Tag Archives: Russia

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 [...]

Proving the adaptability of the protest movement, yesterday saw a more genteel incarnation of anti-Putin action take place in Moscow.  It has been noted that since the tumult of May 6, protestors have had to diversify their ways of making their opposition to the President known if they wish to avoid an increasingly defensive police [...]

TODAY: Writers lead ‘Test March’ in Moscow; no incidents reported; Occupy Abai movement gains strength; UR plans increase on fines for protestors; opposition candidate banned from Omsk mayoral race; McCain lambastes protest crackdown. Russia will be present at NATO conference; Putin confers with Ahmadinejad; pledges ongoing support for breakaway republics Russian novelists and poets have [...]

When the news broke yesterday that Vladimir Putin would not be attending the G8 summit in Maryland, speculation bubbled as to why he preferred to send Prime Minister Medvedev instead.  An unwillingness to fraternize with Obama?  A genuinely heavy workload?  Fear of Russia receiving international criticism over the protest crackdown?  Or was it just, as [...]

One of the main issues noted by the protestors who have faced the wrath of the OMON in recent days in Moscow, is the fact that an act of simple accessorizing can be enough to prompt a detention, if the accessory in question is white and ribbon-shaped.  The tactic of preemptive dispersal used by police [...]

TODAY: Police officer filmed kicking female protestor; opposition change tactics to avoid harassment; Navalny could face tougher charges; OSCE issues warning on media freedom. Analysts continue to ponder Putin’s G8 snub; alleged Sochi terror plot thwarted; jet crash investigation continues The Moscow Times reports that the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against a [...]

In what could only be described as the worst advert imaginable for Russia’s attempts to improve its airline transport, one of its newest airplanes, the Sukhoi Superjet has crashed on a demo tour in Indonesia, killing all 47 passengers, who consisted of, amongst others, potential customers, journalists and embassy staff.   Medvedev has, of course, ordered [...]