Karelia – Johnson's Russia List

Yabloko submits bill limiting president’s right to use military abroad to 3 regional legislatures

September 19, 2017 JRL Russia List Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Regions, Cities, Municipalities

MOSCOW. Sept 19 (Interfax) – The Yabloko party has submitted a draft federal bill restricting the president’s right to use the armed forces abroad to three regional legislatures for consideration, the party’s press service reported. “Party Chairperson Emilia Slabunova has submitted the bill to Karelia’s Legislative Assembly, and Mikhail Amosov and Lev Shlosberg of the party’s federal political committee submitted […]

Opposition Mayor of Russian City Refuses to Go Without a Fight

August 3, 2015 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Daria Litvinova – August 3, 2015) In an office building in Russia’s northern city of Petrozavodsk, chance encounters between representatives of the mayor’s office and the local legislature who share the building are avoided at all costs. Petrozavodsk, capital of the republic of Karelia, is one of very few Russian cities with an elected mayor […]