Wednesday, April 3, 2013

4.3.13 - Resovietization of Russia: News Review

4.3.13 - Resovietization of Russia: News Review


Sovietization

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sovietization is term that may be used with two distinct (but related) meanings:
  • the adoption of a political system based on the model of soviets (workers' councils).
  • the adoption of a way of life and mentality modelled after the Soviet Union.
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Most recently the term "Sovietization" is applied in a derogatory sense to processes in Russia 
under Vladimir Putin, with various authors putting various, often mutually contradictory, 
meanings in the word referring to various attributes of the former Soviet Union.
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4.3.13 - 6 - The New Russian Mob - New York Times

4.3.13 - 6 - The New Russian Mob - New York Times



Pussy Riot Punk Band Remains Defiant of Putin's Russia - EDGEOnTheNet
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Pussy Riot Punk Band Remains Defiant of Putin's Russia
EDGEOnTheNet
Fast Food Menus: Are the 'Healthy' Options Really Healthy? CBS News' Michelle Miller reports on the battle between fast food restaurants to put more healthy items on the menu, and how somehealth experts say the new options may only seem healthier.

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Raids On NGOs In Russia Suggest 'Increasingly Insecure' Kremlin - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Raids On NGOs In Russia Suggest 'Increasingly Insecure' Kremlin
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The Agora rights association says more than 40 nongovernmental organizations across Russia, many of them vocal critics of President Vladimir Putin, have been subjected to unannounced audits in the past month. Other groups have also reported surprise ...
Russian officials raid Amnesty's Moscow headquartersThe Guardian
Russians search Amnesty Intl office in MoscowIdaho Press-Tribune

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Putin orders ban on adoptions by foreign same-sex couples – report - RT
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RT

Putin orders ban on adoptions by foreign same-sex couples – report
RT
The controversial document split Russian society, as opponents claim that it cut of many orphans from the prospect of a better life – especially those with health problems. Critics said the government was using society's most disadvantaged children as ... 

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The end of an era - Georgia Today (subscription)
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Telegraph.co.uk

The end of an era
Georgia Today (subscription)
Afterwards, the oligarch moved to the team of Vladimer Putin and put all his media empire – televisions: NTV, TV6; newspapers: Commersant, Moskovsky Komsomolets and other media in Putin's service. What came out of that, Berezovsky had experienced ...
Berezovsky was found dead with 'ligature around neck': InquestPeninsula On-line
Berezovsky
 
Death: Body Found Lying On FloorSky News


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Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding - KTVL
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Russia lashes out at US over NGO funding
KTVL
Since President Vladimir Putin's return to the Kremlin last year, Russia has put strong pressure on NGOs. In December, as ... Dr. Dan, Monday KTVL News10 at 5 answers your health questions and discusses the latest developments in medecine. If you have ...

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The Hunt for Foreign Agents Has Begun - The Moscow Times
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The Moscow Times

The Hunt for Foreign Agents Has Begun
The Moscow Times
In one NGO, health officials found a serious violation: The organization had no articulate plan for rodent control. These mass inspections were explained in various ways. President Vladimir Putintold Interfax that the inspections were meant "to ...
Russia lashes out at US over NGO fundingKTVL

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Putin Borrows From Soviet Union on Social Justice - The Moscow Times
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The Moscow Times

Putin Borrows From Soviet Union on Social Justice
The Moscow Times
... a meandering question-and-answer session, Putin also threw his support behind mandatory school uniforms — abolished in 1992 — which an educator from the Siberian city of Tyumen told him could promote social cohesion and guard children's health.

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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube complying with Russia blocking requests - Wired.co.uk
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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube complying with Russia blocking requests
Wired.co.uk
The New York Times reports that Russia has in recent weeks been making use of child protection laws passed in November 2012 designed to provide the state with powers to block content deemed "harmful to their health and development". ... In a fairly ...

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Cyprus to keep banks shut into next week as it seeks deal to avert disaster - Here Is The City
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Here Is The City

Cyprus to keep banks shut into next week as it seeks deal to avert disaster
Here Is The City
The country's two main banks – Laiki and the Bank of Cyprus – face potential failure if a bailout is not secured. One official told the Associated Press that Europe and the IMF were pressing for the two banks to ... Charles Robertson, global chief ...
Putin has Med opportunityAsia Times Online
How the great Cyprus bank heist was foiledSocialist Worker Online
Why Russia is unhappy about the Cyprus bailout taxChristian Science Monitor
PolicyMic -Daily Mail -The Voice of Russia
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Boris Berezovsky, exiled oligarch - Financial Times
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Daily Mail

Boris Berezovsky, exiled oligarch
Financial Times
... public enemy number one, a combination of Leon Trotsky and Orwell's Emmanuel Goldstein – a villain of nearly supernatural powers whose malevolent influence pervaded all levels of society, and whose smug face became a fixture on the nightly ...
Kremlin will not block any request for his body to be flown back to RussiaDaily Mail
Boris Berezovsky: A Life In Pictures Of The Russian OligarchHuffington Post UK
Boris Berezovsky: The death of a post-Soviet dreamRT
The Hard Tackle -Salon -India Today
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Доверенное лицо Путина назвал пять версий смерти Березовского - Vesti
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Доверенное лицо Путина назвал пять версий смерти Березовского
Vesti
Известный российский политолог, директор Института политических исследований, бывший депутат Государственной Думы и доверенное лицо президента РФ Владимира Путина Сергей Марков назвал свои пять версий внезапной кончины опального российского олигарха Бориса ...

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Summit skirmish: Putin`s security face off with S. African guards at BRICS ... - RT
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The Hindu

Summit skirmish: Putin`s security face off with S. African guards at BRICS ...
RT
A scandalous incident was barely averted at the BRICS summit in South Africa as Russian President Vladimir Putin's guards had a row with local security officers, who refused to let them into the building. While President Putin and his counterpart South ...
BRICS agrees to create $100 billion contingency fundThe Hindu

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The New Russian Mob - New York Times
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The New Russian Mob
New York Times
... Vladimir Putin, who have gotten rich by trampling over the rule of law, are now getting a taste of their own medicine. In Cyprus, with no warning, the rules changed, and deposits larger than 100,000 euros may now face “haircuts” of as much as 40 ...

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Kremlin watchdog slams 'unprecedented' NGO raids - GlobalPost
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Kremlin watchdog slams 'unprecedented' NGO raids
GlobalPost
The measure was fast-tracked through parliament upon Putin's return to the Kremlin in May last year in the face of unprecedented protests against his 13-year rule. Rights groups vowed to boycott the law, while Putin said last month that the legislation ...

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When State and Capital Split Apart - New York Times
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When State and Capital Split Apart
New York Times
The political quiescence of the Russian middle class flies in the face of the theory that as the bourgeoisie gains economic power, it will demand a corresponding increase in political rights — a view that implicitly underpinned much of the West's ...

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Revolting Russians - Bombsite
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Bombsite

Revolting Russians
Bombsite
The film introduces the thoughtful young artist Matvey Krylov—a follower of Limonov—just out of jail for throwing water in a prosecutor's face, painting “Putin” on the floor of an art gallery using his mohawk. Another activist marches on stilts built ...

Пресса России: национальная гвардия Путина - BBC Russian
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БИЗНЕС Online. Татарстан

Пресса России: национальная гвардия Путина
BBC Russian
С самого начала этого конфликта было ясно, что "МК" и Гусев депутатам не по зубам, поскольку Гусев также принадлежит к партии власти, он доверенное лицо Путина, он Путиным назначен на пост члена Общественной палаты. И конечно, такой серьезный ресурс поддержки, как "МК", ...
Доверенные лица Путина презентуют сайтСводка Украинских и Мировых Новостей
Надо бы их постоянно в одной клетке держать - тогда все изменилось бы в лучшую сторону.novostinauki
Владимир Путин: «Вопрос по расслоению доходов у нас – он запредельный»БИЗНЕС Online. Татарстан
Особая буква -Аргументы.ру
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Rise of Alexander Bastrykin, 'eyes of the Tsar' - Scotsman
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Rise of Alexander Bastrykin, 'eyes of the Tsar'
Scotsman
Russia's opposition, weakened after protests against Mr Putin petered out, is now forced to spend its time fighting often outlandish allegations from the Investigative Committee. Mr Navalny faces trial next month on charges of leading an organised ...

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Поворот налево - Полит.ру
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Поворот налево
Полит.ру
Слезу Медведева сольют в стакан воды, припасенный Путиным. С большей или меньшей долей уверенности можно утверждать, что на следующие выборы, когда бы они ни состоялись, «Единая Россия» пойдет под чужим именем. Но вряд ли дело сведется к простой смене имиджа. Можно ... «Гертруды» станут новым ...