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Moscow Protesters Face Increased Pressure
Political activists looking to hold protests in Moscow are facing increasing opposition from Mayor Sobyanin, who says that city streets and squares should be closed off for demonstrations only if they consist of many thousands of people.
6Jun2011 | R J | Comments Off on Moscow Protesters Face Increased Pressure | Continued
Magnitsky’s Colleagues Outraged at Chaika’s Role in Investigation
Colleagues of deceased lawyer Sergei Magnitsky are speaking out against a presidential order that charges Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, who Magnitsky accused of violating his constitutional rights, with greater oversight in the investigation over his death.
1Jun2011 | R J | Comments Off on Magnitsky’s Colleagues Outraged at Chaika’s Role in Investigation | Continued
Russian Police Keep it Up With ‘Strategy 31’ Arrests (updated)
Opposition activists across Russia held rallies in defense of free assembly on Tuesday, with dozens detained in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other cities.
31May2011 | R J | Comments Off on Russian Police Keep it Up With ‘Strategy 31’ Arrests (updated) | Continued
Russia’s Chief Whistleblower Sues Federal Investigators
Russian blogger Alexei Navalny is suing federal prosecutors for failiing to properly notify him of the charges against him.
27May2011 | R J | Comments Off on Russia’s Chief Whistleblower Sues Federal Investigators | Continued
Khodorkovsky’s Cell Mate Names Names in ‘Forced’ 2006 Attack
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s former cell mate has come forward with the names and details of how law enforcement officers forced him to attack Khodorkovsky in 2006; prison officials refuse to comment on the story.
26May2011 | R J | Comments Off on Khodorkovsky’s Cell Mate Names Names in ‘Forced’ 2006 Attack | Continued
With Verdict Upheld, Khodorkovsky Becomes ‘Prisoner of Conscience’
Following a much-criticized decision by a Moscow appeals court to uphold Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev’s guilty verdict, Amnesty International has declared the pair to be prisoners of conscience.
25May2011 | R J | Comments Off on With Verdict Upheld, Khodorkovsky Becomes ‘Prisoner of Conscience’ | Continued
Mass Demonstrations to be Broken Up by “Tornado”
Russian engineers have developed a new armored truck equipped with a water canon that are intended to aid internal military forces in breaking up mass protests.
24May2011 | R J | Comments Off on Mass Demonstrations to be Broken Up by “Tornado” | Continued
Activists Protest Against Destruction of Khimki Forest
Demonstrators gathered in Moscow over the weekend to protest the destruction of the Khimki Forest, as attacks on environmental activists remain uninvestigated by the police.
23May2011 | R J | Comments Off on Activists Protest Against Destruction of Khimki Forest | Continued
Kasparov: There’d Be No Putin Regime if Sakharov Lived
Opposition leader Garry Kasparov speaks about what Russia would look like today if physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov was still alive.
21May2011 | R J | Comments Off on Kasparov: There’d Be No Putin Regime if Sakharov Lived | Continued
FSB Orders Ulyanovsk ISP to Block LiveJournal
An internet service provider in Ulyanovsk says the Federal Security Service has ordered it to block access to the blogging platform LiveJournal.
18May2011 | R J | Comments Off on FSB Orders Ulyanovsk ISP to Block LiveJournal | Continued