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Russian Environmental Agency to Pay Eco-Informants
Discovering environmental crimes may soon become profitable in Russia, as the national environmental agency prepares to pay informants a share of levied fines.
Mar 30, 2008 | Continued
Bush to Meet Putin in Sochi as Thousands Face Eviction
US President George W. Bush will meet with outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin in the resort town of Sochi, where thousands are facing the prospect of eviction from their homes ahead of the 2014 Olympic games.
Mar 29, 2008 | Continued
No Freedom of Speech in Russian Media—TV Personality
Vladimir Posner, a notable TV journalist and president of the Russian Academy of Television, has complained that there is no freedom of speech in the modern Russian mass-media.
Mar 28, 2008 | Continued
Exhibit Honors Caricatures of Russian President
A new art exhibit in St. Petersburg features caricatures of recently elected president Dmitri Medvedev, playing off his name’s similarity to the Russian word for bear.
Mar 27, 2008 | Continued
Britain Documents Crumbling Human Rights Situation in Russia
The latest edition of a human rights report from the British Foreign Office finds new lows in the arena of human rights in Russia.
Mar 27, 2008 | Continued
Russian Military Officers Quitting In Protest of Reforms
Russian military officers among the highest ranks of the Service are preparing to quit in protest of reforms instituted by Anatoly Serdyukov, the current minister of Defense.
Mar 26, 2008 | Continued
Russian Economic Agency Ups Inflation Outlook
Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has raised its expectation for 2008 inflation figures to 9.5 percent.
Mar 26, 2008 | Continued
7 Opposition Activists Sentenced in Russia
The Tagansky District Court in Moscow has sentenced seven opposition activists to jail terms ranging from 1 ½ to 2 ½ years.
Mar 25, 2008 | Continued
Sochi Residents Speak Out Against Forced Evictions
Residents of the Nizhneimeretinsky (Lower Imeretinsky) Bukhta, the low-lands area where most of the Olympic village will be built for the 2014 Sochi olympics, have written an open letter to plead against the forced eviction of locals.
Mar 23, 2008 | Continued
Yabloko Leader Released From Incarceration
Maxim Reznik, the leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the liberal Yabloko party, has been freed from the pre-trial detention center where he spent 17 days.
Mar 22, 2008 | Continued