Archive for June, 2010
Study Deplores ‘Rapidly Shrinking Space For Dissent’ in Russia
A new study by Freedom House singles out Russia as having experienced a severe decline in the quality of its democratic governance over the course of the past ten years.
Jun 30, 2010 | Continued
Other Russia to Form Official Political Party
The Other Russia opposition coalition plans to form its own political party to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections, but expects to face government interference to hinder the officially required federal registration.
Jun 29, 2010 | Continued
Five Detained at St. Petersburg Gay Pride Protest
At least five gay rights activists were detained over the weekend at an gay pride protest in St. Petersburg that local authorities refused to sanction.
Jun 28, 2010 | Continued
26-Year-Old Journalist Found Dead in Moscow Apartment (updated)
The body of Russian journalist Dmitri Okkert was found with more than thirty knife wounds in his Moscow apartment on Friday morning. An investigation is currently underway.
Jun 25, 2010 | Continued
Russian Gov’t ‘Not Interested’ in Addressing Torture
A group of experts say that the use of torture is so widespread throughout Russia’s penitentiary and and law enforcement agencies that it has become a norm that the government is not interested in addressing.
Jun 23, 2010 | Continued
Sberbank CEO Testimony ‘Major Victory’ for Khodorkovsky
Sberbank President and CEO German Gref testified for the defense in the case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Monday, asserting that the theft the oligarch is accused of could not have happened without his awareness.
Jun 22, 2010 | Continued
Anti-Putin Report Will Be Distributed ‘All Over Country’
Opposition leaders succeeded in handing out 2000 samizdat copies of ‘Putin. Results. 10 Years’ in St. Petersburg despite the fact that police had already confiscated 200 thousand copies of the controversial report.
Jun 21, 2010 | Continued
Sochi Gov’t Reaches Deal with Hunger Strikers
Residents facing eviction in Sochi have ended a 24-day hunger strike after local authorities agreed to address their concerns.
Jun 18, 2010 | Continued
Medvedev: Russia Must Become a ‘Country of Dreams’
The Russian president spoke at the official opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, pledging to shape fiscal policy in order to turn Russia into a country that people would strive to make “their new or second home.”
Jun 18, 2010 | Continued
FSB, Police Seize 200 Thousand Copies of Anti-Putin Report
Of the million copies of “Putin. Results. 10 Years” printed by the opposition movement Solidarity, police and Federal Security Service officers have now seized a full one-fifth and subjected the documents to review for extremism.
Jun 17, 2010 | Continued
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