Updated Daily. Opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev in the long-running Bolotnaya Case were found guilty by a Moscow court of “inciting mass riots” in protests against President Vladimir Putin on 6 May 2012 and sentenced to 4.5 years forced labor. Russian and Ukrainian bloggers confirmed the sighting of the Buk anti-aircraft missile system. […]
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Udaltsov and Razvozzhayev Riot Trial Begins
Opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov and his aide Leonid Razvozzhayev appeared in court Tuesday to face charges of staging riots at an anti-Kremlin protest after more than a year on house arrest and in pretrial detention, respectively.
Russian opposition leader Udaltsov to remain under house arrest
The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld a previous court decision to extend the house arrest of Left Front leader, opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.
Udaltsov Hit With New Charges
Investigators on Wednesday charged leftist opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvozzhayev with staging “riots” at an authorized opposition rally on Bolotnaya Ploshchad in Moscow last May.
Left Font Leader Udaltsov to Enter Mayoral Race
Radical opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov will fight to become Moscow’s next mayor, despite being under house arrest in connection with accusations of having plotted mass unrest
Ukraine Denies Supply of Missile Technology to DPRK; Russia Arrests ‘Ukrainian Saboteur’; Gays Attacked in St. Petersburg
Update: Russia’s Elections Commission chief has said opposition leader Alexei Navalny can only run in the elections if he appeals his criminal sentence — or the election law is changed. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: Novaya Gazeta on Threats of Retribution Against Journalists from Chechen Clergy over Articles on Persecution of […]
A Baker’s Double Dozen of Neglected Russian Stories – No. 82
Although the Kremlin-controlled media promoted the idea that Vladimir Putin is “the greatest hockey player” of Russia, perhaps the best description of the Kremlin leader is as H.G. Wells’ 1896 anti-hero, Dr. Moreau.
Will the Russian Opposition Make it to the September Parliamentary Elections?
The Russian opposition made their first test of the upcoming fall elections in Barvikha, a prestigious suburb of Moscow where top Russian officials have their homes. When they uncovered obvious fraud there, they felt that Ella Pamfilova, the new head of the Central Elections Commission proposed by President Vladimir Putin
US Student Found Dead in Buryatia, Russia; Kadyrov to Visit Assad; Peskov Expects More Panama
Missing for 5 days, the body of American student was found 1.5 km from his hotel in the mountainous terrain of Buryatia, Russia.
Russia Update: Ekho Moskvy Faces Loss of Economic Independence
The MacArthur Foundation announced it is leaving Russia after being included in the government’s “undesirable organizations” list. It is the last of US philanthropies to leave in a decade as Putin’s crackdown on civil society worsens. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian […]