TODAY: McFaul meets with opposition; youth group head blames Medvedev for current unrest; Zyuganov signs opposition-led platform; NTV journalist fired for political activities; 95 charged with election fraud; Prokhorov suggests premiers; Medvedev fires another governor; Magnitsky family harassed; Lavrov says Russia will not justify Syrian arms sales to U.S.; neo-Nazi tolerance, low military draft.

Opposition politicians and activists were filmed by pro-Kremlin youth activists as they left a meeting with Russia’s new U.S. Ambassador, Michael McFaul, who is pursuing a policy of ‘dual-track engagement‘ with both official and oppositional figures.  Vasily Yakemenko, the head of the Federal Youth Agency and former head of Nashi, is blaming last month’s anti-government protests on Dmitry Medvedev’s failure to live up to his promises about freedom, claiming that the root of unrest was Medvedev’s decision not to run for re-election.  Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov has signed an election platform drawn up by Vadim Kuzmin and Sergei Udaltsov, ‘marking the first concrete merger between street protesters and leaders of the so-called “established opposition”.’  Journalist Pavel Lobkov’s contract at NTV has been discontinued after he attempted to broadcast footage about vote-rigging. ‘We had an agreement to prolong the contract to continue other projects.  The decision was changed after my political activities became excessive,’ he said.  95 people have been charged for election fraud during the last polls.