Tag: Politics

NEWSLINK: Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media

JRL NewsBlog, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television
File Photo of Little Russian Girl at Laptop Next to Globe

[Putin dissolves state news agency, tightens grip on Russia media – Reuters – Timothy Heritage – December 9 – http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/09/us-russia-media-idUSBRE9B80I120131209] Reuters covers Russia President Vladimir Putin’s decision to dissolve RIA Novosti and absorb its operations into new entity called Rossiya Segodnya, with a mission of promoting Russia abroad: President Vladimir Putin tightened his control over Russia’s media on Monday by […]

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TRANSCRIPT PART 2: In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five media outlets

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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[transcript concluded. 1st part in JRL #221, December 6; click here for Part 1] (Government.ru – December 6, 2013) The traditional annual live interview with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the round-up of the Government’s work over the year. Asking the questions were Irada Zeinalova (Channel One), Sergei Brilyov (VGTRK), Marianna Maksimovskaya (Ren TV), Vadim Takmenyov (NTV) and Mikhail Zygar […]

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Putin Stays Firm on Fulfilling Promises

Budget, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anatoly Medetsky – December 6, 2013) President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the government would have to improve the country’s economic performance in order to fulfill his campaign promises. He also complained that his tap water was sometimes brown from rusty pipes. Putin’s decrees from May last year, which seek to raise living standards, have […]

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Interfax: Putin: all Russian citizens equal

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

MOSCOW. Dec 5 (Interfax) – President Vladimir Putin has stressed the legal equality of all citizens of Russia regardless of their ethnic origin or religion. “More than 80% of our population are ethnic Russians, and they are without a doubt a nation-building people both culturally and simply from the point of view of demographics. But what makes Russia strong is […]

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Putin and Medvedev Lament Rusty Tap Water in Their Houses

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Environment
File Photo of Water Facet with Drop of Water Coming Out

(RIA Novosti/Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – December 6, 2013) Russia’s top brass are not immune from the same problems faced by ordinary Russians, it turns out, after the president and prime minister admitted to having rusty tap water from time to time. “Can you imagine: Even my tap water is sometimes rusty,” President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at a conference […]

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Interfax: Russian NGOs that won government grants won’t abandon foreign financing

Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's, Russia & the West
Kremlin and St. Basil's

MOSCOW. Dec 5 (Interfax) – The Russian civil rights organizations that have won in a tender for government grants are not going to abandon foreign financing. “These are our projects. We are pursuing them regardless of financing sources. We are not carrying out projects ordered by Russian or foreign funds,” Memorial historical and civil rights society head Arseny Roginsky told […]

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TRANSCRIPT: In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev: Interview with five media outlets

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Dmitry Medvedev with United Russia Logos Behind Him

(Government.ru – December 6, 2013) [Complete transcript in Russian here: http://government.ru/news/8790] The traditional annual live interview with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on the round-up of the Government’s work over the year. Asking the questions were Irada Zeinalova (Channel One), Sergei Brilyov (VGTRK), Marianna Maksimovskaya (Ren TV), Vadim Takmenyov (NTV) and Mikhail Zygar (TV Rain). Transcript: Sergei Brilyov: Good afternoon. TV […]

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RIA Novosti: ‘Everything’s OK’ Between Putin and Me – Medvedev

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) ­ Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday during a televised interview that there were no problems in his relationship with President Vladimir Putin. “Everything’s OK between the president and me,” Medvedev said in response to a question about an apparent disagreement with Putin over the powers of criminal investigators. While Putin and Medvedev are close […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia Expects ‘Big Problems’ for Budget After 2016 – Finance Minister Siluanov

Budget, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russia’s Finance Ministry predicted serious difficulties Friday for the budget in 2016 and 2017 as slowing economic growth means there will be insufficient funds available to honor spending commitments. Short term and long term growth forecasts for the Russian economy have been cut repeatedly this year, with officials warning Russia is entering a period […]

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Kremlin Against Ending Ban on Official State Ideology

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Map of Russia

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – December 5, 2013) President Vladimir Putin has turned down proposals to amend the Constitution so that an official state ideology can be established, though the rebuff doesn’t signal the end of his search to find a “national idea” to unite Russians, the Kremlin’s spokesman said. The proposal, put forward by United Russia […]

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Interfax: May 2012 decrees set targets for all Russian executive power institutions – President Putin

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

MOSCOW. Dec 5 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he is convinced that the targets set by his decrees issued in May 2012 can still be achieved despite today’s recession and a slow pace of economic growth. “I am certain that we can and should fulfill them,” Putin said at the Russian Popular Front’s conference. “These decrees are […]

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TRANSCRIPT: Meeting of the Economic Council

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

(Kremlin.ru – December 4, 2013) Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Presidential Economic Council. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon colleagues, Two years ago at the Business Russia congress, we launched the National Business Initiative. We set the goal then of creating a comfortable environment for doing business in the regions and in the country in general. We […]

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TRANSCRIPT: [Putin] Meeting with Chairman of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov and Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin

Human Rights, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Kremlin.ru – December 4, 2013) Vladimir Putin discussed the declaration of an amnesty to mark the 20th anniversary of Russia’s Constitution at a meeting with Presidential Adviser and Chairman of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov and Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin. Also taking part in the meeting were Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential […]

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Navalny Says His Lawyer Status Has Been Scrubbed

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Alexei Navalny file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – December 4, 2013) Opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been stripped of the right to practice law due to his criminal conviction earlier this year, a post on his LiveJournal blog said. “Since I am a criminal and convicted of a premeditated crime the bar association simply didn’t have any other options legally,” Navalny wrote Tuesday. […]

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Toward a Tipping Point? ‘Already’ One Russian in Three Doesn’t Back Putin

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, December 4, 2013) Polls not only reflect public opinion but help structure it as articles in the Moscow media this week about how the Kremlin and other power structures use them to promote their particular interests (novayagazeta.ru/columns/61233.html and km.ru/economics/2013/12/03/gazprom/726708-loyalnye-i-neloyalnye-vlasti-eksperty-komu-verit). That has left Russians and other observers of the Russian scene properly skeptical […]

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Sberbank CEO Gref Joins Economic Ministry Public Council

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of German Gref Shaking Hands with U.S. Official

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – December 3, 2013) Sberbank CEO German Gref has joined the Economic Development Ministry’s public council, returning to a ministry that he headed from 2000 to 2007. The council’s membership, ratified by current Minister Alexei Ulyukayev, includes magnates Viktor Vekselberg and Alexei Mordashov as representatives of large-scale private enterprise. The heads of the Russian Union of […]

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Russians Asking Themselves Why They Can’t Act Like Ukrainians

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, December 3, 2013) Even as Russian commentators blame Vladimir Putin for creating “a revolutionary situation” in Ukraine (ej.ru/?a=note&id=23865), many more Russians are asking themselves why they and their nation have been unable to organize protests the ways that Ukrainians can. To ask that question is to pose two even more important ones […]

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RIA Novosti: Two Russian Courts Denounce Kremlin’s Legal Reform Plan

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) ­ Two top Russian courts have criticized a proposed reform of the legal system spearheaded by the Kremlin, arguing that some of the provisions are unconstitutional, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Supreme Court and the Supreme Arbitration Court are under an imminent reform set to be merged into a single body, a move that has […]

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RIA Novosti: Putin Sets Up New Kremlin Anti-Corruption Department

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Hands Opening Envelope Containing Cash

MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the establishment of a new anti-corruption department in the presidential administration, according to a decree published Tuesday. The department will be responsible for monitoring current anti-corruption laws and suggesting legislative changes to counter corruption, the Kremlin said. Putin has appointed Oleg Plokhoi ­ whose surname literally means “bad” […]

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Interfax: Russians note influence of Putin on processes happening in Russia – poll

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Interfax – December 3, 2013) Positive assessments of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s activities outweigh negative ones and Russian citizens note his considerable influence on the processes unfolding in the country and are ready to vote for him, sociologists said. Fifty-two percent of Russians have a favorable impression of Putin’s activities, 29 percent are displeased with his actions and 13 percent […]

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RIA Novosti: Poll Showing Falling Support for Putin Questioned by Pro-Kremlin Pundit

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Moscow Environs Aerial View

MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) ­ An independent poll released Tuesday showed that one-third of Russians do not support Vladimir Putin’s actions as president, but the findings have been roundly criticized as unreliable by an influential pro-Kremlin political analyst. Steadily improving economic conditions and political stability have ensured Putin broad favor among Russians over the almost 14 years he has […]

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Interfax: Russians still trust president, church the most – poll

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Religion

MOSCOW. Dec 3 (Interfax) – The president and the Orthodox Church are still the most trusted institutions and structures in Russia. Over 60% of the respondents surveyed in an express poll conducted by Romir in November said they “fully trust” or “tend to trust” the rating leaders. The poll surveyed 500 respondents aged from 18 to sixty who live in […]

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Regions ‘Quietly Sabotaging’ Moscow’s Nationality Policy, Expert Says

Migrants, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Race, Ethnic, Extremism, Xenophobia
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, December 1, 2013) Even as the Russian government takes the first steps to shift responsibility for inter-ethnic peace onto the leaderships of the federal subjects, a Russian expert has warned that “in certain regions,” what is going on with respect to the implementation of nationality policy can only be described as “quiet […]

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Down with the Duma: Russians support rule by presidential decree

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Russian Duma Building

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Marina Obrazkova, RBTH – December 2, 2013) A recent poll revealed the population’s negative attitude towards the lower house, with many said to be in favor of its abolition. According to a poll by the Levada Center, the majority of Russians oppose the work of the current State Duma deputies, with more than […]

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RIA Novosti: Most Russians Support Sex Ed, Abortion – Poll

Abortion, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) ­ Most Russians believe schools should offer sex education lessons, according to a new survey conducted by the independent Levada Center. Russian schools do not include sex education as a systemic part of the curriculum, whic is considered a major factor in the failure to curb the AIDS epidemic that has raged in Russia since […]

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SAAKASHVILI AND RUSSIAN OPPOSITION

Georgia, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Tblisi, Georgia, File Photo with Building with Tower on Hillside and City Buildings in Valley in Distance

[Excerpt] Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:32:56 -0500 From: Patrick Armstrong <gpa@magma.ca> Subject: [UTExpertsDiscGrp] RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 20131128 RUSSIAN FEDERATION SITREP 28 November 2013 SAAKASHVILI AND RUSSIAN OPPOSITION. Remember when Moscow said a Georgian politician had secretly met with Russian oppositionists? Remember when everyone laughed? (“risible charges” details “immediately suspicious” “political”) Well, Saakashvili just admitted it. Once again, Moscow turns […]

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Interfax: Duma Chairman Naryshkin: West applied unprecedented pressure on Ukraine to sign EU deal

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian Duma Building

KAZAN. Nov 29 (Interfax) – State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin claims the West applied strong pressure on Ukraine to sign an association agreement with the European Union. “We all have witnessed unprecedented pressure on Ukraine on the part of Western countries and institutions: highest-ranking European bureaucrats in fact regularly attended not only Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada sessions but also sessions of […]

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Interfax: Russia’s defense spending to amount to 2.3 trillion rubles in 2013 – Putin

Budget, Military
Russian Nuclear Submarine file photo

SOCHI. Nov 29 (Interfax) – The Russian state is spending huge money on modernizing its armed forces, and therefore all goals that have been set must be attained, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. “The overall volume of the [Defense] Ministry budget in 2003 was 600 billion rubles, and this year, following the last adjustment of the budget, the expenditures on […]

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RIA Novosti: Time Magazine Considers Naming Putin ‘Person of Year’

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Moscow Environs Aerial View

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) ­ Time magazine said Thursday that it had shortlisted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for “person of the year,” a title awarded for having done the most to influence a year’s events, “for better or for worse.” Putin, who already received the title in 2007, has this year “locked horns with the US […]

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Navalny Publishes Photos of Officials’ Suspected Luxury Real Estate

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

[One photo here: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/navalny-publishes-photos-of-officials-suspected-luxury-real-estate/490387.html] (Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 28, 2013) Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has published photographs on his blog of a luxury cottage cooperative said to be owned by top United Russia officials including deputy chief of staff Vyacheslav Volodin. On Tuesday, Navalny’s LiveJournal account published several aerial shots which show the Sosny dacha complex in the […]

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Poll shows Russians sceptical about government’s ability to improve economy

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

(Interfax – Moscow, November 27, 2013) Few Russians believe that the economic situation in the country will improve in the next six months or that the government is capable of improving the situation in the country. At the same time, citizens differ on the acceptability of strikes to solve urgent problems, sociologists from the [independent pollster] Levada Centre have told […]

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The Price of the Opposition: Should One Walk in the Counsel of the Wicked?

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Moscow Environs Aerial View

(Institute of Modern Russia – imrussia.org – Alexander Podrabinek – November 25, 2013) The participation of Russian opposition politician Vladimir Ryzhkov in a recent Kremlin meeting with Vladimir Putin has reignited the debate about whether it is acceptable for the democratic opposition to engage with the leader of an authoritarian regime. Author and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek contends that […]

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Interfax: Government officials must leave posts if they disagree with the course – Kudrin

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Alexei Kudrin file photo

YEKATERINBURG. Nov 26 (Interfax) – Government officials who disagree with the official course should leave their posts, said ex-finance minister and head of the Civil Initiatives Committee Alexei Kudrin. “I agree that if one does not support the policy pursued by the president or government, one should switch to the experts community, or join the political opposition,” Kudrin said at […]

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Medvedev’s televised interview set for December 6

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Dmitry Medvedev file photo

MOSCOW. Nov 26 (Interfax) – Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will sum up the results of the year 2013 on December 6 in the traditional live televised interview, titled “A Conversation with the Prime Minister,” the government’s spokesperson Natalya Timakova announced. “The interview will proceed in the traditional format,” she said. “The main themes to be covered are the government’s performance […]

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Interfax: Kudrin denies plans to set up his own party

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Alexei Kudrin file photo

YEKATERINBURG. Nov 26 (Interfax) – Former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who today heads the Civil Initiatives Committee, has denied any immediate plans to establish his own party. “I have no plans to set up a party,” Kudrin said at an Interfax press conference in Yekaterinburg on Tuesday, after being asked about his short-term plans, including whether or not he […]

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What makes Putin so popular among Russians? Putin’s popularity does not depend on just the population’s financial stability.

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Speaking At All-Russia Popular Front Gathering

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Vardan Bagdasaryan, special to RBTH – November 27, 2013) Vardan Bagdasaryan is Deputy Director of Center for Scientific Political Thought and Ideology. There are various, culture-to-culture political consciousness types that exist. In Russia, a specific type has emerged historically. It is three-dimensional ­ boyars, folks, and tsar. The matter is not in medieval […]

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Interfax: Patriarch Kirill opposed to any forms of convergence of church and state

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Religion
Patriarch Kirill file photo

SMOLENSK. Nov 25 (Interfax) – The Russian Orthodox Church will advocate its independence, its head Patriarch Kirill has said. “The church is defending its freedom because it is sure that only its independence gives it the possibility of being a full-scale spiritual authority. Any form of convergence of the church and state is dangerous for the cause of God. Only […]

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Interfax: Matviyenko calls for careful treatment of Russian Constitution

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Valentina Matviyenko file photo

MOSCOW. Nov 25 (Interfax) – Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko believes it is wrong to make drastic changes to the fundamental provisions of the Russian Constitution. “I don’t see any need to make amendments to the Constitution. There is no need for it and this issue should be approached very carefully,” Matviyenko said during a meeting with young legislators from […]

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Outcry Prompts Putin Compromise Offer on Tax Investigation Bill

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Cash, Calculator, Pen

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anatoly Medetsky – November 26, 2013) President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed a measure aimed at mollifying a business community alarmed by a recent Kremlin-sponsored tax crime bill. The legislation, which earlier caused Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to lose his poise and lash out in a rare public disagreement with his boss, would give employees […]

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Window on Eurasia: Russians Back Moscow’s Repressive Laws, Polls Show

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and Moscow Environs Aerial View

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, November 26, 2013) A majority of Russians supports or is at most indifferent to recently-adopted Moscow laws directed against gays, immigrants and media freedom but does back slogans like “stop feeding the Caucasus” and “Russia for the [ethnic] Russians,” according to a new Levada Center poll. And those numbers, reported by the […]

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Modern face of Russian communism

History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Elena Bazina, special to RBTH – November 25, 2013) More than 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian communists hope to return to power. The Communists who ruled Russia for more than 70 years are still the second most powerful political force in the country. They promise people Chinese-style socialism, […]

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Is liberalism the right path for Russia?

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Zakhar Prilepin, Dmitry Gubin, special to RBTH – November 24, 2013) Ever since Peter the Great, Russia has struggled with its identity. Should it follow the Western liberal model or look eastward? Or does the country possess specific traits that call for the creation of a special political system? Two authors discuss. Why […]

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MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: Governors and Mayors

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Regions, Cities, Municipalities
Aerial View of Moscow From Beyond Stadium, file photo

Subject: No. 139:  Governors and Mayors Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 From: “Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)” <newslist@isn.ch> RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST Newsletter 18 November 2013/No. 139 GOVERNORS AND MAYORS To download this issue please click here: http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=2781 Analyses Dynamics of Regional Inequality in the Russian Federation: Circular and Cumulative Causality, by David Lane, Cambridge The Revival of Russia’s Gubernatorial Elections: Liberalization […]

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MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT: Putin’s Turn to Traditionalism/Nationalism

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

Subject: No. 138: Putin’s Turn to Traditionalism/Nationalism Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 From: “Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)” <newslist@isn.ch> RUSSIAN ANALYTICAL DIGEST Newsletter 8 November 2013/No. 138 PUTIN’S TURN TO TRADITIONALISM/NATIONALISM To download this issue please click here: http://www.css.ethz.ch/publications/DetailansichtPubDB_EN?rec_id=2759 Analyses Conservatism as the Kremlin’s New Toolkit: an Ideology at the Lowest Cost, by Marlene Laruelle, Washington. Putting Traditional Values into Practice: […]

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Interfax: Kudrin could establish party of his own – newspaper

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Alexei Kudrin file photo

MOSCOW. Nov 25 (Interfax) – The all-Russia civil forum Agenda for Russia, organized by the Committee of Civil Initiatives, could become a basis for establishing a new liberal party, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Monday. According to the information of the newspaper, the Center of Political Technologies has begun researching the topic of party building and possible leadership of Alexei […]

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Interfax: Putin urges government, experts to determine practical steps for stable economic development

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

NOVO-OGARYOVO. Nov 21 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said he urged the government and experts to determine practical steps to ensure stable economic growth of the country. “The work on development tasks should be regular and systemic. Deep expert elaboration of our strategic guides, proposals on practice steps able to ensure stable development of the country and competiveness of […]

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Interfax: There is no persecution of political views in Russia, but ‘law can’t be violated with actions’ – Putin

Human Rights, Life in Russia, Culture, Arts, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that no one is imprisoning anyone for their political views in Russia, but no one allowed to take actions that break the law. “No one is grabbing anyone and no one is imprisoning anyone for ideas, for political views, and we will never allow that. We will never go back […]

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Russian opposition parties’ leaders praise meeting with Putin

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

(Interfax – Moscow, November 21, 2013) [Non-parliamentary] opposition parties’ leaders have welcomed yesterday’s [20 November] meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it was constructive and expressing hope for [positive] outcome. As the co-chairman of the RPR-Parnas party Vladimir Ryzhkov told Interfax, “the impressions from the meeting with the president are good”. “Some changes have been made for the first […]

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From Economic Crisis to Political Crisis: Changing Middle-Class Attitudes in Moscow and St. Petersburg, 2008­-2012

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's

(Institute of Modern Russia – imrussia.org – Sasha de Vogel, Managing editor of the Journal of Globalization and Development – November 19, 2013) [Charts and notes here http://www.imrussia.org/en/society/605-from-economic-crisis-to-political-crisis] During the 2011­-2012 electoral cycle, Russia saw unprecedented mass protests by representatives of the country’s growing middle class calling for more democracy and less corruption. Political scientists point to the unraveling of an […]

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Enthusiastic Kudrin Returns to Kremlin’s Policymaking Table

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Alexei Kudrin file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – November 22, 2013) Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, brimming with enthusiasm about breathing life into the gasping Russian economy, returned to the Kremlin’s policymaking table on Friday for an inaugural meeting of President Vladimir Putin’s economic council. The meeting, which lasted about four hours, did not produce any specific recommendations and was predominantly academic in […]

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