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Moscow Lawyer Faces Disciplinary Proceedings for Activism
Evgeny Arkhipov, a member of the Solidarity opposition movement, was told that lawyers have no right to engage in social activism and faces the loss of his status as a lawyer.
4Nov2009 | R J | Comments Off on Moscow Lawyer Faces Disciplinary Proceedings for Activism | Continued
Trust in Medvedev, Putin Falls Among Russians
A poll done by the Public Opinion Foundation finds that Russians’ trust is down in both President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin.
3Nov2009 | R J | Comments Off on Trust in Medvedev, Putin Falls Among Russians | Continued
Russian Opposition Activist Tortured by Police
A Russian opposition activist claims he was abducted and tortured by police on the day of a planned rally in the Russian city of Voronezh.
3Nov2009 | R J | Comments Off on Russian Opposition Activist Tortured by Police | Continued
Prominent Moscow Businessman Shot Dead
Basketball manager Shabtai von Kalmanovic was shot dead in his car in Moscow on Monday in a possible contract killing.
2Nov2009 | R J | Comments Off on Prominent Moscow Businessman Shot Dead | Continued
70 Oppositionists Detained in Moscow Rally
Approximately 70 people were arrested and many beaten in Moscow at rally Saturday in defense of the constitutional right to freedom of assembly.
1Nov2009 | R J | Comments Off on 70 Oppositionists Detained in Moscow Rally | Continued
Immortal Inflation
Sergei Shelin aruges that not only has the Russian government failed to quell inflation, but that mechanisms to support it are cemented in Russia’s economy.
31Oct2009 | R J | Comments Off on Immortal Inflation | Continued
Pro-Putin Book of Children’s Poetry Released
A children’s book of poems entitled “Putinyata” has been released by a publishing house in the Russian city of Saratov.
30Oct2009 | R J | Comments Off on Pro-Putin Book of Children’s Poetry Released | Continued
The Landmark Murder of Maksharip Aushev
Journalist Yulia Latynina of Yezhednevny Zhurnal provides a thorough chronicle of the violent events leading up to Sunday’s murder of Ingush opposition leader Maksharip Aushev. Exclusive translation by theotherrussia.org.
30Oct2009 | R J | Comments Off on The Landmark Murder of Maksharip Aushev | Continued
Slain Ingush Activist Warned of His Own Murder
A prominent Ingush human rights activist slain on October 25 had warned that any attempt on his life should be considered the work of government security forces.
29Oct2009 | R J | Comments Off on Slain Ingush Activist Warned of His Own Murder | Continued
Russia Worries About the Price of Oil, Not a Nuclear Iran
Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov calls for President Barack Obama to face the reality of Russia’s interests in continued high tensions in the Middle East, and to take a serious stance in talks with Moscow over Iran’s nuclear program.
28Oct2009 | R J | Comments Off on Russia Worries About the Price of Oil, Not a Nuclear Iran | Continued