Archive for Mig Greengard
Editor of theotherrussia.org.
Putin’s Rules on Trade
Last weekend Vladimir Putin attacked the World Trade Organization for being “archaic, nondemocratic and unwieldy.” As The Wall Street Journal pointed out yesterday, WTO director Pascal Lamy was quick to remind that these characteristics haven’t stopped Russia from attempting to join. The article continued: Yet the biggest sticking point concerns Russia’s failure to fulfill promises […]
Jun 16, 2007 | Continued
Sun Shines, Police Lock Down Moscow March
Nearly 2000 people came out to the Other Russia rally in Pushkin Square in Moscow today. They listened to human rights and political leaders from across the broad ideological spectrum of the Other Russia pro-democracy coalition. They included Alexei Navalny of Yabloko, Garry Kasparov of the United Civil Front, Eduard Limonov of the now-banned National […]
Jun 11, 2007 | Continued
Dissenters’ March June 11 in Moscow
After the success of St. Petersburg on the 9th, we are marching again in Moscow on Monday. The Kremlin blinked on Saturday, showing they are vulnerable to public and international pressure and awareness. Our thanks to every journalist, politician, and citizen around the globe who raised a voice against the brutality and repression of our […]
Jun 11, 2007 | Continued
St. Petersburg Dissenters’ March
What wasn’t said by the chants and the banners held by the marchers was clearly spoken by the massive police presence in St. Petersburg today for the latest Dissenters’ March. “Russia Without Putin”, “We Need Another Russia”, “This Is Our City”, “No Police State!”. Radio Ekho of Moscow reported that between 8,000 and 10,000 police […]
Jun 9, 2007 | Continued
June 7 Press Conference
On June 7 in Moscow, leaders of the Other Russia gave a press conference to discuss the upcoming Marches of Dissent in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Garry Kasparov, Eduard Limonov, and Sergei Udaltsov explained what has been going on behind the scenes with the various municipal entities in charge of dealing with public meetings and […]
Jun 8, 2007 | Continued
Bush’s Backtrack
In his statement at the June 5 Prague Conference on Security and Democracy, US President Bush said, “In Russia, reforms that once promised to empower citizens have been derailed, with troubling implications for democratic development.” The next day, in his remarks to the travel pool of reporters, Bush found it necessary to explain his speech. […]
Jun 8, 2007 | Continued
Estonian President on Russia and the G8
In a long interview, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves mentioned Russia’s continued presence in the Group of 8. Ilves: . . . Briefly, democracies don’t go to war with each other. Democracies don’t make warlike threats against each other. Either that truism is false or the notion of a G8 of the industrialized democracies getting […]
Jun 6, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov’s Remarks in Prague
The following opening statement was delivered by Other Russia leader Garry Kasparov on June 5 at the Prague Conference on Democracy and Security. The title of the panel Kasparov was on was “What are the right ways to make the transition from a totalitarian/authoritarian regime to a democracy?” It’s a great privilege to be here […]
Jun 6, 2007 | Continued
Bush: Russian Reforms “Derailed”
Everything has a start, and today might have seen the beginning of a long-overdue toughening of US policy toward the Putin police state in Russia. President Bush’s remarks in Prague were still cautious, and it remains to be seen if there will be any follow-up as he heads to Germany for the G8 summit, where […]
Jun 5, 2007 | Continued
June 9 March of Dissent Approved
We are very happy to report that, with a little help from Germany, the authorities in St. Petersburg have discovered the Russian constitution. They have officially approved the June 9 March of Dissent that will move through the center of the city on a route similar to that of the March 3 rally attacked by […]
Jun 5, 2007 | Continued