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Tag Archives: Russian protests

08Oct/17

On Putin’s birthday, opposition activists protest, call for him to quit

October 8, 2017PoliticsAlexei Navalny, Alexei Navalny mayoral campaign, Alexei Navalny presidential campaign, Anti-Corruption Foundation, Dissenters' March, Moscow, Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics by country, Politics of Russia, Presidents of Russia, Russia, Russian law, Russian protests, St. Petersburg, Vladamir Putin, Vladimir Putin, Yekaterinburgsmbale

Police detain more than 200 opposition activists on Saturday for taking part in a wave of anti-Kremlin protests across Russia, according to a monitoring group. Report by Pascale Davies. Continue reading →

26Apr/17

Anti-Putin protesters get a smart phone app to help get out of jail

April 26, 2017MobileAlexander Litreev, Alexei Navalny, Alexei Navalny presidential campaign, Anti-Corruption Foundation, Dissenters' March, Dmitry Medvedev, Human rights in Russia, Litreev, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Moscow, Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, Politics, Politics by country, Politics of Russia, Presidents of Russia, Russia, Russia–Ukraine relations, Russian protests, St. Petersburg, Ukraine, Ukrainian crisis, Vladimir Putinsmbale

A smart phone app aims to give anti-Kremlin protesters a helping hand when they are detained by Russian police at demonstrations. Continue reading →

01Mar/15

Crowds gather in Moscow for march in memory of murdered Putin critic Nemtsov

March 1, 2015PoliticsBoris Nemtsov, Boris Yeltsin, Government, Government of Russia, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Moscow, Moscow theater hostage crisis, Nemtsov, Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, Politicians, Politics, Politics of Russia, president, Protests following the 2011 Russian elections, Putinism, Russia, Russian Orthodox Christians, Russian protests, Ukraine, Vladimir Putinsmbale

Thousands of people gather in Moscow for a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov.
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27Feb/15

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow – government

February 27, 2015PoliticsAnna Durytska, Assassination of Boris Nemtsov, Boris Nemtsov, deputy prime minister, Government, Government of Russia, Grigory Yavlinsky, Interior Ministry, Moscow, Moscow theater hostage crisis, Nemtsov, Nemtsov B.E., opposition politician, opposition politician and former deputy prime minister, Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, Politicians, Politics, Politics of Russia, Russia, Russian Orthodox Christians, Russian protests, Union of Right Forces, Vladimir Putinsmbale

The Russian opposition politician and former deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov has been shot and killed by four shots in central Moscow, the Russian government says, according to the Interfax news agency.
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