Extremism
Punk’s not Dead. It’s Just Under Police Surveillance.
By Sean at 18 July, 2009, 10:08 am
Russian authorities just keep stretching and stretching the meaning of extremism. Now the list of extremists will include a variety of youth subcultures extending from skinheads to fans of the iconic Soviet rock band Kino. This is according to a report released by the St. Petersburg Prosecutor’s Office which places music fans under police surveillance. [...]
Read More >>Anti-Immigrant Leader Belov Sentenced
By Sean at 30 April, 2009, 5:01 pm
Anti-racist activists finally have a reason to mildly celebrate. Today, Russian xenophobe Aleksandr Belov was sentenced to six months in a penal colony for violating Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Inciting hate and enmity as well as the debasement of human dignity”). The case stems from the Russian March in fall 2007 where [...]
Read More >>The Rising Russian Right
By Sean at 8 February, 2009, 11:42 am
I’m normally not a big fan of the Guardian’s Luke Harding, but I think he deserves kudos for his latest article, “Putin’s Worst Nightmare.” Harding opens with the chilling and brutal murder of Karen Abramian, who was stabbed 56 times by two skinheads named Artur Ryno and Pavel Skachevsky, both 17, as he returned from [...]
Read More >>Moscow Police Seek Expulsion of “Politically Unreliable” Students
By Sean at 28 January, 2009, 11:16 pm
Yaroslav Kuzminov, the head of the Higher School of Economics (VShE) in Moscow received a disturbing letter from the Main Department of Internal Affairs (GUVD). The letter strongly recommended that the dean expel “politically unreliable” students, reports Nezavisimaya gazeta. “Politically unreliable” in the police’s opinion, are those youth who participated in last December’s Dissenters March [...]
Read More >>Russian “Ultra-Nationalism” on the Rise
By Sean at 10 September, 2008, 7:10 am
Russian nationalism is gaining in political influence argues the Financial Times. Russia’s so-called “ultra-nationalists” (and I do wonder what the difference is between nationalism and its “ultra-” variety) have been steadily climbing in political influence, particularly among Russia’s elite. Their big political bump has come with Russia success in Georgia which proved to them that [...]
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