Other Russia
Breaking News: Marches of Dissent Continue!
On May 26, the Other Russia notified the St. Petersburg city authorities of a march to take place on June 9. The starting point will be near the Concert Hall and pass through Nevsky Prospekt to end at St. Isaac’s Cathedral in a route similar to that of the March 3 rally. That place and […]
May 26, 2007 | Continued
More Dissenters’ Marches Scheduled
The Other Russia is not backing down in the face of escalating repression and violence on the part of the Putin administration against our peaceful rallies. If anything, the escalation shows how essential it is to see the exit of Putin and his cronies and the authoritarian state they have created. Today we announce that […]
May 18, 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
Time to Back the Other Russia
French philosopher Andre Glucksmann wrote an impassioned editorial in Le Figaro, which has been translated and reprinted across Europe. It is available online in English here. A few excerpts: Khodorkovsky and Trepashkin are locked up in deepest Siberia. Every fourth or fifth Chechnen has lost his life. Gary Kasparov and his friends are receiving threats […]
May 4, 2007 | Continued
Kasparov on His FSB Interrogation
On April 20th, Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion who is one of the most visible leaders of The Other Russia, was taken to the local Moscow office of the FSB for questioning. This was done at the request of the Attorney General’s office, which said it wanted to investigate whether some of Kasparov’s […]
Apr 23, 2007 | Continued