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A Fistful of Bloggers: Russian MP Pressured to Resign

It’s not often that Russian anti-corruption activists can boast about their results. This week is one of those times. On February 12, 2013, head of RossPil and Coordinating Council of the Opposition member, Alexey Navalny...

by Global Voices

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“Pedophile’s Guide” Lands Russian Blogging Platform on Blacklist

The Russian Internet blacklist has claimed another visible website: the blog-hosting portal lj.rossia.org. Federal communications monitors from Roskomnadzor filed two separate decisions [ru] against lj.rossia on January 28, ...

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Russia’s Internet Censorship “Experiment”

A Russian federal region is about to embark on an “experimental” project aimed at censoring the internet. A joint effort by the Kostroma regional government and an NGO called the League of Safe Internet, it is similar in sp...

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Silence Behind Closed Doors

Domestic violence in the Russian Federation is a silent issue. According to the CEDAW, almost 14,000 Russian women are killed every year by partners or family members. Taking into consideration the skewed government statistics...

by Ekaterina Mordvinova

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The CUTting-edge of Russian Universities

The Ministry of Education has come up with fifty criteria evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of Russian universities in order to unite the more successful universities with the “weak” ones, cutting the number of the ...

by Ekaterina Mordvinova

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Moscow’s March of Millions

Last Saturday’s ‘March of Millions’, which took place in central Moscow, drew tens of thousands of people to protest against President Vladimir Putin, the latest in a series of protests against the current Russian governm...

by Bryony Cottam

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Putin: Moral Crusader

by Sam Kirk

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Neutral Choice: Abkhazia and South Ossetia

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”][fbshare type=”button”]Neutral documents planned for the citizens of de-facto republics of Abkhazia and South Osse...

by Elene Melikishvili

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A Fistful of Bloggers: Russian MP Pressured to Resign

“Pedophile’s Guide” Lands Russian Blogging Platform on Blacklist

Russia’s Internet Censorship “Experiment”

Silence Behind Closed Doors

The CUTting-edge of Russian Universities

Moscow’s March of Millions

Putin: Moral Crusader

Neutral Choice: Abkhazia and South Ossetia

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