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1064617

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	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Russia: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Russia about any attacks on the democratic opposition in Russia and on free speech.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL13936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>We are concerned about continued restrictions on the opposition and free speech in Russia. The Minister for Europe and the Americas made several public statements last year calling for the release or fair trial of dozens of political prisoners held by Russian authorities, including historian Oyub Titiev in Chechnya and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov in Ukraine. The interests of the Russian people would be best served by a political system based on strong institutions, such as an independent judiciary and a free press, together with a safe political space for dissenting views to be heard and free and fair elections.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/03/2019 17:04:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1064616

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Russia: Human Rights
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports (1) that Lev Shlosberg and the Pskov branch of the Russian opposition party Yabloko were subjected to a search and seizure of documents and a computer hard disk in their office on 13 February; (2) that Lev Shlosberg has allegedly suffered beatings for his reporting of the "unknown" graves of Russian soldiers sent to East Ukraine; and (3) that the journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva was arrested and interrogated after her criticism of state policies.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL13935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>We have not made specific assessments of each of these cases, but we do see all three as further signs of the continuing harassment facing opposition political parties and journalists in Russia. The interests of the Russian people would be best served by a free press and safe political spaces for dissenting views to be heard.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 05/03/2019 16:40:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover