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Lugovoi Faces Litvinenko Murder Charge
The BBC and others are reporting that the UK’s director of public prosecutions has recommended Russian former KGB officer Andrei Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. Himself a former KGB member, Litvinenko had asylum in England and was killed by the radioactive substance Polonium-210. He died on November 23, 2006. The […]
May 22, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on May 18 Detention
Other Russia leader Garry Kasparov provides the following statement on the events around the detention of dozens of people en route to Samara to attend the May 18 March of Dissent. A large group of us were traveling from Moscow to Samara from Sheremetyevo 1 Airport. I had a group of people traveling with me […]
May 18, 2007 | Continued
Other Russia Detained at Airport en route to Samara
Garry Kasparov and others traveling with him were detained for five hours at Sheremetyevo 1 Airport in Moscow this morning while trying to attend the Other Russia Dissenters’ March in Samara today. 27 people were detained or held without passports, including Other Russia leaders Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov and executive director of the For […]
May 18, 2007 | Continued
Samara Crackdown before the Dissenters’ March
The May 18 Other Russia ‘Dissenters’ March’ in Samara (17:00 local time, 16:00 Moscow, 12 noon GMT) was officially approved by the town council and mayor of Samara. (Albeit after pressure from the German government.) The deputy mayor signed our application himself. But Other Russia organizers and activists have been harassed and detained constantly by […]
May 17, 2007 | Continued
Marching in Samara on May 18
The city government of Samara has agreed to allow our March of Dissent to take place in the city on Friday, May 18th. The route has been altered but it will still take place in the city center. Other Russia leaders Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov will be present for the march. Russian and European […]
May 15, 2007 | Continued
Other Russia Organizer Jailed
Rally organizer Ilya Guryev has been sentenced to six months in prison as part of a massive preemptive Kremlin crackdown ahead of the EU-Russia summit in Samara May 17-18. “The fact a man was put in prison simply for being an organizer with the Other Russia is a serious symptom that shows that the authorities […]
May 11, 2007 | Continued
Meek White House Reaction to Putin’s “Nazi” Remarks
With the world’s headlines stating the obvious, “Putin compares US to Third Reich,” the Bush White House has decided to meekly swallow the insult whole. “Moreover, in our time, these threats are not diminishing,” Putin said. “They are only transforming, changing their appearance. In these new threats, as during the time of the Third Reich, […]
May 11, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on the TIME 100 List
One of the leaders of the Other Russia, Garry Kasparov, has been selected as one of TIME Magazine’s “100 Most Influencial People” for 2007, published in the magazine this week. The profile segment on him reads in part: [Kasparov’s] organization, the Other Russia, a coalition of those opposed to the rule of President Vladimir Putin, […]
May 10, 2007 | Continued
On Science, Putin Worse than Stalin
From this story in the UK Telegraph: Since it was founded by Tsar Peter I in 1724, the Academy [of Sciences] has enjoyed immunity from government interference. Freedom to think and work unfettered has enabled 17 of its alumni since 1904 to win science’s highest plaudit, the Nobel prize. Of those, 14 have been within […]
May 8, 2007 | Continued
Report: Press Freedom Declines in Russia
“The nongovernmental organizations Freedom House and the Committee to Protect Journalists have criticized Russia as among the worst countries in the world in terms of press freedoms in reports released to coincide with the annual World Press Freedom Day. Freedom House ranked Russia 165 out of 195 countries on its press freedom scale, accusing the […]
May 7, 2007 | Continued