Putin ‘uses Soviet scare tactics’ to silence critics of new Russia
Yevgeny Ikhlov does not look like a man who is easily frightened. As a long-time peace and human rights activist, he has frequently clashed in the courtroom with Russia’s secret services, military and public prosecutors. The FSB security service – the successor to the feared Soviet-era KGB – once tried to imprison him on trumped-up charges of taking funding from terrorist organisations after he attempted to broker a peace deal in Chechnya. Full Story