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What Russia’s election was really about…….. – NED

Russian premier Vladimir Putin today blamed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for fomenting political unrest following this week’s fraudulent elections (above). It’s no wonder he’s upset, The Economist notes: Russia’s elections are not intended to produce surprises, just as its streets are not meant to heave with protesters and its political leaders are not supposed to be publicly booed. The country’s ‘managed democracy’, with the media muzzled, only tame opposition candidates allowed and widespread vote-rigging, is designed to hand big victories to Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party.

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Russia – Vkontakte social network targeted by security services – RSF

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Pavel Durov, the founder and director general of the Russian online social network Vkontakte, was summoned to the Saint Petersburg prosecutor's

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US International Broadcasting and the BBG: The Numbers Game

The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has announced that its own surveys (These are not completely independent surveys. They are produced by a contractor, InterMedia, for whom the

Russia – Government eager to use Net surveillance software currently in test phase — RSF

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns plans by Roskomnadzor, Russia's federal supervisory agency for communications, information technology and mass media, to use search

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Putin goes after Radio Svoboda on Russian TV — CUSIB and BBG Watch

In a prime-time interview aired on October 17 with the heads of Russia's three largest television stations, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that during the Cold War,

Why Russia’s democrats need West’s support — NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Konstantin Fetisov was badly beaten for his campaign against the construction of an $8 billion Moscow-St. Petersburg

Blog: A personal side to Anna Politkovskaya’s legacy — CPJ

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Internationally renowned for her work, respected for her courage and still mourned by thousands around the world five years after

Russia – Terror, threats and corruption: report of RSF fact-finding visit to Russian Caucasus

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: RSF representatives visited Chechnya and Dagestan from 9 to 13 September 2011, meeting with journalists, government officials and human rights activists.

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The “New” BBG Strategic Plan — The Federalist — BBG Watch

by The Federalist On Friday, October 14, the Broadcasting Board of Governors put out a press release heralding its “new” alleged “strategic plan.” Well, really, this isn’t

Russia – Five years after Politkovskaya’s assassination, impunity still reigns — IFEX

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: With the five-year anniversary of the murder of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya on 7 October, the recent arrest of the alleged gunmen

US ‘must do more’ to promote Russian democracy — NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The Obama administration has pursued “a robust strategy for supporting democratic change and civil society development in Russia,”

Russia – Southern Urals media community concerned over dismissal of editors

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Some journalists believe the purpose of the dismissals was to appoint persons loyal to the current administration prior to upcoming state Duma

Justice still pending in Politkovskaya murder case — CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - New York, October 7, 2011--Five years after the brutal assassination of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the Committee to Protect

Russia – Call for more effort, more vigilance five years after Politkovskaya murder — RSF

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The failure to solve Anna Politkovskaya 's murder in the five years since her death casts a long shadow that threatens

Putin’s return signals end of ‘managed democracy’

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency is a fatal blow to Russia's managed democracy and to prospects for

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