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Authorities Again Threatened by Bolotnaya Square

Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – John Freedman – May 12, 2015) Yelena Gremina’s production of “The Bolotnaya Square Case” at Teatr.doc may be the most benign dangerous 65 minutes I have ever witnessed. A contradiction in terms, you say? Not in the land, which, as the great poet Fyodor Tyutchev put it, cannot be understood by mind alone. The fact […]

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Top Russian Official ‘Ashamed’ Of Culture Crackdown, Quits Ministry

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Claire Bigg – January 15, 2015) A prominent Russian public figure has slammed the country’s culture minister for overseeing a deepening crackdown on artists critical of authorities, quitting a ministerial commission in protest. Yevgeny Savostyanov, the head of Russia’s Coordination Council on Intellectual Property Protection, said in an open letter that he was “ashamed” of Culture […]

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