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Russian Man Sentenced Over Online Forum Comment
A regional court in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai has sentenced an area man to 150 hours of community service for comments he left on a local internet forum.
Jul 30, 2008 | Continued
Russia’s 2008 Inflation Outlook Raised
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has raised the upper end of its inflation outlook up from 10.5 to 11.8 percent for 2008.
Jul 30, 2008 | Continued
Kasparov – Obama Should Stand Up to Russia’s Regime
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov calls on Barack Obama to stand up for democracy and human rights, chastizing the Illinois Senator for giving Russia and China a pass while criticizing other nations with similarly poor human rights records.
Jul 29, 2008 | Continued
Putin and Russia’s Collapsing Stock Market
In an article for the Yezhednevny Zhurnal, journalist Yulia Latynina comments on the evolving situation around Mechel, a Russian coal mining company that has lost a great deal of its market capitalization after a reprimand by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Jul 29, 2008 | Continued
Human Rights Activist Kidnapped and Beaten in Ingushetia
Zurab Tsechoev, a human rights advocate working in Ingushetia, was kidnapped Friday by a squad of camouflaged law enforcement officers. After a harrowing interrogation and beating, he was thrown from an automobile to the side of the highway.
Jul 26, 2008 | Continued
Russian Activist Jailed Over Opposition Website
Ilya Shunin, a deputy to the opposition National Assembly, has been placed in a pre-trial detention facility for his work in maintaining the website of the banned National Bolshevik Party.
Jul 24, 2008 | Continued
Electoral Monitors Are Western Spies–Russian Official
Russia’s Central Electoral Commission has accused electoral monitors from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe of working as Western intelligence agents, and serving as an instrument of political pressure.
Jul 24, 2008 | Continued
US General Warns Russia Over Cuban Bomber Deployment
Russia would cross a “red line” if it positions strategic nuclear bombers in Cuba, according to a US Air Force general. An unnamed source had earlier said that Russia may base bombers in Cuba as response to a US Missile Defense Shield in Europe.
Jul 23, 2008 | Continued
Russian Authorities Put Pressure on Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russian authorities have turned up the pressure on the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, charging several congregations with extremism and shutting down events put on by the organization.
Jul 21, 2008 | Continued
Medvedev Signs Law on Arctic Resources
Russia’s president has signed a law which lets the government hand-pick which companies can tap into the vast resources thought to lie below the Arctic Ocean.
Jul 19, 2008 | Continued