Archive for Danila
Exhibit Honors Caricatures of Russian President
A new art exhibit in St. Petersburg features caricatures of recently elected president Dmitri Medvedev, playing off his name’s similarity to the Russian word for bear.
Mar 27, 2008 | Continued
Britain Documents Crumbling Human Rights Situation in Russia
The latest edition of a human rights report from the British Foreign Office finds new lows in the arena of human rights in Russia.
Mar 27, 2008 | Continued
Russian Military Officers Quitting In Protest of Reforms
Russian military officers among the highest ranks of the Service are preparing to quit in protest of reforms instituted by Anatoly Serdyukov, the current minister of Defense.
Mar 26, 2008 | Continued
Russian Economic Agency Ups Inflation Outlook
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has raised its expectation for 2008 inflation figures to 9.5 percent.
Mar 26, 2008 | Continued
7 Opposition Activists Sentenced in Russia
The Tagansky District Court in Moscow has sentenced seven opposition activists to jail terms ranging from 1 ½ to 2 ½ years.
Mar 25, 2008 | Continued
Sochi Residents Speak Out Against Forced Evictions
Residents of the Nizhneimeretinsky (Lower Imeretinsky) Bukhta, the low-lands area where most of the Olympic village will be built for the 2014 Sochi olympics, have written an open letter to plead against the forced eviction of locals.
Mar 23, 2008 | Continued
Yabloko Leader Released From Incarceration
Maxim Reznik, the leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the liberal Yabloko party, has been freed from the pre-trial detention center where he spent 17 days.
Mar 22, 2008 | Continued
Journalist and Media Chief Murdered in Russia
In two cases that may or may not be connected, two media workers have been murdered in Moscow and Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan.
Mar 21, 2008 | Continued
Record Numbers of Russians Seek Political Refuge Abroad
According to a UN report, Russia now ranks second in the world for the number of citizens attempting to flee the country and receive political asylum in industrialized countries.
Mar 21, 2008 | Continued
Police Raid Offices of Inter-Cultural NGO in Nizhny Novgorod
Investigators raided the offices of the Fund for the Support of Tolerance in Nizhny Novgorod, seizing computers and vital documents. Police also searched the homes of opposition activists living in the city.
Mar 21, 2008 | Continued