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Alexeyeva to Hold Strategy 31 on Pushkin Square
Lyudmila Alexeyeva and a group of other human rights activists plan to hold their own Strategy 31 rally in March on Pushkin Square, after negotiations with other organizers to fix a five-month split came to nought.
Mar 15, 2011 | Continued
Rise in Electoral Violations Indicates Weak Ruling Party
Electoral monitors reported a sharp rise in electoral violations in Russia’s regional elections over the weekend, which analysts link to a general fall in United Russia’s ratings.
Mar 14, 2011 | Continued
Biden Meets With Russian Oppositionists & Rights Advocates
Russian human rights activists and opposition figures met with US Vice President Joe Biden to discuss civil rights violations, electoral fraud, and other issues plaguing Russian politics and society.
Mar 11, 2011 | Continued
Funds Raised by Putin’s ‘Blueberry Hill’ Performance Missing
An open letter by a parent of a sick child has revealed that money raised at a charity concert where Vladimir Putin sung “Blueberry Hill” in English has gone missing.
Mar 8, 2011 | Continued
Moscow Bill to Limit Opposition Rallies to ‘Fight Traffic’
New legislation drawn up by the Moscow mayor’s office is directly threatening the right of Russian citizens to hold opposition demonstrations – but not state-sponsored ones – in the name of fighting traffic jams.
Mar 7, 2011 | Continued
‘Strategy 31’ Organizers Try to Mend Split
Human rights activists and oppositionists are holding negotiations to try and reunite for the next set of Strategy 31 rallies in March.
Mar 4, 2011 | Continued
Businessman Buys ‘Putin’s Palace’ as a Hotel
A wealthy businessman has reportedly purchased the companies that control a palatial complex on the Black Sea purported to have been built for Vladimir Putin’s personal use; the project’s whistleblower says the move is just a diversion.
Mar 3, 2011 | Continued
Latynina: February 1917 is in the Air
Writing for the Moscow Times, Yulia Latynina offers a scathing assessment of “Russia’s extraordinarily weak leaders.”
Mar 2, 2011 | Continued
Mascot of the Monarch’s Will
A nationwide vote for mascot of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi should have been a lighthearted affair, but instead has morphed into an Orwellian nightmare. The editorial team at Gazeta.ru explains. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.
Feb 28, 2011 | Continued
Kasparov: Russia on a Downward Spiral
Garry Kasparov argues that, with its ever-growing list of Orwellian traits, Russia is moving on a downward spiral with no hope of achieving change from within.
Feb 27, 2011 | Continued