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When Russia Chose Freedom: Remembering August 1991


Just the same, no simpler
Are the tests of our times:
Can you come to the square?
Dare you come to the square?
Can you come to the square?
Dare ...
 
Putin’s Regime, from Despotic to Kafkaesque FA
Vladimir Kara Murza

When Vladimir Putin’s government set out to mute public criticism, its censorship primarily targeted large television ...
 
Russia Arrests a Gadfly Over Some Simple Advice for Voters NYT
By Andrew E. Kramer

MOSCOW — It seemed like a good way to make a point.

Russian law prohibits campaigning for any candidate without a permit. So ...
 
The Kremlin’s Hand in the Middle East
Vladimir Kara Murza

This year, which has been dominated by news from the Middle East, also marks the twentieth anniversary of the dissolution of ...
 
Africa's mobile economic revolution Guardian
Half of Africa's one billion population has a mobile phone – and not just for talking. The power of telephony is forging a new enterprise ...
 
The Baltic model for fiscal responsibility
The Washington Post

LOTS OF people are blaming the U.S. fiscal crisis on a dysfunctional political system. So it’s interesting to observe how ...
 
The Kremlin’s Know-How: A Secret Election
Vladimir Kara - Murza

For all the tricks the Kremlin has perfected over the years to ensure “correct” voting results, what happened last week ...
 
The UK and Russia start military co-operation efforts
The United Kingdom (UK) Chief of General Staff General Sir David Richards and his Russian counterpart General Nikolai Makarov have plans to expand ...
 
The Kremlin Tries to Get Rid of Nemtsov
Vladimir Kara Murza

For Yuri Andropov, who headed the KGB from the 1960s to the 1980s, suppressing political dissent was a top priority. “Every ...
 
Communism with Yuri Yarim-Agaev
A distinguished young physicist in the early 1970s, Yuri Yarim-Agaev was a graduate student at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology when he ...
 
Russia’s Opposition Ponders a Boycott
Vladimir Kara-Murza

The question of how to approach a rigged election—participate, with the risk of legitimizing the regime, or boycott, with the ...
 
Russia Reverses Travel Ban On Opposition Leader Nemtsov
http://www.rferl.org/content/nemtsov_plans_russia_return_despite_travel_ban/24258174.html

RFE/RL (July 7, 2011)

Russian authorities have ...
 
World premiere of waltz composed
by Anthony Hopkins
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André Rieu receives high distinction in Austria


André Rieu has received the Grand Gold Decoration for Services ...
 
Lieberman, Cardin, McCain Statement on Russia
WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Ben Cardin (D-MD), John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement regarding ...
 
Russian Opposition Barred from Elections; Impostors Given Go-Ahead
The past week was an eventful one in Russian politics. On June 23, days after President Dmitri Medvedev told Britain’s Financial Times that he ...
 
Chess Champion Garry Kasparov to US Congress: Put Putin's Russia in Check Keywords:.....
The Editor's Blog
Jim Denton

Chess Champion Garry Kasparov to US Congress: Put Putin's Russia in Check
Keywords:.....

Last week, one of ...
 
Freedom House Slams Denial of Registration to Russian Opposition Party
Washington
June 22, 2011

Freedom House today joins the chorus of voices in the U.S. and Europe who have spoken out to condemn the decision by the ...
 
Russian Ministry of Justice's Refusal to Register the Party of People's Freedom
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
June 22, 2011

Article: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/06/166715.htm
 
Statement by the spokesperson of High Representative...
Catherine Ashton on party registration in Russia
The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and ...
 
The US Senate Gets Serious With Moscow
Vladimir Kara-Murza

“Expressions of concern are not a substitute for a real policy ... it’s time for consequences,” announced US Senator ...
 
The Bilingual Advantage - NYT
A cognitive neuroscientist, Ellen Bialystok has spent almost 40 years learning about how bilingualism sharpens the mind. Her good news: Among other ...
 
"No Crisis" in Latvia Despite Surprise Referendum
The decision of Latvian President Valdis Zatlers to dissolve parliament will not cause a constitutional crisis, legal advisers to the president said ...
 
Red Terror on the Amber Coast
 
Rising Star Astounds Violin Lovers at Vibrarte
Ott Tammik, ERR News
Promising young Estonian violinist Mari Poll won third place and special honors for best performance of French music at the ...
 
Strengthening the Transatlantic Link
U.S. Embassy, Tallinn,May 24, 2011
President Obama began his latest visit to Europe yesterday, an important trip to reaffirm our core alliances in ...
 
In Major News Conference, Medvedev's Message Stays the Same
It has been a long time since a Russian president’s remarks were awaited as anxiously and with as many expectations as Dmitri Medvedev’s ...
 
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