Archive for Danila
Medvedev – US Has Let World Markets Down
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev tried to soothe Russia’s falling stock market, while taking a jab at the United States.
Sep 11, 2008 | Continued
Scandal Involves a Knife, Munich, and Putin on Russian TV
Oleg Kozyrev comments on a debacle on Russian state television, where a magic trick broadcast the words “KNIFE MUNICH PUTIN” to millions of Russians. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.
Sep 10, 2008 | Continued
Killing Kenny is Extremist – Russia Tries to Ban ‘South Park’
Moscow prosecutors have decided that ‘South Park,’ a popular satirical cartoon, is extremist, and have petitioned a Moscow court to ban the program. The country’s General Prosecutor’s office has also deemed that 12 other cartoon shows, including the ‘Simpsons’, have broken a law on protecting children.
Sep 8, 2008 | Continued
Russia Considers Siting Nuclear Arms in Kaliningrad
Russia may locate precision-guided weapons in Kaliningrad, the Western enclave region which borders Poland, in response to an American missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Nuclear arms deployment also remains on the table.
Sep 7, 2008 | Continued
Slain Opposition Leader Explains Ingushetiya.ru (video)
Magomed Yevloyev, an opposition leader from Ingushetia who was killed in police custody, presented at the FINROSFORUM 2008 in June, describing the immense pressure on independent news media in Russia. Translation and subtitles by theotherrussia.org.
Sep 5, 2008 | Continued
Journalist Murdered in Dagestan, Russia
Abdullah Alishayev, a Dagestani television reporter known for his criticism of Wahhabism, died in a Makhachkala hospital after he was attacked my armed gunmen.
Sep 3, 2008 | Continued
Russian Opposition Leader Killed In Police Custody
Hundreds of people took to the streets of Ingushetia, one of Russia’s southern republics, after an opposition leader and businessman was shot and killed while in police custody. In an open letter, Roza Malsagova, the editor-in-chief of the opposition internet newspaper Ingushetiya.ru, blames Ingushetia’s president Murat Zyazikov for Yevloyev’s death.
Sep 2, 2008 | Continued
Putin the Staunch Republican?
Russian journalist Ilya Milshtein argues that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is a staunch supporter of the US Republican Party. Exclusive translation of theotherrussia.org.
Aug 30, 2008 | Continued
Disabled Russian Journalist Jailed for Beating Cops
A physically handicapped journalist has been sentenced to 3.5 years behind bars for apparently beating two militsiya officers. The defendant claims there were gross violations in his trial.
Aug 28, 2008 | Continued
Russian Opposition Party Decries Recognition of Georgian Breakaway Regions
The United Civil Front, the Russian opposition political party led by Garry Kasparov, has released a statement denouncing President Dmitri Medvedev’s decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, two breakaway regions within Georgia.
Aug 27, 2008 | Continued