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Murmansk Police Confiscate Anti-Putin Report, 2 Activists Detained
Police in Murmansk have confiscated 1000 copies of “Putin. Results. 10 Years” under allegations of extremism, despite the fact that St. Petersburg police already did the same analysis and came up empty.
25Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Murmansk Police Confiscate Anti-Putin Report, 2 Activists Detained | Continued
Activist Car Owners Mock New No-Tolerance Alcohol Law
Dozens of activist car owners participated in a motorcade around Moscow to protest the country’s new zero-tolerance alcohol policy, which critics say prohibits drivers even from drinking fermented milk drinks like kefir.
24Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Activist Car Owners Mock New No-Tolerance Alcohol Law | Continued
Concert to Defend Forest Successful Despite Police, Nashi
Thousands of environmental activists and oppositionists turned out for a protest-concert in defense of outer-Moscow’s Khimki Forest on Sunday, despite legal ambiguities and a ban on audio equipment.
23Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Concert to Defend Forest Successful Despite Police, Nashi | Continued
Moscow Attempts to Ban Rally Defending Khimki Forest
The Moscow city authorities are attempting to ban a concert protesting the ongoing destruction of outer-Moscow’s Khimki Forest, on the basis that the law does not provide for a “rally-concert.”
20Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Moscow Attempts to Ban Rally Defending Khimki Forest | Continued
Ousting of Governor ‘First Serious Opposition Victory’
United Russia has decided that the highly unpopular Kaliningrad Governor Georgy Boos will not be running for re-election.
18Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Ousting of Governor ‘First Serious Opposition Victory’ | Continued
‘Strategy 31’ to Continue Despite Ban, Construction
The Moscow government has announced that Triumfalnaya Square – the traditional rallying place of the Russian opposition – will be closed for construction starting in late August. Oppositionists plan to hold their rallies regardless.
17Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on ‘Strategy 31’ to Continue Despite Ban, Construction | Continued
Police Reform Bill Critisized as ‘Fagmentary and Unsystematic’
Robert Coalson from RFE/RL comments on a controversial new bill that the government claims would modernize Russia’s notoriously corrupt police forces.
12Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Police Reform Bill Critisized as ‘Fagmentary and Unsystematic’ | Continued
Yulia Latynina on Putin and the Wildfire Crisis
Writing for the Moscow Times, journalist Yulia Latynina discusses what the Russian government’s handling of the current wildfire crisis is unacceptable by contemporary standards.
4Aug2010 | R J | Comments Off on Yulia Latynina on Putin and the Wildfire Crisis | Continued
100 Detained, Many Beaten in Moscow ‘Strategy 31’ Rally
Scores of opposition activists have been detained at the latest Strategy 31 rally in defense of the right to free assembly in Russia.
31Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on 100 Detained, Many Beaten in Moscow ‘Strategy 31’ Rally | Continued
Report Critical of Putin Reaches Wide Audience
A new survey indicates that a Putin-critical report by opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Milov has already been read by as many as two million Russian citizens.
29Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Report Critical of Putin Reaches Wide Audience | Continued