Archive for November, 2005
Kazakh Oppositionist Nurkadilov Found Dead, Ruled "Suicide"
By Sean at 29 November, 2005, 5:50 pm
Let me see if I get this straight. Prominent Kazakh opposition member, Zamanbek Nurkadilov, is found dead with two gunshots to the chest and one to the head and it’s ruled a suicide!? I mean forget the fact that shooting oneself in the chest not once but twice and then turning the gun [...]
Read More >>Moscow is the Metro
By Sean at 29 November, 2005, 5:29 pm
You haven’t seen Moscow until you’ve taken the metro. Despite its need for modernization, the system is flawless. You can be almost anywhere in the city in 45 minutes. The stations are palaces. The metro is such a part of Moscow culture and aesthetics it is hard to imagine going there [...]
Read More >>Новости 20.11 до 27.11
By Sean at 28 November, 2005, 1:15 am
I haven’t done a news roundup in a few weeks. It’s time to get back on schedule.
—Newsru.com is reporting that an anti-fascist rally in front of the Moscow city hall was broken up by OMON on Sunday. About two hundred protesters gathered in response to the rise in nationalism and racism. Shortly [...]
??????? 20.11 ?? 27.11
By Sean at 28 November, 2005, 1:15 am
I haven’t done a news roundup in a few weeks. It’s time to get back on schedule.
—Newsru.com is reporting that an anti-fascist rally in front of the Moscow city hall was broken up by OMON on Sunday. About two hundred protesters gathered in response to the rise in nationalism and racism. Shortly [...]
Revolution Fades, Youth Emerges
By Sean at 21 November, 2005, 5:52 am
Opposition parties are struggling to keep momentum going in Azerbaijan. The results of the recent Azeri parliamentary elections left the 125 seat legislature in control of the ruling Yeni Party. The Opposition received only 10 seats and claim that the elections were rife with fraud, a claim that has been supported by the [...]
Read More >>Natsbols Banned Again
By Sean at 16 November, 2005, 9:27 pm
In a reversal of its own decision, the Russian Supreme Court upheld the Moscow Regional court’s ban of the National Bolshevik Party. The Supreme Court’s ruling further reveals the farce of Russian democracy. Forget about what you think about the NBP, the fact that the Supreme Court contradicted itself so quickly, shows that [...]
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