Kashin – Johnson's Russia List

NEWSLINK: “Independent Journalists in Russia Will Have to Live Without Their Western Role Models; The Western media’s controversial reporting is affecting independent journalism in Russia” – Moscow Times/ Oleg Kashin

November 15, 2017 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Newslinks, Spies, Spy Allegations, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

File Photo of Oleg Kashin Outdoors with Boat and Water in Background

“The Western press has discovered that structures close to the Kremlin bought shares in Facebook and Twitter – obviously with far-reaching political designs. * * * At some point, quantity becomes quality, and the Western press has already published so many inaccurate, exaggerated, and knowingly untrue things about this country that the only Russians who seriously consider Milner a Kremlin […]

NEWSLINK: “Will Russia’s Only Opposition Leader Become the Next Putin?” – New York Times/ Oleg Kashin

July 3, 2017 JRL Russia List Newslinks, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

“In the wake of the impressive street protests in Russian cities on June 12, you may wonder what can be expected next from the Russian opposition. This is one of those rare cases where a political prediction can be guaranteed: There will be no news from the opposition before mid-July. On June 12, Russian authorities sentenced the opposition leader, Aleksei […]

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Leave a comment Government, Human Rights, Kashin, Navalny, Newslinks, Opposition, Politics, Russia, Russian News, Slider

Just How Bad is Putin? Ever More People Are Counting the Ways

February 1, 2016 JRL Russia List Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Human Rights, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Paul Goble – Window on Eurasia – Staunton, January 31, 2016) As the number of Vladimir Putin’s violations of international law and normal morality grows, ever more people are offering lists of the actions for which he must be held accountable. Three particularly interesting examples of that trend have been offered over the last several days. Russian journalist Oleg Kashin […]

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Leave a comment Assassinations, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Kashin, Media, Putin, Repression, Slider, Ukraine, Ukrainian News

NEWSWATCH: A March of Mourning for Boris Nemtsov

March 3, 2015 JRL Russia List Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Human Rights, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

[“A March of Mourning for Boris Nemtsov” – Masha Lipman – The New Yorker – March 1, 2015] Masha Lipman covers the march of mourning following the assassination of Boris Nemtsov and reacts to his killing, including recalling other assassinations during the Putin era: Boris Nemtsov was among the organizers of a mass protest action called “The Spring,” planned for Sunday, […]