Tag Archives: Politics

TODAY: Navalny vows prison threat will not deter anti-Putin struggle; opposition walk out of meeting on new protest fine bill; US criticizes Russia’s rights record; is Putinism an anachronism?  Black Sea dolphin deaths shock ecologists; Russia sees dirty tricks behind Sukhoi superjet crash; 4 Russian bikers arrested in Iraq ‘They won’t scare us with iron [...]

TODAY: Putin refuses to veto new bill raising protest fines; Navalny and Udaltsov released from jail but faces new pressures; Russia test fires ICBM successfully; military jet crashes; Russia’s new health minister Kremlin human rights council head Mikhail Fedotov has been scolded by President Putin for publicly criticizing the new bill raising fines for protests, [...]

TODAY: ‘Energy tsar’ Sechin regains to directorship of Rosneft; Putin draws ex-ministers into presidential circle; bill on greater fines for protestors tentatively approed; Moscow city authorities start turf war with protestors; Poland cautions Russia on NATO’s European defense plans; population growth It has been reported that Prime Minister Medvedev has signed a decree to appoint [...]

TODAY: Focus on Russia’s international stance as G8 begins; Putin will head to Belarus on first foreign trip; Yashin sentenced to ten days; Moscow opposition camp continues; nearly half of Russians believe media influences sexual orientation says new poll; conflicting reports on Putin’s popularity As the G8 summit gets underway, the Washington Post’s Kathy Lally [...]

From www.sergeislaw.org, this video explains how imposing sanctions on those involved in the death of corruption-battling lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 could make a major difference to accountability and graft in Russia: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]

TODAY: Art exhibitions stormed by orthodox activists; Yashin and dozens more arrested at new Moscow protest site; change in mood noted.  Sergei Magnitsky sanctions; teacher faces trial over claims she was pushed into voting for Putin; spacecraft reaches ISS; black box from Sukhoi Superjet tragedy found The opening of two modern art exhibitions curated by Marat [...]

TODAY: Occupy Abay camp dispersed; 20 detained; analysts discuss the new direction of the protest movement. Udaltsov released to face trial; new report finds Russia Europe’s main perpetrator of homophobia; ECHR awards mother in conscript death case. US-Russia diplomacy looking strained; Obama says will not attend Vladivostok APEC summit; new cabinet proposed but no names [...]