foreignness, Russianness and legitimacy in the practice and discourse of human rights defence in Russia since 2012

我提议的研究项目将考虑自2012年以来俄罗斯人权捍卫实践和话语中的异国性、俄罗斯性和合法性主题，询问这些主题与人权捍卫者在普京现任政权背景下确保国际法律规范所采用的方法有何关系，以及这如何重塑我们对俄罗斯与人权和国际法的关系的理解。普京第三个总统任期(2012-)期间的事态发展突显了这些问题的紧迫性。无论是通过关于俄罗斯传统价值观的言论，还是通过暗示对国家主权的威胁，自2012年以来通过的立法都推动了一种观点，即人权法是对俄罗斯人生活及其社会自治的侵犯。在俄罗斯与欧洲委员会因吞并克里米亚而不断恶化的关系之际，迫切需要对国际人权法和实践以及俄罗斯的法律思想进行批判性评估。

My proposed research project will consider themes of foreignness, Russianness and legitimacy in the practice and discourse of human rights defence in Russia since 2012, asking how these relate to the methods employed by human rights defenders in securing international legal norms in the context of Putin's current regime, and how this reshapes our understanding of Russia's relationship with human rights and international law. The exigency of these questions is underlined by developments during Putin's third term as president (2012-). Whether through rhetoric about 'traditional Russian values' or making allusions to threats to national sovereignty, legislation passed since 2012 has promoted a view of human rights law as an encroachment on Russian life and its society's autonomy. Amid deteriorating relations between Russia and the Council of Europe over the annexation of Crimea, a critical evaluation of international human rights law and practice and Russian legal thought is urgent.