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Posters for a Party of Swindlers and Thieves
With another round of regional elections coming up in March, renowned blogger Alexei Navalny is asking his readers to get out the vote for any party besides United Russia and has opened a poster contest to promote the campaign.
25Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Posters for a Party of Swindlers and Thieves | Continued
Posner Plans to Interview Nemtsov in March
Russian television host Vladimir Posner says he plans to invite Boris Nemtsov on his show on state-run Channel One in March, along with Valeriya Novodvorskaya and possibly Garry Kasparov.
24Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Posner Plans to Interview Nemtsov in March | Continued
Open Letter to the Russian President on Prison Torture
A group of prominent Russian human rights advocates have penned a letter to Dmitri Medvedev, asking him to take immediate action to put an end to the widespread use of torture in Russia’s detention facilities.
23Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Open Letter to the Russian President on Prison Torture | Continued
Scandal over Putin’s ‘Palace’ Continues to Grow
In a column for the Moscow Times, Alexei Pankin discusses the fervor over the growing scandal over Vladimir Putin’s “Black Sea Palace.”
22Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Scandal over Putin’s ‘Palace’ Continues to Grow | Continued
European Parliament Slams Russia’s Courts
The European Parliament has issued a scathing resolution on Russia’s human rights situation, calling on the government to establish just and transparent courts and to respect the rule of law in the North Caucasus.
18Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on European Parliament Slams Russia’s Courts | Continued
Police Pressure Court Aide as Witnesses Step Forward
Reports are trickling in that corroborate accusations of a Khamovnichesky Court aide that the Khodokovsky verdict wasn’t written by the presiding judge.
17Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Police Pressure Court Aide as Witnesses Step Forward | Continued
Investigators Deny ‘Stolen Wife’ Motive in Kashin’s Attack
Beaten journalist Oleg Kashin says investigators seem to believe his attack to have been prompted by a jealous husband whose wife he supposedly stole, but are too shy to announce and deny it to Kashin himself.
16Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Investigators Deny ‘Stolen Wife’ Motive in Kashin’s Attack | Continued
Udaltsov on Hunger Strike to Protest Jail Sentence
Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov has been sentenced to ten days in jail following a sanctioned rally in Moscow over the weekend; he is going on hunger strike in protest.
15Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Udaltsov on Hunger Strike to Protest Jail Sentence | Continued
Aide Says Khodorkovsky Verdict Was ‘Made to Order’
In an interview with Gazeta.ru, an aide to the judge who convicted Mikhail Khodorkovsky last Christmas claims that the judge was pressured into writing the verdict by high-level Russian officials.
14Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Aide Says Khodorkovsky Verdict Was ‘Made to Order’ | Continued
Tverskoy Court Upholds Yashin’s Jail Sentence
After a week’s worth of circus-like courtroom antics, Moscow’s Tverskoy Regional Court chose to uphold Ilya Yashin’s jail sentence as legal; Yashin plans to appeal.
11Feb2011 | R J | Comments Off on Tverskoy Court Upholds Yashin’s Jail Sentence | Continued