Archive for January 17th, 2008
Mapping Freedom
By Sean at 17 January, 2008, 12:54 pm
Russia is not free. That’s the conclusion Freedom House has made in its new report “Freedom in the World 2008.” According to its scorecard, Russia received a “6″ in Political Rights and a “5″ in Civil Liberties. The scale puts “1″ as the most free and “7″ as “not free.” The [...]
Read More >>Down but Not Out
By Sean at 17 January, 2008, 9:39 am
It seems that I was led astray. Or I didn’t read the fine print. I was under the impression that the Moscow News had ceased publication. I found out about this from a story in the Toronto Star by Kelly Toughill which Robert Amsterdam posted on his blog. In her article [...]
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