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A Historical Dead End: Putin Must Go

In just over a week, nearly 12 thousand Russian oppositionists, human rights advocates, and ordinary citizens have signed their names to an online petition demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “The recognition that the ruling elite has led our country into a historical dead end has prompted us to issue this statement,” the [...]

March 18th, 2010 | Continued

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Kasparov: Russia’s European Choice

Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov sat down for a recent interview with the Yezhednevny Zhurnal newspaper to discuss why Russia needs to integrate with Europe and why the current political system has no hope for true reform. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.

February 3rd, 2010 | Continued

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The Other Russia: Year in Review

TheOtherRussia.org presents a year-end review of significant events in 2009 from Russia’s political opposition, including issues of censorship, police brutality, state-sponsored violence, the economy, and the work of the political opposition.

January 6th, 2010 | Continued

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Kasparov: My Vision of the New Russia

In a recent interview with Yezhednevny Zhurnal, Kasparov discusses the goals of Russia’s united political opposition, the importance of Russia’s integration into Europe, and the futility of Medvedev’s plans for modernization. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org

December 10th, 2009 | Continued

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The Landmark Murder of Maksharip Aushev

Journalist Yulia Latynina of Yezhednevny Zhurnal provides a thorough chronicle of the violent events leading up to Sunday’s murder of Ingush opposition leader Maksharip Aushev. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.

October 30th, 2009 | Continued

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Khodorkovsky Calls Putin to Court

Imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, currently in Moscow facing charges in a second case against him, has issued a series of questions that he demands Prime Minister Putin answer directly in court.

Mar 17, 2010 | Continued
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Unpaid Olympic Workers Continue Hunger Strike

Construction workers hired for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are continuing a hunger strike taken up last Thursday in protest to their contractors’ failure to pay their wages in more than three months.

Mar 16, 2010 | Continued
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Regional Elections Fraught With Allegations of Violations

Independent observers have labeled Sunday’s regional elections in Russia as “the filthiest in all of history,” while the leading United Russia party says that it is satisfied with how the elections were held.

Mar 15, 2010 | Continued
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Tula Residents Paid to Vote for United Russia

Voters in the city of Tula are claiming that they were offered cash to vote for the ruling United Russia party in regional elections, with an opposition leader saying he has obtained video footage of the payments taking place.

Mar 12, 2010 | Continued
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Electoral Commission Criticized for Double Standard

In the final days leading up to Russia’s March 14 regional elections, the Central Electoral Commission is banning Kremlin-loyal opposition party A Just Russia from picturing its own leader on a series of leaflets.

Mar 11, 2010 | Continued
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$33.8 Billion Required to Save Monotowns

Russia’s Ministry for Regional Development is estimating that about $33.8 billion would be required to modernize one hundred of the country’s struggling single-industry towns.

Mar 10, 2010 | Continued
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Moscow Traffic Cops Create Unwitting Human Shield

The Moscow highway patrol has allegedly used civilian vehicles, including one carrying a pregnant woman, as human shields in an attempt to catch armed criminals.

Mar 9, 2010 | Continued
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Dymovsky Released from Detention Center

Russia’s whistleblowing ‘YouTube Cop,’ Aleksei Dymovsky, has been released from a Krasnodar detention center, although not before prison guards took what the former officer called “some small measure of revenge.”

Mar 8, 2010 | Continued
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Activists Call for Police Rights Together With Reform

Activists at a rally in Moscow called both for Russia’s law enforcement to undergo drastic reform and for police officers to be given higher salaries and better rights.

Mar 7, 2010 | Continued
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