TODAY: Investigative Committee to reconsider arrest of YouTube protest officer; Georgia and Russia reopen border; funds for Ingushetia; Medvedev says Olympic officials will be sacked; military doctrines, warships and fighter jets; Russians less ag...
“..For they shall also pray unto the LORD, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy…” (Sirach [aka Ecclesiasticus] 38: 1-2,4,6-10,12-14) Glad and joyful tidings have reached our sinful land from the banks o...
President Dmitry Medvedev had an eventful meeting with Boris Gryzlov and the leaders of United Russia today, allowing for the opportunity to talk about all the people who will be fired for the country’s dismal performance at the Olympics.&nb...
A good quote from retired Constitutional Court Judge Tamara Morshchakova in RFE/RL’s coverage of a resolution ordering Russian courts to uphold decisions from the European Court on Human Rights: “I think our judges are very timid and i...
TODAY: Protest rally against illegal police activities thwarted by police; major anti-government protest planned in Kaliningrad; CPJ calls for clarification of Estemirova murder investigation; Smolensk mayor faces extortion charges. Viktor Y...
When it comes to talking about now-shuttered newspaper The eXile, “controversial” is the hardest working item of vocabulary one can dig up. It was never my cup tea per se, but I liked that it was around, and I like the conversati...
OK, so I admit I was totally wrong when I assumed that Evgeni Plushenko would quad-twirl his way to a gold medal in men’s figure skating over his U.S. competitor Evan Lysacek, but then again, I know next to nothing about this odd sport. ...
“Official persons during execution of duties imposed upon them with respect to the implementation of state forestry control and oversight may apply in the capacity of special means: rubber truncheons, tear gas, handcuffs, means for the force...
We haven’t heard from our Russian colleague, The Polittechnologist, for quite a while now. Just recently, he brought our attention to the official website of the Federal Service of the Russian Federation for Control over the Narcotics Trade,...
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