 2,600 acres of public conservation land that’s an urban refuge for people and wildlife. Despite laws that prohibit road building and logging, Khimki forest is being bulldozed and logged. Environmentalists working to protect this forest are physically defending the trees with their bodies while they, along with journalists, are being attacked [...]

The life and death of Ivan Khutorskoy
On Monday, 16th of November, 26 year old anti-fascist Ivan “Vanya Kostolom” Khutorskoy was shot dead at the entrance to his home at Khabarovsk street in the east side of Moscow; according to some information with two shots to his head.
This wasn’t the first attack on Vanya. He was [...]

One month ago, on January 19th, Anastasia “Skat” Baburova and Stanislav “Stas” Markelov were gunned down in Moscow. Skat was a journalist writing for Novaya Gazeta, as had Anna Politkovskaya done before her until she was murdered in 2006. Skat was a dedicated Anarchist. Stas was a radical lawyer and human rights activist. On Avtonom.org [...]