International
A Question for the US Primary Candidates From Garry Kasparov
As Russia nears its own election on March 2nd, Garry Kasparov, the co-Chair of The Other Russia coalition, poses a question for the US presidential primary debates.
Jan 29, 2008 | Continued
Russian NGO to Monitor US Democracy
A new think-tank aimed at improving Russia’s image abroad and tracking human rights is set to open in New York and Paris. In the words of its founder, the organization will “study the Western socio-political system and offer recommendations for its improvement.”
Jan 26, 2008 | Continued
Clashing Cultures in the British Council Row
Aleksandr Golts takes a deep look at the current scandal surrounding the closings of several branches of the British Council in Russia. Translated from Yezhednevny Zhurnal.
Jan 18, 2008 | Continued
More Russians Seek Political Asylum Abroad
Human rights activists are documenting a rapid jump in the number of Russian nationals fleeing the country and requesting political asylum. Many of the refugees are from the Chechen Republic.
Jan 17, 2008 | Continued
US Candidates Ponder Putin
Reuters reports on comments by various US presidential candidates on Vladimir Putin. Most sound ready to stand up for democracy, but will they be as tough once in office?
Jan 8, 2008 | Continued
850 Cases of Radioactive Smuggling Averted by Russian Customs in 2007
According to the Federal Customs Service, Russian authorities prevented 850 attempts to transport radioactive materials in and out of the country in 2007.
Jan 3, 2008 | Continued
Kasparov on TIME ‘Person of the Year’ for Putin
Exclusive statement from Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov on TIME Magazine awarding its “Person of the Year” award to Vladimir Putin. “This will be promoted within Russia and around the world as an endorsement by the West of Putin’s policies of dictatorship.”
Dec 19, 2007 | Continued
Shim Jae Hoon and Old Dictator’s Tricks
Veteran Seoul-based journalist Shim Jae Hoon gives his take on the Litvinenko/Lugovoi murder case and the Kremlin’s attempts to demonize internal and external opposition in this article. The problem with this kind of criminal case is that dictators are able to exploit it to condemn foreign interference, imagined or otherwise. That’s exactly what happened under […]
Jul 31, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on the Putin Mafia
The western media has struggled to understand the motivations of the Putin regime since the KGB lieutenant-colonel came to power. Ideology is absent; Russian national interest seems secondary. The answer is perhaps too simple for politicians and pundits who cut their teeth as tea leaf-reading Kremlinologists. Putin and his gang want money and their entire […]
Jul 28, 2007 | Continued
Murder Not Relevant
This week the United Kingdom expelled four Russian diplomats in response to the Kremlin’s refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoi on the charge of murdering Alexander Litvinenko with the radioactive substance polonium-210. We see that at last someone is reacting to Putin’s disregard for the rule of law. This disregard is symbolic of a regime that […]
Jul 23, 2007 | Continued