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Sberbank CEO Testimony ‘Major Victory’ for Khodorkovsky
Sberbank President and CEO German Gref testified for the defense in the case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Monday, asserting that the theft the oligarch is accused of could not have happened without his awareness.
22Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Sberbank CEO Testimony ‘Major Victory’ for Khodorkovsky | Continued
Anti-Putin Report Will Be Distributed ‘All Over Country’
Opposition leaders succeeded in handing out 2000 samizdat copies of ‘Putin. Results. 10 Years’ in St. Petersburg despite the fact that police had already confiscated 200 thousand copies of the controversial report.
21Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Anti-Putin Report Will Be Distributed ‘All Over Country’ | Continued
Sochi Gov’t Reaches Deal with Hunger Strikers
Residents facing eviction in Sochi have ended a 24-day hunger strike after local authorities agreed to address their concerns.
18Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Sochi Gov’t Reaches Deal with Hunger Strikers | Continued
Medvedev: Russia Must Become a ‘Country of Dreams’
The Russian president spoke at the official opening of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, pledging to shape fiscal policy in order to turn Russia into a country that people would strive to make “their new or second home.”
18Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Medvedev: Russia Must Become a ‘Country of Dreams’ | Continued
FSB, Police Seize 200 Thousand Copies of Anti-Putin Report
Of the million copies of “Putin. Results. 10 Years” printed by the opposition movement Solidarity, police and Federal Security Service officers have now seized a full one-fifth and subjected the documents to review for extremism.
17Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on FSB, Police Seize 200 Thousand Copies of Anti-Putin Report | Continued
Strategy 31 Organizers Turn Down Gov’t Proposal
A government proposal “to save face” that would allow Strategy 31 rallies to be held at two alternating locations in Moscow has been turned down by opposition organizers.
16Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Strategy 31 Organizers Turn Down Gov’t Proposal | Continued
Amnesty International: Don’t Forget Russia’s Atrocities
Activists from Amnesty International France were dispersed when they tried to project a video symbolizing human rights abuses in Russia onto the facade of the Russian embassy in Paris.
15Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Amnesty International: Don’t Forget Russia’s Atrocities | Continued
Medics Charged in Vera Trifonova’s Death
Federal investigators are charging medical workers with negligent homicide in the death of Moscow businesswoman Vera Trifonova, after a medical investigation established that a forgotten catheter caused her death.
14Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Medics Charged in Vera Trifonova’s Death | Continued
Duma Passes Bill for FSB ‘Special Preventative Measures’
The Russian State Duma has passed a government-sponsored bill feared by rights advocates and oppositionists for the negative effect it could have on free speech.
11Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Duma Passes Bill for FSB ‘Special Preventative Measures’ | Continued
Russian Police Launch Manhunt for ‘Primorskie Partisans’
Police have launched a massive search for the so-called “Primorskie Partisans,” a group that has spoken out against police corruption and in late May began a series of physical attacks on police officers.
10Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Russian Police Launch Manhunt for ‘Primorskie Partisans’ | Continued