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Feature Article #1

Once More About the Numbers

Following the most falsified election in modern Russian history, opposition leader Garry Kasparov comments on the questionable nature of the Kremlin’s reported voting results.

March 6th, 2012 | Continued

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Feature Article #2

A Year of Real Possibilities

A New Year’s greeting and hopes for the future from Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov.

January 1st, 2012 | Continued

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Feature Article #3

Why Putin is Immune to the American Reset (updated w/Q&A)

Speaking at a conference held by the Heritage Foundation on the problems of the US-Russia “Reset,” opposition leader Garry Kasparov argues that the United States is due for a reality check and needs to keep in mind that it is dealing with a dictator.

October 25th, 2011 | Continued

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Feature Article #4

Turning the Chessboard

Despite Medvedev’s return of the presidential gauntlet to Putin, some of the president’s supporters continue to look for a “liberating tsar” in the president. Opposition leader Garry Kasparov attempts to disavow them of this notion. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.

October 9th, 2011 | Continued

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Sergei’s Law – Justice for Sergei Magnitsky

More than two years after he was tortured to death in a Russian prison, Sergei Magnitsky’s murderers have not been brought to justice. However, if passed, a new US congressional initiative could help put pressure on the Russian government officials responsible.

May 16, 2012 | Continued
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Moscow Police Arrest Protesters, Ignore Man with AK-74

While police in Moscow are busy arresting anyone with so much as a ribbon to signify their support for the political opposition, one man with a fake (but lifelike) AK-74 was allowed to walk unquestioned throughtout the capital’s downtown.

May 10, 2012 | Continued
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Garry Kasparov on May Crackdown and Putin’s Future

Opposition leader Garry Kasparov comments on the May 5 protest rally and official response to public displays of opposition to the Putin regime.

May 8, 2012 | Continued
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Violence in Moscow as Riot Police Squeeze Sanctioned Anti-Putin Protest

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tens of thousands of anti-Putin protestors in Moscow arrived at a sanctioned rally site only to find it overrun with thousands of OMON riot police…

May 7, 2012 | Continued
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Police Harass Udaltsov on Route to Yaroslavl

Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov was stopped on the way to an opposition meeting and accused of trafficking arms and narcotics before being cleared and issued an apology by police.

Apr 30, 2012 | Continued
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As Protests Wane, Elected Oppositionists Come to the Fore

While the mass opposition protests that marked this past winter have largely subsided, the opposition politicians who were elected to municipal and regional posts have begun to make themselves heard.

Apr 29, 2012 | Continued
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Panfilova Resigns from HR Council for “Moral and Ethical Reasons”

Elena Panfilova has announced her resignation as a member of the Presidential Council on Human Rights, saying that she will be more useful as a civil activist “considering the changes that are happening in our country.”

Apr 28, 2012 | Continued
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Medvedev Pardons ‘Strategy 31′ Political Prisoner

Political prisoner Sergei Mokhantkin has been released from holding in a penal colony after being pardoned by President Dmitry Medvedev – nearly two years into his 2.5 year sentence.

Apr 25, 2012 | Continued
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Blogger Fined for Hitler Picture Labeled as Russian Foreign Minister

An opposition blogger in Saratov has been fined for posting a picture online labeling Hitler as being in the Russian Foreign Ministry and now fears the ruling will be used to prevent him from running for office.

Apr 19, 2012 | Continued
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Yashin Detained in Astrakhan Protest

Solidarity co-leader Ilya Yashin was detained following a confrontation with pro-Kremlin youth group members at a protest in Astrakhan in support of hunger-striking oppositionists.

Apr 11, 2012 | Continued