All Posts Tagged With: "Dmitri Medvedev"
Thousands of Russians Turn Out for May Day Rallies
Thousands of Russians held protests and marches throughout the country on Saturday during May Day celebrations. A number of opposition leaders were detained and some rallies were banned outright.
May 3, 2010 | Continued
Duma Bill Would Expand FSB Powers to Fight ‘Extremism’
Russian legislators are considering a new bill that would allow the Federal Security Services to issue preemptive warnings against individuals or groups for activities they believe may become extremist.
Apr 28, 2010 | Continued
Medvedev ‘Not Ruling Out’ Running in 2012 Presidential Elections
President Medvedev feeds speculation on his possible participation in Russia’s 2012 presidential elections.
Apr 25, 2010 | Continued
Pamfilova: Kremlin Enables ‘Endemic Corruption’ in North Caucasus
Human rights advocate Ella Pamfilova held a press conference on Friday to discuss an upcoming presidential meeting with rights representatives and to speak about the causes of the recent surge of violence in the North Caucasus.
Apr 23, 2010 | Continued
Scientist Critical of Olympic Construction Flees Russia
A top geologist working as a consultant for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi has fled to Ukraine, fearing that he may be arrested on trumped-up charges motivated by his warnings about construction for the games.
Apr 19, 2010 | Continued
Nearly 3/4 of Russians Prefer Order to Democracy
Two new polls out this week show that fewer Russians (but still most of them) value order more than democracy and that few think their president is really in charge of their country.
Apr 13, 2010 | Continued
‘YouTube Cop’ Gives Medvedev a Deadline and a Warning
Whistleblower cop Aleksei Dymovsky has issued a final video address to the Russian president, giving him a deadline of November 12, 2010, to address police corruption or step down from his post.
Apr 12, 2010 | Continued
Traffic Cops Awarded for ‘Resisting Temptation’
As President Medvedev vows to fight corruption, authorities in the Siberian Republic of Khakassia have taken to financially awarding traffic cops for turning down bribes.
Apr 9, 2010 | Continued
In the War on Terrorism, Medvedev Follows in Putin’s Tracks
Yezhednevny Zhurnal columnists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan discuss why President Medvedev’s policy response to last week’s Moscow metro bombings will do nothing to prevent future terrorist attacks.
Apr 8, 2010 | Continued
High Mortality Rate in Russian Prisons ‘Depressing’
Efforts to reform Russia’s notoriously draconian penal system have resulted in fewer overall prisoners, but its staggering number of annual deaths remains.
Apr 6, 2010 | Continued