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Accidental ‘Strategy 31’ Participant Sentenced to 2.5 Years Confinement
A Russian man who tried to defend an elderly woman whom he saw being manhandled by police at an opposition rally has been sentenced to two and a half years in a penal colony.
9Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Accidental ‘Strategy 31’ Participant Sentenced to 2.5 Years Confinement | Continued
Ilyumzhinov’s Game – For the Benefit of the Elites
In a column for Grani.ru, Russian political analyst Stanislav Belkovsky discusses the scandal that has erupted in the battle for the presidency of the World Chess Federation – and why one Kremlin aide has such a stake in the matter.
9Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Ilyumzhinov’s Game – For the Benefit of the Elites | Continued
Ekho Moskvy Editor Proposes Political Rally Ban
Ekho Moskvy radio Editor-in-Chief Aleksei Venediktov says that both pro- and anti-government events should be banned from being held on Moscow’s Triumfalnaya Square for a year.
8Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Ekho Moskvy Editor Proposes Political Rally Ban | Continued
Yabloko Activists Detained on Red Square
Police detained four Yabloko activists when they tried to hold a protest in defense of Lake Baikal on Red Square over the weekend.
7Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Yabloko Activists Detained on Red Square | Continued
Kasparov Speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum
Video is up from Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov’s speech at the 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum.
5Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Kasparov Speaks at Oslo Freedom Forum | Continued
Sochi Hunger Strike Continues Past 16th Day
A hunger strike by residents facing eviction from their homes in Sochi to make way for Olympic construction has continued, and been blockaded throughout the Russian media, for more than two weeks.
4Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Sochi Hunger Strike Continues Past 16th Day | Continued
Lukin: Constitution Says Rallies Don’t Need Gov’t Sanction
The Russian government is facing growing criticism over the brutal methods used by police to break up a rally in defense of free assembly in Moscow on Monday.
2Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Lukin: Constitution Says Rallies Don’t Need Gov’t Sanction | Continued
Police Detain 170 at Freedom of Assembly Rally
Police detained as many as 170 protesters in Moscow during a rally in defense of the constitutional right to the freedom of assembly, many of whom were beaten and at least two of whom were hospitalized.
1Jun2010 | R J | Comments Off on Police Detain 170 at Freedom of Assembly Rally | Continued
Putin Makes Heavily Qualified Defense of Right to Protest
Vladimir Putin has at once called on Russia’s local governments to grant oppositionists their right to protest and assured all parties involved that he has no way of ensuring that this could actually happen.
31May2010 | R J | Comments Off on Putin Makes Heavily Qualified Defense of Right to Protest | Continued
Court Won’t Call Putin as Witness in Khodorkosvky Case
Moscow’s Khamovnichesky Court says that despite testimony that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin admitted that the case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky was politically motivated, it finds no legal basis on which to subpoena him.
28May2010 | R J | Comments Off on Court Won’t Call Putin as Witness in Khodorkosvky Case | Continued