A report by REN (the only independent Russian TV channel) about the meeting of 31 July on Triumfalnaya Square. Featuring Lev Ponomarev, Eduard Limonov, Ilya Yashin and Lyudmila Alexeyeva.

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The attitude to Strategy-31 is a test of real opposition to Putin's regime.Лимонов и его сторонники давно завоевали себе место в этом демократическом движении. Место в его первых рядах. Завоевали тем, что на протяжении уже многих лет последовательно прокладывали дорогу к объединению различных течений оппозиции. Находили и показывали им возможные ( Read more... )

The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alexeyeva and the prominent human rights defender Sergey Kovalev have suggested a compromise with the authorities about Strategy-31, namely to submit two notices to the authorities about meetings in defence of freedom of assembly - by the same organisers and by different ones. Most opposition activists ( Read more... )

I disagree with Novodvoskaya and Borovoi that Limonov is a fascist and that democrats must stay away from him. I have not seen anything fascist in his articles over the recent year and, if he said something fascist before, it does not mean that he cannot change his views.

По поводу видеовыступления Новодворской и Борового "Демократы обязаны ( Read more... )

Eduard Limonov, who is one of organisers of rallies for the freedom of assemblies (Strategy-31), says in his article that the main lesson of the Kuzbass events is that people follow those leaders, who are made of flesh and blod and who are brave. The protest of Kuzbass miners has failed because it was led by an anonymous organisation. Unlike "The ( Read more... )

Mikhail Kasyanov, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Eduard Limonov have supported the appeal "Putin must leave", even though their signatures are not present on the site. Дополнения к статье в Википедии "Путин должен уйти ( Read more... )

I support Limonov's position that now it's time to put aside ideological differences and fight against Putin's regime for political freedoms. Otherwise the opposition in Russia will remain split and impotent.

Обсуждаю здесь с nesoroka позиции Новодворской и Лимонова. Кому интересно, присоединяйтесь.

The most obvious way of resistance, according to Eduard Limonov, is coming to the meetings on Triumfalnaya Square. "You, citizens, can gather in such frightening numbers, that it will be impossible to move you from there by any OMON (riot police) and police vehicles, and then they will leave"."Что делать?" "Что делать?" "Что мы можем против ( Read more... )

Eduard Limonov writes about the events of today. In Novorossiysk major Dymovsky [who criticised the police in his videos on YouTube] has been arrested. In the Rechnik settlement near Moscow the authorities are demolishing houses [built "unlawfully", though people lived in them 50 years]. Medvedev has met leaders of opposition parties, recognised by ( Read more... )

Eduard Limonov responds to the ongoing discussion about the opposition meeting on 31 December. Mr. Limonov, a well-known writer and politician, is the author of "Strategy-31" initiative to meet every 31 day in the calendar on the Triumfalyana Square in Moscow, be it allowed by the authorities or not, and demand that freedom of assembly (31 article ( Read more... )