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Russian Rights Lawyer Poisoned in France
Karinna Moskalenko, a renowned Russian rights activist and defense attorney, has suffered what appears to be a poisoning attempt in the French city of Strasbourg.
Oct 15, 2008 | Continued
Anti-fascist Activist Killed in Moscow
Fedor Filatov, a 26-year old activist in the Antifa movement, died in a Moscow hospital on October 10th from knife wounds sustained early that morning. Antifa believes the attack may have been committed by a skinhead extremist group.
Oct 15, 2008 | Continued
Financial Crisis Spilling into Real Russian Economy
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin underscored today that the global liquidity crisis is spilling into the real sector of the economy, despite the government’s best efforts to keep the financial sector under control.
Oct 13, 2008 | Continued
Russians Withdrew 37 Billion Rubles in September
As a liquidity crisis continues in Russia’s financial sector, the Vedomosti newspaper reports that Russian depositors withdrew 37 billion rubles from private sector banks in September.
Oct 13, 2008 | Continued
Khodorkovsky In Isolation Ward for Press Interview
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil company, has been put into solitary confinement for 12 days, allegedly for speaking with Esquire author Boris Akunin.
Oct 10, 2008 | Continued
Russian Lawmakers Want Broader Powers for FSB
A group of Russian lawmakers are jumping at anti-corruption measures proposed by President Dmitri Medvedev to hand greater authority to the country’s security agencies, particularly the Federal Security Service (FSB).
Oct 8, 2008 | Continued
Two Years On, Russia Remembers Anna Politkovskaya
On the two-year anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, theotherrussia.org provides exclusive quotes from Russian public figures, who describe what has changed in the country since her death.
Oct 7, 2008 | Continued
Gorbachev to Form New Political Party
The New York Times reports that Mikhail Gorbachev will join banker Alexander Lebedev and create a new political party in Russia.
Oct 4, 2008 | Continued
Nemtsov and Milov: Russia Needs a Unified Democratic Force
In an open letter, Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov discuss the dissolution of the Union of Right Forces (SPS), calling on its members to leave a political party set to become a Kremlin marionette, and work on forming a unified democratic movement instead.
Oct 2, 2008 | Continued
Ingushetia Descending into Civil War — Aushev
Present-day Ingushetia has “elements of a slow civil war,” according to former Ingush president Ruslan Aushev.
Sep 30, 2008 | Continued