Dec
29
Litvinenko Mania Continues
December 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment
Litvinenko mania continues. A web of personalities, events, investigations, analyses and conspiracy theories has been woven so intricately that it is difficult to make any sense of it all. I think it’s time to consult the tea leaves and chicken bones. Maybe the gods can tells us who killed Alexandr [...]
Dec
26
A Gross Violation of the Public Order
December 26, 2006 | 2 Comments
By Daut
In what Moskovskii Komsomolets calls “an echo of the explosion at the Cherkizovskii market,” five Moscow militsia officers and a police dog named Steve were injured by a homemade bomb intended to kill 20 year old antifascist activist Tigran M. According to newsru.com, Tigran’s problems with local nationalists started after he went [...]
Dec
19
The Anatomy of Protest
December 19, 2006 | 6 Comments
The “March of Dissent” has certainly come and gone. The demonstration was modest and certainly ineffective on a political level. And while I don’t think the event should be overblown, I do think the March does raise some interesting questions about the Russian state, how it deals with opposition, and perhaps how it [...]
Dec
18
Julian Evans’ "Two Russias"
December 18, 2006 | 3 Comments
The “March of Dissent” continues to generate opinion and discussion. I especially liked Julian Evans’ description of how the Other Russia and Nashi rallies provide an interesting contrast as well as serve as symbolic testaments to the state of Russian youth politics. Here is an excerpt:
TWO RUSSIASJulian Evans, Moscow
Two [...]
Dec
16
Other Russia Marches Despite Police Intimidation
December 16, 2006 | 10 Comments
Three days ago, Russian MVD commandos raided the offices of Garry Kasparov under the auspices of the “On combating extremism law.” The law, which was passed in July of this year, expanded the definition of “extremism” to include public slander of officials, as well and include acts of vandalism, racism, and other forms of [...]
