Archive for Mig Greengard
Editor of theotherrussia.org.
Opposition Leader Kasparov Arrested in Moscow
Russian opposition activists and leaders arrested and beaten by police after march in Moscow on Saturday.
Nov 24, 2007 | Continued
Opposition Marches in Moscow and St. Petersburg Nov. 24-25
Marches of dissent take place this weekend. Opposition organizers and activists harassed across Russia.
Nov 23, 2007 | Continued
Time Served
One finds all sorts of things on the internet these days. This creative effort deserves translation for a wider audience. When Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sentenced, in May 2005, Garry Kasparov opined that the “man whose crime was defying Putin” would be in prison not for his eight-year sentence but “until Putin is out of power.” […]
Oct 26, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on Nomination and Putin
Yesterday Garry Kasparov was nominated by the Other Russia National Congress to stand as candidate for president in the 2008 elections, scheduled for March 2, 2008. The Putin regime has established countless roadblocks to the democratic process that it will be nearly impossible for Kasparov to appear on the March ballot. Today Vladimir Putin announced […]
Oct 1, 2007 | Continued
Chechen Parliament Threatens Kasparov
Dukvakh Abdurakhmanov, the head of the People’s Assembly of the Chechen parliament, put his true colors and those of his government on display yesterday. He was reacting to an speech in which Other Russia leader Garry Kasparov referred to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov as a bandit. Abdurakhmanov first talked of a libel suit against Kasparov, […]
Sep 27, 2007 | Continued
Gazprom and the EU
The Foreign Policy blog takes a critical look at how the Russian state energy goliath Gazprom is exploiting European disunity and weakness. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a 2006 press conference with Tony Blair, said the European Union needed to work towards a common energy policy to limit the influence of Gazprom, the Russian-controlled energy […]
Sep 24, 2007 | Continued
The Expected Unexpected PM
We are continuing to watch with amusement the caricature of shock on the face of the global media after Putin appointed unheralded functionary Viktor Zubkov to the post of Prime Minister this week. Zubkov’s lack of experience in anything important other than being Putin’s friend was no obstacle to his being confirmed overwhelmingly by Putin’s […]
Sep 14, 2007 | Continued
Putin Shuffles the Deckchairs
For some reason western media outlets are acting as though today’s announced cabinet reorganization by Vladimir Putin is in some way significant. It is nothing more than a ritual. Nor does it have much to do with the December 2nd parliamentary elections, which are little more than a farce scripted long ago. Putin will use […]
Sep 12, 2007 | Continued
Kremlin Increases Pressure
The Russian government of Vladimir Putin has increased pressure against the activities of the Other Russia across the country, including in Moscow, during our primary election cycle. In recent days four delegate conferences have been blocked by the government. This is a significant escalation by the Kremlin because their actions come not against street protests […]
Sep 10, 2007 | Continued
Piracy Charges to Pressure Critics
The Moscow Times reports on yet another tactic the Kremlin is using to crack down on critics. A series of raids in recent months suggests that the authorities may have found an innovative way to crack down on critics: allegations of using pirated software. Most recently, the high-tech crimes unit of the Nizhny Novgorod police […]
Sep 7, 2007 | Continued