Sharon Tennison – Johnson's Russia List

Sharon Tennison: “Video: Russian Journalist Dimitri Babich Speaks to CCI Group”

January 24, 2019 JRL Russia List Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

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Subject: Video: Russian Journalist Dimitri Babich Speaks to CCI Group Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 From: Sharon Tennison <sharon@ccisf.org> Video: Russian Journalist Dimitri Babich Speaks to CCI Group: youtube.com/watch?v=Np0XktwyekQ&feature=youtu.be I want to share with you my favorite young news journalist in Moscow, Dmitri (Dima) Babich. He is one of our “CCI Experts.” I’ve known Dima a long, long time. He […]

Defender of Putin, Detained in Russia: American Activist Deemed U.S. ‘Agent’

February 18, 2016 JRL Russia List Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Human Rights, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

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(RFE/RL – rferl.org –Carl Schreck – February 17, 2016) For a person who has dedicated her life to improving ties between Moscow and the West — and who has passionately denounced what she calls the “demonization” of President Vladimir Putin by Western media and officials — Sharon Tennison has gotten a strange reception in Russia. Tennison, an American activist whose […]