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Support wanes for anti-Putin demonstrations
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Moscow’s protest movement struggles to take its fight to a new stage with fresh faces vowing to push for change despite a fall in the number of demonstrators
Russian protesters face challenge after Putin win - Reuters
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Russian protesters face challenge after Putin win
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By Steve Gutterman | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leaders on Sunday called for a clear agenda and a grassroots focus on local elections to re-energize a protest movement running out of steam after Vladimir Putin convincingly won a six-year ...
Russia police break up anti- Putin rallies outside MoscowPakistanToday.com.pk
Dozens of protesters arrested in central RussiaRT
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Russia Ranks 2nd for Billionaires - The Moscow Times
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Russia Ranks 2nd for Billionaires
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By Irina Filatova Russia ranked second by the number of the world's wealthiest people this year — leaving China just a notch behind — with tycoon Alisher Usmanov becoming the country's richest businessman for the first time after he placed his bets ...
Alisher Usmanov Becomes Russia's Wealthiest Man Thanks to FacebookHaute Living
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Pussy Riot vs Vladimir Putin: the feminist punk band jailed for cathedral protest
via The Guardian World News by Kevin O'Flynn on 3/10/12
Supporters at anti-Putin rally in Moscow call for release of alleged members of band
Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot, two of whose alleged members face up to seven years in jail for a "punk prayer" they staged in Moscow's main cathedral, have received unexpected backing from a group of Orthodox Christians who say they are being too harshly punished.
The group's performances have seen them appear in masks in a range of unexpected places to sing anti-government songs.
Part of the growing protest movement against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a third term last Sunday, the group sang an obscenity-strewn song in Christ the Cathedral Saviour last month, including an appeal to the "Holy Mother, Blessed Virgin," asking her to "chase Putin out".
The Russian Orthodox Church condemned the stunt and called for the group to be punished. Days after the performance the group's alleged members were arrested and two, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, have been charged with hooliganism. The pair, both of whom have young daughters, have been refused bail. Neither has admitted being part of the group.
Lina Moniava, a charity worker and Orthodox Christian, sent a petition to the head of the church appealing for them to ask for the criminal case to be closed. What the group did was "intolerable" said the letter, but "what is more intolerable is the reaction to the events".
One of the anti-Putin movement's leaders, Alexei Navalny, also called for the women to be released, saying the act was "idiotic" but that they were not dangerous. Pussy Riot performed a concert on the roof of the detention centre where Navalny was held after the first large protest in December and Navalny, also an Orthodox Christian, held a one-person picket outside police headquarters in Moscow, where the women are being held, last week.
There was plenty of support for the jailed pair at yesterday's opposition rally in Moscow, which saw up to 15,000 gather in the city centre.
"Pussy vs Putin" said one sign in English at the demonstration while another called for "Pussy Riot for the Eurovision". One protester held up the female torso of a shop dummy with "Free Pussy Riot" written on the back. The two women were included in a list of political prisoners read out from the stage.
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Obama Congratulates Putin on Election Win
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U.S. President Barack Obama called President-elect Vladimir Putin on Friday to congratulate him on his election victory, and the two discussed issues including Iran, Syria and missile defense, according to a White House statement.
Putin Says Government Post Available for Prokhorov
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by By Ezekiel Pfeifer <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 3/6/12
Speaking with journalists Wednesday for the first time since winning a third term as president, Vladimir Putin played down the possible impact of alleged falsifications in Sunday's election and said presidential also-ran Mikhail Prokhorov could potentially join the new government, if the tycoon would accept the offer.
No Charges in Prison Boss Sex Caper
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by By Natalya Krainova <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 3/6/12
Investigators have refused to charge Russia's top prison official with illegally wiretapping his former secretary in retaliation for her refusal to have sex with him.
Observer Group Questions Presidential Vote Result
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by By Max de Haldevang <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 3/7/12
Opposition election-monitoring group League of Voters announced Wednesday that they do not acknowledge the results of Sunday's presidential election, saying it believes that the number of people voting in "special circumstances" inexplicably increased by 3 million compared to December's State Duma vote.
Live Blog: Opposition Rally on Novy Arbat
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by By Ken Martinez and Ezekiel Pfeifer <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 3/9/12
Updates on the latest major opposition rally, being held this afternoon on the sidewalk of Novy Arbat in central Moscow.
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Mike Nova's starred itemsProtest Organizers Reach Crossroads
via The Moscow Times Top Stories by By Jonathan Earle <moscowtimes@themoscowtimes.com> on 3/6/12
The day after a large post-election rally ended in mass detentions, opposition leaders vowed more protests, sparking fears and raising questions about the sustainability of the protest movement. City Hall Approves March 10 Opposition Rally on Novy Arbat
Libyan denies Russian charges it is training Syrian rebels - Washington Post
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Libyan denies Russian charges it is training Syrian rebels
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Libya's prime minister on Thursday denied Russian allegations that his government is hosting and supporting a training camp for Syrian rebels but said his country stands with the people of Syria opposed to President Bashar Assad's regime.
UK: Russia, China paying price over Syria stanceThe Associated Press
Russia says 15000 foreign “terrorists” in Syriaeuronews
Russia says it won't offer asylum to Syria's AssadChristian Science Monitor
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Russia criticises UN over NATO role in Libya - Reuters Africa
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Russia criticises UN over NATO role in Libya
Reuters Africa
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Russia criticised UN investigators on Friday for failing to adequately probe deaths caused by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) bombs during the uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year.
UN investigation of NATO bombing deaths in Libya inadequate, Russia chargesMontreal Gazette
Libyaís New Government to Re-examine Contracts with RussiaJournal of Turkish Weekly
Libya to honour contracts with RussiaTrend.az
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Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll - Reuters
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Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll
Reuters
By Lidia Kelly and Thomas Grove | MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory on Saturday but their numbers were far fewer than in previous weeks.
Russian election protesters rally in Moscow to put fresh pressure on Vladimir ...Telegraph.co.uk
Russia: Post-election protests continue in Moscow, with lower turnout (VIDEO)GlobalPost
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Anti-Putin rally fails to match past protests
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Protests in Russia against Putin appear to lose some steam - USA TODAY
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Protests in Russia against Putin appear to lose some steam
USA TODAY
Speeches by young activists like 27-year-old Maxim Kats, however, showed that some of the new political energy that has emerged in Russia in recent months is being channeled into local politics and civic activism. Kats and two others in their 20s, ...
Russians Rally Against Putin, But in Smaller NumbersVoice of America
Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia pollReuters
Moscow's Winter of Dissent Faces Reality of Putin's WinNew York Times
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Anti-Putin Protests Appear to Be Losing Steam
via NYT > Europe by By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ELLEN BARRY on 3/10/12
As protesters gathered again in Moscow, their movement collided with its own limitations and Vladimir V. Putin’s decisive victory in Russia’s presidential vote.
Anti-Putin protest draws fewer than in past but showcases new young political activists
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MOSCOW - A protest rally against Vladimir Putin drew more than 20,000 people on Saturday, far fewer than those in past months as the opposition movement appears to be losing momentum following Putin's presidential election victory.
Saudi: Russian veto on Syria allowed violence to continue - Jerusalem Post
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Saudi: Russian veto on Syria allowed violence to continue
Jerusalem Post
By REUTERS Saudi Arabia's foreign minister told Russia on Saturday that its veto of a UN Security Council resolution that condemned the Syrian government had allowed violence to continue and called on Moscow to back Arab efforts to end the crisis in ...
Russia opposes 'unbalanced' UN draft resolutionChina Daily
Medvedev: Russia Opposes Foreign Interference in Syria's Internal Affairs No ...Syrian Arab News Agency
UN: Russia rejects "unbalanced" Syria draftThe Muslim News
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via Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news by Tom Parfitt on 3/10/12
Russia's political opposition has called for a civil rights campaign against Vladimir Putin over his victory in the presidential election.
Russian opposition rallies: for or against? - The Voice of Russia
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Russian opposition rallies: for or against?
The Voice of Russia
Russia's opposition plans to gather 1 mln participants in the May 1 rally in Moscow. However, this turnout is improbable as the March 11 rally on Novy Arbat central street saw less than 50000. Despite calls for unification, protesters split up and far ...
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Russians Rally Against Putin, But in Smaller Numbers - Voice of America
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Russians Rally Against Putin, But in Smaller Numbers
Voice of America
March 10, 2012 Russians Rally Against Putin, But in Smaller Numbers VOA News | Moscow Thousands of Russian demonstrators converged on central Moscow Saturday, protesting President-elect Vladimir Putin's third term in office amid allegations of election ...
Protests are held in Russia over Vladimir Putin's presidential election victoryBBC News
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Thousands in Russia protest Putin's election winWashington Times
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via Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news by Telegraph Staff on 3/10/12
Election monitors across Russia reported alleged vote fixing in the presidential poll. Irina Levinskaya saw it happen.
Russia protesters hear pragmatic new message - Washington Post
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Russia protesters hear pragmatic new message
Washington Post
With fewer chants of “Russia without Putin” and more calls for individual action, protest leaders began pointing toward the direction ahead and reflecting on the difficulty of change as they seek new leaders and build institutions.
Russians Rally Against Putin, But in Smaller NumbersVoice of America
Protests in Russia against Putin appear to lose some steamUSA TODAY
Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia pollReuters
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Russia: First Woman in Space Turns 75 Years Old - Global Voices Online
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Russia: First Woman in Space Turns 75 Years Old
Global Voices Online
This post is part of RuNet Echo, a Global Voices project to interpret the Russian language internet. All posts · Learn more Just days before the world celebrated International Women's Day last week, Valentina Tereshkova - the first woman to enter space ...
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Pussy Riot vs Vladimir Putin: the feminist punk band jailed for cathedral protest
via World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk by Kevin O'Flynn on 3/10/12
Supporters at anti-Putin rally in Moscow call for release of alleged members of band
Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot, two of whose alleged members face up to seven years in jail for a "punk prayer" they staged in Moscow's main cathedral, have received unexpected backing from a group of Orthodox Christians who say they are being too harshly punished.
The group's performances have seen them appear in masks in a range of unexpected places to sing anti-government songs.
Part of the growing protest movement against Vladimir Putin, who was elected to a third term last Sunday, the group sang an obscenity-strewn song in Christ the Cathedral Saviour last month, including an appeal to the "Holy Mother, Blessed Virgin," asking her to "chase Putin out".
The Russian Orthodox Church condemned the stunt and called for the group to be punished. Days after the performance the group's alleged members were arrested and two, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, have been charged with hooliganism. The pair, both of whom have young daughters, have been refused bail. Neither has admitted being part of the group.
Lina Moniava, a charity worker and Orthodox Christian, sent a petition to the head of the church appealing for them to ask for the criminal case to be closed. What the group did was "intolerable" said the letter, but "what is more intolerable is the reaction to the events".
One of the anti-Putin movement's leaders, Alexei Navalny, also called for the women to be released, saying the act was "idiotic" but that they were not dangerous. Pussy Riot performed a concert on the roof of the detention centre where Navalny was held after the first large protest in December and Navalny, also an Orthodox Christian, held a one-person picket outside police headquarters in Moscow, where the women are being held, last week.
There was plenty of support for the jailed pair at yesterday's opposition rally in Moscow, which saw up to 15,000 gather in the city centre.
"Pussy vs Putin" said one sign in English at the demonstration while another called for "Pussy Riot for the Eurovision". One protester held up the female torso of a shop dummy with "Free Pussy Riot" written on the back. The two women were included in a list of political prisoners read out from the stage.
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Paper trails of revolutions past in Russia's St. Petersburg - The Seattle Times
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Paper trails of revolutions past in Russia's St. Petersburg
The Seattle Times
Hundreds of paper lanterns, lit with candles, take to the sky after being launched by a flash mob in front of one of Russia's iconic churches. By Kristin R. Jackson DMITRY LOVETSKY / AP Hundreds of paper lanterns, lit with candles, take to the sky ...
Russian billionaire Leon Max and his six-foot tall blonde muse Katia Elizavora - Daily Mail
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Russian billionaire Leon Max and his six-foot tall blonde muse Katia Elizavora
Daily Mail
By Charlotte Eagar Leon Max is one of a clutch of rich Russians buying up chunks of Britain. And now, he is is launching an assault on the country's smart set Leon Max (right in the first picture) with his gamekeeper-cum-head groundsman Roy Goodger ...
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Russia protests push Putin towards economic reform - AFP
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Russia protests push Putin towards economic reform
AFP
Russia's "urban middle classes have evolved from being consumers to being members of a civil society," note the economists at New York's Citigroup. "The key question, then, is whether signs that Putin's popularity is slipping will trigger a wave of ...
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Arabs urge Russia to back Syria peace plan - Chicago Tribune
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Arabs urge Russia to back Syria peace plan
Chicago Tribune
CAIRO (Reuters) - Gulf Arabs told Russia in blunt language on Saturday its failure to take a tough line on Syria had allowed killing to continue and urged Moscow to back an Arab peace effort that includes a call for Russian ally President Bashar ...
France Expects Russia to Block UN Resolution on Syria Cease-FireBloomberg
Russia, Arabs call for end to Syria violenceKurdish Globe
Russia to critics: We're not protecting SyriaUSA TODAY
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Protest leaders weigh new tactics as anti-Putin rallies shrink
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Thousands of Muscovites demonstrated against Vladimir Putin's disputed election victory on a downtown square Saturday, indicating that the protest movement born after allegedly fraudulent Duma elections three months ago is far from finished.
Russia's Domodedovo airport secures 165 mln euro loan - Reuters
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Russia's Domodedovo airport secures 165 mln euro loan
Reuters
MOSCOW, March 11 (Reuters) - Domodedovo, the operator of Russia's largest airport, secured 165 million euros ($216.5 million) in a five-year syndicated loan for general corporate purposes, one of the arrangers said in a statement on Sunday.
Journalistic death toll in Putin's Russia
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Peter Preston, in today's Observer, catalogues the deaths of journalists in Russia in the dozen years since Vladimir Putin came to power.
It makes for grim reading, but it merits repeating by as many journalists outside Russia as often as possible:
"In 2011, three journalists dead (including newspaper editor Khadzhimurad Kamalov, shot 14 times as he left his office).
In 2010, two killed; in 2009, five more (including a young reporter from Novaya Gazeta, caught in a hail of bullets). Add four for 2008, one in 2007 and then 2006 as Anna Politkovskaya, the most famous victim of them all, is murdered.
But she wouldn't forget Yevgeny Gerasimenko – found in his Saratov flat with a plastic bag pulled over his head and computer missing – and nor should we.
Two Russian journalists died in 2005, and three in both 2004 and 2003; but 2002 was a wicked year, with eight lost (including Valery Ivanov, battling editor, shot in the head) and 2001 added another victim.
Putin's reign of power in 2000 began with six dead reporters and editors: a grim portent, looking back, of bad things to come."
Preston concludes: "He is elected time and again. Yet a free press seems to mean pitifully little to him. You investigate? You report? You die, unavenged."
Source: The Observer
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Is NATO luring Russia into summit trap? - RT
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Is NATO luring Russia into summit trap?
RT
Washington's election-year offer to share data on a US-built European missile defense system with Russia will likely fail to address Moscow's objections to the project, a Russian security expert says. Vladimir Kozin, a senior researcher at the Russian ...
Chinese 'Mighty Dragon' doomed to breathe Russian fire - RT
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Chinese 'Mighty Dragon' doomed to breathe Russian fire
RT
While Beijing is proudly leaking more images of J-20 fifth-generation stealth fighter jet, China continues to buy Russian military jet engines and spare parts, which might indicate China is in a technological deadlock. China is making an attempt to ...
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Russia's Saint Petersburg governor signs 'anti-gay' law - Times of India
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Russia's Saint Petersburg governor signs 'anti-gay' law
Times of India
SAINT PETERSBURG: The governor of Russia's second city Saint Petersburg signed a new law against "homosexual propaganda", in defiance of protests that it discriminates against gays, the city said Sunday. Saint Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko ...
St. Pete Governor Signs Homosexuality LawRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Russia Seeks Trial of Browder With Dead Hermitage Lawyer for Tax Evasion - Bloomberg
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Russia Seeks Trial of Browder With Dead Hermitage Lawyer for Tax Evasion
Bloomberg
Russia plans to try William Browder, head of London-based Hermitage Capital Management Ltd., for tax evasion, along with Sergei Magnitsky, the fund's lawyer who died in custody in 2009, RIA Novosti said. “Magnitsky and Browder are both accused of ...
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Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll - Chicago Tribune
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Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll
Chicago Tribune
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory on Saturday but their numbers were far fewer than in previous weeks. People who demonstrated in bright sunshine in central ...
Russia protests push Putin towards economic reformAFP
PRESS DIGEST - Russia - March 11Reuters
Insightful book details Putin's rise in RussiaBend Bulletin
Calgary Herald -The Voice of Russia
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Russia's radicals try to seize protest initiative - Khaleej Times
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Russia's radicals try to seize protest initiative
Khaleej Times
MOSCOW - The mass rallies in Russia painted a picture of unity among the country's opposition, with masked nationalists standing together with pro-Western liberals calling for free elections. But now after numbers dwindled and divisions in unity ...
Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia pollChicago Tribune
Russia protests push Putin towards economic reformAFP
Where does Russia's opposition go from here?Aljazeera.com (blog)
Reuters -Bend Bulletin
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St. Petersburg Governor Signs Law Against 'Homosexual Propaganda'
via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty on 3/11/12
The governor of Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, has signed a new law against "homosexual propaganda" -- defying complaints that it discriminates against gays.
Vladimir Putin: A Symptom of Russia's Greater Problems - Forbes
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Vladimir Putin: A Symptom of Russia's Greater Problems
Forbes
Yet, when the Russian electorate helped its compellingly autocratic president to a cleverly arranged constitution-skirting third term, we are shocked, shocked. And placeholder-in-chief Medvedev obediently ducks back into the PM position.
Putin's Opposition Seeks New TackWall Street Journal
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Russian protesters face challenge after Putin win
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leaders on Sunday called for a clear agenda and a grassroots focus on local elections to re-energize a protest movement running out of steam after Vladimir Putin convincingly won a six-year presidential term.
Russian protesters face challenge after Putin win
via Reuters: World News on 3/11/12
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leaders on Sunday called for a clear agenda and a grassroots focus on local elections to re-energize a protest movement running out of steam after Vladimir Putin convincingly won a six-year presidential term.
UK's Hague faces suit over Pakistan drone strikes
via Reuters: World News on 3/11/12
LONDON (Reuters) - Lawyers for the family of a man killed in a U.S. drone attack in Pakistan said they would begin legal action against Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday, accusing him of complicity in strikes they say broke international laws.
America Is Stealing the World’s Doctors
via NYT > World by By MATT McALLESTER on 3/10/12
Who wants to practice medicine in a country where they use power tools in surgery? The dilemma of doctors in the developing world.
Gregory Davidzon, a Kingmaker of Brooklyn’s Little Russia
via NYT > Global Home by By MICHAEL POWELL on 3/11/12
In Jewish areas of south Brooklyn, Gregory Davidzon galvanizes Russian voters and treats his endorsements of political candidates as if they were a blood guarantee.
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