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Re-run election, says Gorbachev; support Russia’s democrats, says bipartisan group – NED

The United States must speak and act in support of Russia’s pro-democracy forces, a bipartisan group insisted today. Passing the Sergei Magnitsky Act “would send a clear message to Russian Prime Minister Putin and his United Russia party that those guilty of human rights abuses will not be able to travel to the United States or protect their corrupt gains in our financial institutions,” said a statement from the Russia Working Group. “The Magnitsky case is one of the most emblematic examples of the breakdown of law in Russia,” says William F

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

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russian premier Vladimir Putin today blamed US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for fomenting political unrest following this

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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,

Putin goes after Radio Svoboda on Russian TV — CUSIB

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

Putin’s ‘ominous’ self-elevation could generate crisis of legitimacy and protest movement? — NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s finance minister resigned today in protest at Vladimir Putin’s “job swap” with President Dmitri Medvedev, apparently confirming the

History repeats itself at Russia’s ruling party congress — NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s self-elevation prompted a bizarre, if historically familiar incident at the current congress of

Has Russia ‘squandered its chance at democracy’? — NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): "While President [Dmitri] Medvedev (left) talks the talk, he has wasted a unique opportunity to contribute to Russia’s

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Free Media Online Director Mario Corti Says Medvedev Must Still Prove He Can Implement His Reform Agenda

FreeMediaOnline.org Truckee, CA, USA, May 7, 2011-- In an interview for RIA Novosti Valdai Discussion Club, Free

European Commission must press Russia on impunity

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New York, February 23, 2011--In advance of key meetings on Thursday between the European Commission and Russian Prime Minister

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Who is the leader of the Free World? – Reagan, Bush, Obama – lessons in public diplomacy in response to anti-democracy crackdown in Belarus

En ce moment, il n’y a plus de pilote dans l’avion. [At the moment, there is no longer a pilot on the plane.] — A European comment on

Khodorkovsky sentence shows rule of law lipstick on Putin pig

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):

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Putin’s Remarks on Khodorkovsky Show Blatant Disrespect for Rule of Law

Freedom House: Freedom House today renewed its deep concern about the fairness and impartiality of the pending court decision in the case of former Yukos head, Mikhail

New civic activism challenges Russia’s ‘virtual mafia state’?

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A new civic activism is emerging to challenge Putinism’s “distinctively Russian blend of authoritarian politics and dirigiste economics,” claims

Leaked U.S. Embassy Warsaw Cables – Obama to the Poles: Have some Patriot missiles that don’t work to protect you from Russia

Obama to the Poles: Have some Patriot missiles that don’t work to protect you from Russia

 

Opinia.US Truckee, CA, December 6, 2010 — The Guardian newspaper in the

Media Disinformation Influenced U.S. Diplomatic Report from Russia

Update: The White House announced that President Obama will meet with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski in Washington on Wednesday, December 8. Opinia.US reported that President Komorowski’s

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