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Putin’s Failing Social Contract
The worldwide economic crisis is having a tremendous effect on the Russian economy and the Russian state. As the downturn develops, the weakness of the state built by Vladimir Putin has begun to emerge.
17Feb2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Putin’s Failing Social Contract | Continued
Russian Teacher Fired For Protesting
School officials in Nizhny Novgorod have pressured a local history teacher to either resign or be fired after the teacher was arrested at a recent demonstration.
12Feb2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Russian Teacher Fired For Protesting | Continued
More than 400 Russian Officers Convicted in 2008
Over 400 Russian military officers were convicted of criminal offenses in 2008, including 76 base commanders, according to army prosecutor Sergei Fridinsky.
12Feb2009 | Danila | Comments Off on More than 400 Russian Officers Convicted in 2008 | Continued
Russians Unite in Satirizing the State (gallery)
The Ekho Moskvy radio station has held several contests for its listeners to create political cartoons and collages. Theotherrussia.org translates some of the best.
11Feb2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Russians Unite in Satirizing the State (gallery) | Continued
Kasparov: Russia’s Allies Should Not Help Vladimir Putin
Writing for BusinessWeek, Garry Kasparov argues that the myth of Vladimir Putin’s Russia has finally collapsed, and that the economic crisis is showing how unstable the Russian economy truly is.
11Feb2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Kasparov: Russia’s Allies Should Not Help Vladimir Putin | Continued
Russian Journalists Step Out to Support Shuttered Newspaper
Local journalists in several Russian regions have taken to the streets to support the Tambovsky Meridian newspaper. The Russian postal service refused to deliver and sell the paper after it ran an article questioning regional authorities.
10Feb2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Russian Journalists Step Out to Support Shuttered Newspaper | Continued
Kasparov: Our Time, the Role of the Opposition
United Civil Front leader Garry Kasparov spoke about the role of Russia’s democratic opposition at a conference this weekend in Moscow and supplemented his remarks for us at The Other Russia.
8Feb2009 | Mig Greengard | Comments Off on Kasparov: Our Time, the Role of the Opposition | Continued
Nashi Activist: We Snooped on Opposition Groups
The Moscow Times reports that pro-Kremlin agents worked in opposition groups across Russia to provide the presidential administration with information on opposition activists.
5Feb2009 | Mig Greengard | Comments Off on Nashi Activist: We Snooped on Opposition Groups | Continued
Day of Protest Marked Around Russia
Thousands took part in anti-government protests across Russia Saturday. In Moscow, preliminary reports said around 50 people were arrested.
31Jan2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Day of Protest Marked Around Russia | Continued
Arrests and Intimidation Before Russian Opposition Protests
Ahead of a series of protests put on by the democratic opposition in Russia, authorities have ramped up efforts to intimidate activists around the country. Round-up by theotherrussia.org.
30Jan2009 | Danila | Comments Off on Arrests and Intimidation Before Russian Opposition Protests | Continued