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Pro-Kremlin Youth Equate Rights Leaders with Nazis
An outdoor installation set up by a pro-Kremlin youth group depicting Russian civil rights leaders as Nazis has drawn derision and outrage from within Russian civil society.
28Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Pro-Kremlin Youth Equate Rights Leaders with Nazis | Continued
‘Strategy 31’ Organizers Appear to Give Up Limonov (updated)
Russian opposition leaders have appeared to agree to exclude Eduard Limonov from the organizational group of the Strategy 31 freedom of assembly rallies – falling in line with a Kremlin proposal earlier this month.
25Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on ‘Strategy 31’ Organizers Appear to Give Up Limonov (updated) | Continued
Finnish & Russian Activists Appeal to Medvedev
Participants of the fourth annual Finnish-Russian Civic Forum are calling upon President Medvedev to grant Russian opposition activists the ability to exercise their right to free assembly.
21Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Finnish & Russian Activists Appeal to Medvedev | Continued
Moscow City Court Rules in Favor of ‘Strategy 31’
The Moscow City Court has made a decisive ruling in favor of the opposition’s Strategy 31 rally campaign, annulling an earlier decision that denied the illegality of Moscow’s refusal to sanction the rallies.
20Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Moscow City Court Rules in Favor of ‘Strategy 31’ | Continued
Moscow Theater Stages Play of Magnitsky’s Death
A Moscow theater is staging a play based on the daily journal of Hermitage Capital Management lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose death last November continues to resonate throughout Russian civil society.
16Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Moscow Theater Stages Play of Magnitsky’s Death | Continued
Other Russia Party Already Under Gov’t Pressure
The newly-formed Other Russia opposition party is already facing government pressure that threatens to hinder its ability to participate in upcoming elections, as opposition leaders had expected.
15Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Other Russia Party Already Under Gov’t Pressure | Continued
Kremlin Proposes to Allow ‘Strategy 31’ if Opposition Splits
Russian opposition leaders have shot down a Kremlin proposal that would give official sanction to the Strategy 31 rallies if they excluded Eduard Limonov.
14Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Kremlin Proposes to Allow ‘Strategy 31’ if Opposition Splits | Continued
Esquire Magazine: Sochi’s Olympic Road as Caviar
Russian Esquire calculates how much caviar could be bought for the $8 billion being spent on single road for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi – and what a road paved with that much caviar would look like.
13Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Esquire Magazine: Sochi’s Olympic Road as Caviar | Continued
Organizers of ‘Forbidden Art’ Fined, Avoid Jail
The organizers of a Moscow exhibit of banned works of art have been convicted of inciting religious hatred and heavily fined, but managed to avoid a possible three-year prison term.
12Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on Organizers of ‘Forbidden Art’ Fined, Avoid Jail | Continued
More Russians See a Cult of Personality Around Putin
New poll results from the Levada Center show that more and more Russian citizens are noticing a growing cult of personality around Vladimir Putin – and that a majority of the country still favors his total concentration of power.
10Jul2010 | R J | Comments Off on More Russians See a Cult of Personality Around Putin | Continued