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Russia: Freedom of Speech Online in 2010
Yezhednevny Zhurnal columnist Marianna Tishchenko discusses the various forms of pressure that the Russian authorities have used to stifle free speech on blogs and journals on the Russian Internet.
Feb 10, 2011 | Continued
Confusing Scandal Erupts Over Officer’s Admission
The officer who admitted he falsified a police report about Ilya Yashin’s arrest has taken several bizarre turns, as he recants his testimony and was either fired or never fired at all, with the trial due to resume on Thursday.
Feb 9, 2011 | Continued
Pyramid Country in the View of Global Stability
While the media discusses parallels and comparisons between the unrest in Egypt and the political situation in Russia, opposition leader Garry Kasparov proposes that a set of less obvious factors make Egypt’s uprising important to understanding Russia’s reality.
Feb 9, 2011 | Continued
Officer Admits Report on Yashin’s Arrest was Falsified
The police officer who detained Ilya Yashin at December’s Strategy 31 rally has admitted that he falsified the report that was used to convict the oppositionist to a five-day jail term.
Feb 8, 2011 | Continued
Kasparov: Putin is Mimicking Political Liberalism
Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov argues that many of the country’s prominent public figures who purport to be part of the liberal intelligentsia have more in common with the ruling regime than they’d like to admit.
Feb 7, 2011 | Continued
Moscow Sanctions ‘Day of Wrath’ for the First Time
Moscow city authorities have agreed to sanction the opposition’s Day of Wrath protest for the first time ever.
Feb 5, 2011 | Continued
Putin Gives Go-Ahead to Show Kasparov, Nemtsov on TV
In a surprising break from tradition, Vladimir Putin has apparently given the go-ahead to prominent TV host Vladimir Posner to bring opposition figures such as Garry Kasparov and Boris Nemtsov on television.
Feb 5, 2011 | Continued
Without Dispute: Medvedev As Putin’s Consigliere
Opposition leader Garry Kasparov explains how the Putin regime has transformed the stereotypical metaphor of “the Russian government is run by the mafia” into bona fide reality.
Feb 3, 2011 | Continued
Persecution of Russian Activists, NGOs Doubled in 2010
Cases of persecution against Russian activists and non-governmental organizations doubled in 2010, according to a new report by the human rights association Agora.
Feb 2, 2011 | Continued
Banned from Latvia, Luzhkov Tries for Austria, Britain
Former Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov is making progress in what look like his attempts to flee the country, despite his insistence that he has no intention to do so “if the motherland doesn’t disown me.”
Feb 1, 2011 | Continued