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Funds Raised by Putin’s ‘Blueberry Hill’ Performance Missing
An open letter by a parent of a sick child has revealed that money raised at a charity concert where Vladimir Putin sung “Blueberry Hill” in English has gone missing.
Mar 8, 2011 | Continued
Businessman Buys ‘Putin’s Palace’ as a Hotel
A wealthy businessman has reportedly purchased the companies that control a palatial complex on the Black Sea purported to have been built for Vladimir Putin’s personal use; the project’s whistleblower says the move is just a diversion.
Mar 3, 2011 | Continued
Russia: Freedom of Speech Online in 2010
Yezhednevny Zhurnal columnist Marianna Tishchenko discusses the various forms of pressure that the Russian authorities have used to stifle free speech on blogs and journals on the Russian Internet.
Feb 10, 2011 | Continued
Moscow Sanctions ‘Day of Wrath’ for the First Time
Moscow city authorities have agreed to sanction the opposition’s Day of Wrath protest for the first time ever.
Feb 5, 2011 | Continued
Medvedev Orders Terrorists to be ‘Destroyed On Sight’
President Medvedev admits that terrorism is a long-term problem for Russia, and opposition leader Boris Nemtsov elaborates on the real extent – and actual causes – of the problem.
Jan 25, 2011 | Continued
More than 30 Dead in Moscow Aiport Bombing
Approximately 35 people are dead and more than 100 injured following an explosion in Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport afternoon that authorities are calling an act of terrorism.
Jan 24, 2011 | Continued
‘Ruleaks’ Posts Pictures of ‘Putin’s Black Sea Palace’
Photographs of a sprawling Black Sea mansion suspected to have been built for Vladimir Putin have been posted on Ruleaks, the Russian analog of Wikileaks.
Jan 21, 2011 | Continued
Russia ‘A Danger the West Dismisses at its Peril’
Former Canadian policy advisor Oksana Bashuk Hepburn explains the dangers of international appeasement of Russia’s criminal behavior in the name of good relations.
Jan 20, 2011 | Continued
Houses Built for Fire Victims ‘Impossible to Live In’
Houses built to compensate victims of Russia’s summer wildfires are turning out to be more of a curse than a blessing, as residents struggle to compensate for shoddy construction that has left them freezing cold.
Jan 12, 2011 | Continued
Khimki Official Arrested in Fetisov Beating Case
Federal investigators have arrested a Khimki city official under suspicion of organizing an attack on an ecologist who worked to defend the Khimki Forest.
Dec 28, 2010 | Continued
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