Archive for Mig Greengard
Editor of theotherrussia.org.
Counterfeit Democracy
It was with no surprise at all that we greeted the news from authorities that the 95,000 rubles ($3,675 US) confiscated from United Civil Front executive director Denis Bilunov in Samara were not counterfeit, as alleged. This was just one of the many spurious charges that have entered the security forces’ repertoire of harassment against […]
Jun 5, 2007 | Continued
Kasyanov: Presidential Candidate
On June 2, Mikhail Kasyanov’s party, the Russian Popular-Democratic Union, selected him as their candidate for the March 2008 presidential election. Around 500 delegates selected the former Russian Prime Minister at a congress that could give some lessons to the Kremlin on openness and the democratic system. Many Other Russia leaders attended, including Garry Kasparov […]
Jun 4, 2007 | Continued
America Discovers the Other Russia
What follows are excerpts from this May 31 address by David Kramer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs. It is only a shame that these words were spoken not in Moscow but in Baltimore. Will they be repeated in Heiligendamm, Germany, at the G8 summit June 6-8? Or will the West’s leaders again […]
Jun 2, 2007 | Continued
DoS, Nashi, More Illegal Confiscations
More hacker DoS (denial of service) attacks took place against Russian political opposition sites. This time the entire LiveJournal.ru, the most popular blogging site in Russian, was brought down by attacks against the National Bolshevik Party site that is hosted there. Namarsh.ru was also hit again. In our internal review and discussion of the Voronezh […]
Jun 1, 2007 | Continued
No Ties with Berezovsky
The Kremlin believes that if you repeat a lie enough at least some people will believe it. (Perhaps more than some if you have total control of the mass media.) But the constant allegations that Other Russia is funded or otherwise supported by exiled tycoon Boris Berezovsky grew stale long ago. The latest round of […]
May 31, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on Voronezh: “If this is a democracy, let us march”
We present the exclusive personal recounting of Other Russia leader Garry Kasparov on the May 29 March of Dissent that took place in the Russian city of Voronezh in the southwest. Kommersant has a small photo gallery so you can experience the mood, if not the “atmosphere of OMON” in the air. I must say […]
May 31, 2007 | Continued
Wiemar on the Volga
Historian Niall Ferguson, author of the fascinating books Colossus: the Rise and Fall of the American Empire and Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order, among many others, had an essential article in the Sunday Telegraph this week. Excerpts follow: Putin is heading for a worrying future Seven years ago, the economist […]
May 30, 2007 | Continued
John McCain on Putin’s Russia
US presidential candidate Senator John McCain is one of the few top western politicians to realize that Russia’s decline into dictatorship is a topic of critical importance for the world. He has demanded that Russia be ejected from the G-8 for supporting Iran’s nuclear ambitions and failing to adhere to democratic standards. He called for […]
May 30, 2007 | Continued
Other Russia Websites Under Attack
As of this moment, the opposition websites Kasparov.ru and Namarsh.ru are under a DOS hacker attack barrage of 32 Mbps, rendering them unavailable to the public. This is far from the first time this has happened. In this new BusinessWeek article, Garry Kasparov writes about the increasing importance of the internet in our organization due […]
May 30, 2007 | Continued
Breaking News: Marches of Dissent Continue!
On May 26, the Other Russia notified the St. Petersburg city authorities of a march to take place on June 9. The starting point will be near the Concert Hall and pass through Nevsky Prospekt to end at St. Isaac’s Cathedral in a route similar to that of the March 3 rally. That place and […]
May 26, 2007 | Continued