Archive for Danila
The Last Island of Freedom
LiveJournal, the most popular blogging service in Russia, was recently sold to a Russian company. Sergei Petrunin discusses the significance of the sale on freedom of speech and freedom of thought in Russia.
Dec 13, 2007 | Continued
Severely Beaten Activist Dies
Yury Chervochkin, an activist involved with the Other Russia coalition, died on Monday, December 10th. Chervochkin had been in a coma since late November, when he was severely beaten by UBOP Special Forces.
Dec 12, 2007 | Continued
Judge Murdered in Dagestan
A Supreme Court Judge was shot to death outside his apartment building in Makhachkala, the Dagestani capital. He is the latest victim of escalating violence in the region, and was investigating of the murder of two opposition politicians.
Dec 12, 2007 | Continued
Putin Names Successor
In a surprise announcement, President Vladimir Putin expressed his support today for First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev as his successor to the presidency. With Putin’s endorsement, Medvedev is widely favored to win in the March 2008 presidential election. Putin commented that he has worked closely with Medvedev for 17 years. Reactions from the Russian opposition.
Dec 10, 2007 | Continued
To Murder a Dissident
Former FSB official Mikhail Trepashkin has revealed that the agency tried three times to recruit him to help with the assassination of Aleksandr Litvinenko. Litvinenko’s eventual polonium poisoning did not surprise Trepashkin in the least.
Dec 9, 2007 | Continued
Liquidation of the “Discontented”
One organizer of the “Dissenter’s Meeting” in Yoshkar-Ola is being forcibly held in a psychiatric hospital.
Dec 9, 2007 | Continued
Putting Down the Press
The websites of three opposition newspapers have been shut down. On the night of December 6th, websites for three opposition newspapers suddenly stopped working. The editors believe they were shut down as result of their opposition views.
Dec 8, 2007 | Continued
Nashi Sues OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The pro-Kremlin youth group “Nashi” is suing the European body for spreading false information that tarnishes Russia.
Dec 7, 2007 | Continued
Regional Disparity on the Rise
Rosstat, the Russian statistics agency, reports that income and economic stratification is growing between Russian regions.
Dec 7, 2007 | Continued
Russians Skeptical About ‘National Leader’
Only 17% of Russians support the appointment of President Vladimir Putin as the “national leader” of Russia. These results, obtained by the independent Levada Center public research group, were reported on December 5th in Vedomosti.
Dec 5, 2007 | Continued