MOSCOW -- Rights groups in Russia have been ensnared in a far-reaching government clampdown since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, but some activists may soon get plaudits and even prize money from an unlikely quarter: the Kremlin
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Amid crackdown, Putin reportedly plans human rights award
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with children at the Moskvarium Center of Oceanography and Marine Biology in the All-Russia Exhibiton Centre (VDNKh), a public park and exhibition space in Moscow, on August 4, 2015.
