Collection of signatures in support of Alexander Artemyev, journalist of Gazeta.ru and member of the "Solidarity" movement. During the forbidden rally in Moscow on 31 May the police broke his arm.


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I have written an article about Mikhail Beketov in Wikipedia. He was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Khimkinskaya Pravda" and a defender of Khimki forest. In 2008 he was severely beaten and became handicapped. You can read about him in the New York Times.

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In his interview Victor Shenderovich speaks about his work in literature and cinema and also about the return of imperial mentality. "... имперская бацилла живет и размножается. Скинули только то самое «красное одеяло», наброшенное на старую российскую идею Третьего Рима. Осталась бесконечная хрень про нашу загадочную духовность и про необычайный ( Read more... )

Novaya Gazeta, whose site has been downed by hacker attacks, has published its materials in LiveJournal, including those for which the site was most probably targeted - about the confrontation between residents of Rechnik and bailiffs. So far the latter have demolished 12 houses.


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Peter Vins, an American citizen, speaks about persecutions of his company in Russia and his life's choice. A former Soviet dissident and political emigrant, he returned to Russia in 1993 with a thousand dollars and started a logistics business, VinLund, which has grown to employ over 150 people. In 2000, in memory of Sakharov, and with Elena Bonner ( Read more... )

9 декабря в Торонто Канадская организация журналистов за свободу слова вручила «Новой газете» международный приз International Press Freedom Award 2009.

Novaya Gazeta, which I regularly read, has received an International Press Freedom Award 2009 from Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.

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A new video about Putin's lies and deceit (see also the previous one). This time Putin speaks about fighting corruption, doubling the country's GNP, promises that Yukos will not be pillaged and allows the media to criticise the state.

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Putin's deceitful and hypocritical statements about mayoral elections, independent media and the Kursk submarine.

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The first issue of the Solidarity bulletin has come out. Its main theme is the faked elections and corruption in Moscow.


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A video report from the meeting held in Moscow on 7 October in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed three years ago. The meeting was attended by about 800 people.

В Москве прошел митинг памяти убитой журналистки Анны Политковской. В акции, приуроченной ко дню убийства, 7 октября, приняли участие около 800 человек, в том числе лидер РНДС ( Read more... )