All Posts Tagged With: "Gazeta.ru"

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Luzhkov to Head City Management Department in Moscow University

International University in Moscow has appointed fired Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov as dean of the department of major city management, since he “turned out not to have a job.”

Oct 5, 2010 | Continued
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Opposition Leaders Announce New Coalition

A group of Russia’s leading opposition politicians have announced the creation of a new political coalition meant to participate in upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.

Sep 16, 2010 | Continued
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Russia’s State-Run Media Descends Upon Luzhkov (video)

An unprecedented media attack by Russian federal television lambasted Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov over the weekend; though he plans to sue for defamation, Kremlin sources say his fate will be clear within the week.

Sep 13, 2010 | Continued
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Moscow Authorities ‘In a Panic’ That Corrupt Deputy Has Fled Country

The Moscow city administration is in a “panic” following reports that a deputy mayor, recently charged with bribery and facing up to 10 years in prison, has fled the country.

Sep 7, 2010 | Continued
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Concert to Defend Forest Successful Despite Police, Nashi

Thousands of environmental activists and oppositionists turned out for a protest-concert in defense of outer-Moscow’s Khimki Forest on Sunday, despite legal ambiguities and a ban on audio equipment.

Aug 23, 2010 | Continued
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100 Detained, Many Beaten in Moscow ‘Strategy 31′ Rally

Scores of opposition activists have been detained at the latest Strategy 31 rally in defense of the right to free assembly in Russia.

Jul 31, 2010 | Continued
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‘Strategy 31′ Organizers Appear to Give Up Limonov (updated)

Russian opposition leaders have appeared to agree to exclude Eduard Limonov from the organizational group of the Strategy 31 freedom of assembly rallies – falling in line with a Kremlin proposal earlier this month.

Jul 25, 2010 | Continued
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Kremlin Proposes to Allow ‘Strategy 31′ if Opposition Splits

Russian opposition leaders have shot down a Kremlin proposal that would give official sanction to the Strategy 31 rallies if they excluded Eduard Limonov.

Jul 14, 2010 | Continued
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More Russians See a Cult of Personality Around Putin

New poll results from the Levada Center show that more and more Russian citizens are noticing a growing cult of personality around Vladimir Putin – and that a majority of the country still favors his total concentration of power.

Jul 10, 2010 | Continued
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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.

Jun 9, 2010 | Continued