All Posts Tagged With: "Dmitri Medvedev"

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Solidarity Releases Statement on Moscow Metro Attacks

The opposition movement Solidarity has released a statement regarding two suicide attacks on the Moscow metro that killed at least 38 people and injured more than 70 during the Monday morning rush hour.

Mar 29, 2010 | Continued
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Yulia Latynina on Russia’s Squandered Billions

Award-winning Russian journalist Yulia Latynina discusses what happens when a country spends it’s money on presidential palaces instead of infrastructure and roads. An exclusive from theotherrussia.org

Mar 26, 2010 | Continued
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Police Ask for Citizen Input on Reforms

Russians are being invited to send in their input on a new set of laws that would govern the country’s police forces, as Internal Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev is given nine months to fix his agency or be fired.

Mar 25, 2010 | Continued
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Censored Izvestia Journalist Quits

Well-known Russian journalist Maksim Sokolov is quitting his job at the newspaper Izvestia after editors refused to publish an article critical of Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov.

Mar 22, 2010 | Continued
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Khodorkovsky Calls Putin to Court

Imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, currently in Moscow facing charges in a second case against him, has issued a series of questions that he demands Prime Minister Putin answer directly in court.

Mar 17, 2010 | Continued
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Regional Elections Fraught With Allegations of Violations

Independent observers have labeled Sunday’s regional elections in Russia as “the filthiest in all of history,” while the leading United Russia party says that it is satisfied with how the elections were held.

Mar 15, 2010 | Continued
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Electoral Commission Criticized for Double Standard

In the final days leading up to Russia’s March 14 regional elections, the Central Electoral Commission is banning Kremlin-loyal opposition party A Just Russia from picturing its own leader on a series of leaflets.

Mar 11, 2010 | Continued
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$33.8 Billion Required to Save Monotowns

Russia’s Ministry for Regional Development is estimating that about $33.8 billion would be required to modernize one hundred of the country’s struggling single-industry towns.

Mar 10, 2010 | Continued
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Moscow Traffic Cops Create Unwitting Human Shield

The Moscow highway patrol has allegedly used civilian vehicles, including one carrying a pregnant woman, as human shields in an attempt to catch armed criminals.

Mar 9, 2010 | Continued
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Activists Call for Police Rights Together With Reform

Activists at a rally in Moscow called both for Russia’s law enforcement to undergo drastic reform and for police officers to be given higher salaries and better rights.

Mar 7, 2010 | Continued