Archive for Mig Greengard
Editor of theotherrussia.org.
Kasparov: Our Time, the Role of the Opposition
United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov spoke about the role of Russia’s democratic opposition at a conference this weekend in Moscow and supplemented his remarks for us at The Other Russia.
Feb 8, 2009 | Continued
Nashi Activist: We Snooped on Opposition Groups
The Moscow Times reports that pro-Kremlin agents worked in opposition groups across Russia to provide the presidential administration with information on opposition activists.
Feb 5, 2009 | Continued
Putin Keeping Good Company
It may come a few years too late, but the mainstream western media is finally acknowledging what their elected leaders still prefer to ignore: Vladimir Putin is no more a democratically elected leader than Robert Mugabe or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Jan 30, 2009 | Continued
Russia Today’s Georgian Obsession
A revealing Freudian slip at the Kremlin’s English-language news site accuses “Georgians” of airline baggage theft.
Nov 30, 2008 | Continued
Human Rights Watch Blasts Putin’s Russia
The organization Human Rights Watch has released its 2008 World Report and an essay by executive director Kenneth Roth entitled “Despots Masquerading as Democrats” in which Putin’s Russia plays a starring role.
Feb 4, 2008 | Continued
US Candidates Ponder Putin
Reuters reports on comments by various US presidential candidates on Vladimir Putin. Most sound ready to stand up for democracy, but will they be as tough once in office?
Jan 8, 2008 | Continued
FOX: Kasparov Is the Real “Man of the Year”
Time magazine may have swooned for Putin’s “steely gaze” but David Asman and the other sharp folks over at FoxBusiness know to look at the record instead of Putin’s eyes. They honored Garry Kasparov, calling him “The Real ‘Man of the Year.”
Jan 8, 2008 | Continued
Kasparov in WSJ: Endorsing Dictatorship
Garry Kasparov’s latest editorial in the Wall Street Journal assaults the continued acquiescence of the West to Vladimir Putin’s demolition of Russian democracy. From Condoleezza Rice to Time magazine, human rights are clearly of secondary importance.
Dec 23, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on TIME ‘Person of the Year’ for Putin
Exclusive statement from Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov on TIME Magazine awarding its “Person of the Year” award to Vladimir Putin. “This will be promoted within Russia and around the world as an endorsement by the West of Putin’s policies of dictatorship.”
Dec 19, 2007 | Continued
Statistical Evidence of Russian Poll Fraud
Statistical analysis has added to the preponderance of evidence that the Dec. 2 elections were little more than a sham. Several studies have shown that the higher the turnout of a district, the greater the margin of victory for United Russia.
Dec 15, 2007 | Continued
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