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Amnesty International's Moscow Office Searched

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Russian prosecutors and tax police searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups Monday, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin's attempt to stifle dissent.

Russian officials search Amnesty Intl office in Moscow as pressure on NGOs ... - Edmonton Journal

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Russian officials search Amnesty Intl office in Moscow as pressure on NGOs ... Edmonton Journal MOSCOW - Russian prosecutors and tax police searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups Monday, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin's attempt to stifle ...

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Russian officials raid Amnesty's Moscow headquarters The Guardian Russian prosecutors and tax police have searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin's attempt to stifle dissent. Sergei ... Russians search Amnesty Intl office in MoscowIdaho Press-Tribune all 15 news articles »

Президент РФ Владимир Путин 26-27 марта в южно-африканском Дурбане на саммите БРИКС обсудит с лидерами государств-участниц оздоровление международной экономической ситуации, положение в Сирии, Иране и на Ближнем Востоке - РИА Новости

Путин на саммите БРИКС обсудит экономику, встретится с президентом ЮАР// - РИА Новости

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Путин на саммите БРИКС обсудит экономику, встретится с президентом ЮАР// РИА Новости Президент РФ Владимир Путин 26-27 марта в южно-африканском Дурбане на саммите БРИКС обсудит с лидерами государств-участниц оздоровление международной экономической ситуации, положение в Сирии, Иране и на Ближнем Востоке, а на переговорах с коллегой из ЮАР ... Путин отправляется с визитом в ЮАР, где также примет участие в саммите БРИКС - КремльИТАР-ТАСС В.Путин проведет в Дурбане встречу с премьер-министром Индии.РБК - RBC.Ru Путин призвал сплотиться «пятерку» союзниковНТВ.ru Правда.Ру -Интерфакс -Mail.Ru Все похожие статьи: 47 »

“negative trends” emanating from Russia - via homophobia russia - Google News

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And the demographic clincher: 81 per cent of American adults under 30 back full equality. The opposition, concentrated among seniors, is dying away.

But as Americans drive the issue home, the question of what it means to the bigger world is emerging. The answer? Perhaps not as much as hoped.

“The sheer speed of change in America is astonishing. But translating that into progress elsewhere remains daunting because the very thing that moved Americans — the argument of basic human rights and fairness — tends to backfire in many other parts of the world,” says Evelyne Paradis, executive director of ILGA Europe, a major LGBT advocacy group.

Paradis, a Montrealer, works in partnership with grassroots gay-rights organizations in more than 40 countries, largely against “negative trends” emanating from Russia. She describes a pattern of rising support for homophobic groups throughout the former Soviet Union, aided by overseas outreach from a loose network of Christian evangelical organizations.

“In the past year we’ve really begun to connect the dots. In Ukraine last spring for our Day Against Homophobia, we saw busloads of people arriving for counter-demonstrations, chanting religious slogans and extreme right-wing political slogans from Russia. We see a similar pattern in Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and, of course, in Russia.”

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Groups like the U.S.-based Alliance Defending Freedom, says Paradis, have established a foothold in Europe to advocate strongly against abortion and LGBT rights.

“The problem for national LGBT activists is that if they raise the human rights argument that has been so powerful in America, it gets thrown back in their faces — ‘You are just part of the western world, forcing outside values on us,’” she says.

“The human rights argument works — but it works where a culture of human rights has been built over decades and people have slowly gotten used to what the concept of equality means, whether on racism or from a women’s perspective.

“In places like Georgia and Armenia, the activists can’t talk about human rights. They tell us, ‘People don’t get it, they don’t care, they don’t understand these arguments.’

“They have much more success in getting through to people by reclaiming the language of the home country — talking about family, values, tradition and redefining those ideas as empowered national voices, coming from within, rather than from outside. That’s where we see some real hope that attitudes can change for the better.”

...

But gay-rights campaigners also point to glimmers beyond the grim. In Venezuela, the battle to succeed Hugo Chavez includes this pronouncement from candidate Henrique Capriles: “I believe in a society without exclusion . . . where no one feels excluded by race, creed, social status, sexual orientation.”

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But nothing quite captured the shifting zeitgeist like Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, Mitt Romney’s old debate coach, who stunned his fellow Republicans with a full-throated endorsement of marriage equity last week, revealing in the same breath that his son Will is gay. That simple fact “prompted me to consider the issue from another perspective,” Portman wrote in The Columbus Dispatch. “That of a dad who wants all three of his kids to lead happy, meaningful lives with the people they love.”

Portman’s declaration baffled many on the right and met with a bashing from many on the left, who labelled his reasoning “selfish.” But the Portman saga, perhaps more than any other, mirrors the million-plus points of light that have shifted so many American attitudes, sister by sister, son by son, brother by brother.

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“This is a long game, but an important game. We’re not saying Canada should do this on its own. But with major partners that know this work . . . the opportunity is there to let our public servants do the good work they trained for at the precise moment it is most needed.”

Mitch Potter&#x2019;s last World Weekly story was on N.Y. Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

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The role of art in addressing racism, hate and homophobia - Canada.com

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The role of art in addressing racism, hate and homophobia Canada.com The public is invited to attend "ART TALK: engage" at the Comox Valley Art Gallery this Saturday March 23, from 2pm - 3: 30pm. Admission is free or by donation. This talk will be a community panel discussing the themes from the current exhibition ...

Gay marriage: Why America is leading the global rainbow divide - Toronto Star

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Gay marriage: Why America is leading the global rainbow divide Toronto Star Paradis, a Montrealer, works in partnership with grassroots gay-rights organizations in more than 40 countries, largely against “negative trends” emanating from Russia. She describes a pattern of rising support for homophobic groups throughout the ... and more »

"Look Down With Favor on My Lowliness" - Alfeyev presented the Pope Francis with a Spanish edition of Patriarch Kirill's book, titled "Freedom and Responsibility," and a gift from the Russian Orthodox Church: an image of the Mother of God icon... - The Moscow Times

Russian Orthodox Church Envoy Gives Pope Mother of God Icon

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Pope Francis, who met with representatives of a dozen faiths Wednesday, speaking with Metropolitan Hilarion.

An envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church has met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he presented him with the Mother of God icon and expressed hope that ties between the two churches would continue to improve, the Orthodox Church's official website said.
During the meeting on Wednesday, Hilarion Alfeyev, the metropolitan of Volokolamsk and chairman of the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, extended warm greetings and gratitude for prayers from Patriarch Kirill, saying the head of the Russian church had closely followed the election and enthronement of the new pope.
Alfeyev presented the Pope Francis with a Spanish edition of Patriarch Kirill's book, titled "Freedom and Responsibility," and a gift from the Russian Orthodox Church: an image of the Mother of God icon, called "Look Down With Favor on My Lowliness."
He noted that Pope Francis' "first steps after the election were marked by lowliness and humility," Interfax reported. Pope Francis replied that he lacked humility and asked for prayers to grant it to him.
Alfeyev said that the Moscow Patriarchate shared Pope Francis' concern for the poor and suffering, and that this shared compassion creates new opportunities for cooperation between the two churches.
He informed the pope of existing problems between the two churches and said he hoped that the inter-church relations that improved under Pope Benedict XVI would further strengthen.
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"...two men holding hands in public are not a threat any more than anal sex with a woman in partially a homosexual act. There are at least twenty gender differentiations in the species. You can’t vote any away." - 25 Jan 2013 by Daniel

Russian Homophobia

The news was filled today with the vote in the democratic gulag called the Kremlin that all but one vote was caste to bring into law restrictions on minorities which will impact the gay and lesbian community. A deeply conservative move backed and promoted by the Russian Orthodox Church.

We shouldn’t be surprised.

When the Berlin wall came down one of the recurrent themes of the commentators on the newly emerging countries was that they were stuck with pre-second-world war value systems. Still infected with anti-semitic leanings, still male dominated and they broke down into the ‘strong man’ leaders who had been the bullies of the communist regime hiding out in the secret police.

Russia will pull out the doldrums but it will take a while and while it does so the church will make people’s lives hell because that is what the narrow thinking of  biblical bigots always does. Enlightenment is not about facts and figures and the sudden inrush of scientific illumination, but the understanding that compassion glues society together more strongly that religion. That two men holding hands in public are not a threat any more than anal sex with a woman in partially a homosexual act.

There are at least twenty gender differentiations in the species. You can’t vote any away.

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Furious Russia slams Cyprus bailout deal as 'stealing' as uncertainty continues via - Europe RSS Feed | Dmitry Medvedev gave a taste of Moscow's displeasure over the Cyprus rescue plan on Monday when he said "the stealing of what has already been stolen continues". | Путин поручил пересмотреть условия предоставленного Кипру кредита - Росбалт.RU | "The Russian Bear is back..." - By Lawrence S. Schneiderman: Cyprus: Russia’s Bloodless Victory Over Europe – OpEd | Cyprus sacrifices top banks for bailout - The West Australian

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Медведев: На Кипре продолжают грабить награбленное ЛІГА.net Напомним, президент России Владимир Путин сегодня поручил правительству страны проработать вопрос реструктуризации предоставленного ранее Кипру кредита. По словам пресс-секретаряпрезидента, Путин считает возможным поддержать усилияпрезидента Кипра и ... Медведев назвал ситуацию на Кипре воровством награбленногоLenta.ru Медведев увидел в действиях властей Кипра воровство награбленногоKM.RU Путин спешит на выручкуГазета.Ru Грани.Ру -NEWSru.com -Главная | Deutsche Welle all 747 news articles »

Furious Russia slams Cyprus bailout deal as 'stealing' as uncertainty continues

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Russia reacted furiously today to news of the 11th hour European Union bailout of Cyprus - condemning it as 'stealing'.

Dmitry Medvedev channels Lenin as he condemns Cyprus bail-out terms

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Dmitry Medvedev gave a taste of Moscow's displeasure over the Cyprus rescue plan on Monday when he said "the stealing of what has already been stolen continues".

"The Russian Bear is back..."

Cyprus

Cyprus: Russia’s Bloodless Victory Over Europe – OpEd

By Lawrence S. Schneiderman -- (March 25, 2013)

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Cyprus: Russia's Bloodless Victory Over Europe – OpEd Eurasia Review Russia understands, and correctly, Europe's and America's weaknesses and failures to deal honestly with their financial crises, and as a result to commit resources to its national defense. Concomitantly, they view Mr. Obama, the guardian of the West ...

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Большой шаг к пропасти Эксперт Online Что касается России, то для нашей страны кипрская история очень поучительна. Поскольку она наглядно продемонстрировала реальное отношение к нашей стране. Показала, что Запад по-прежнему воспринимает нас как чужих. И все наши планы и попытки интеграции могут быть ...

Путин поручил пересмотреть условия предоставленного Кипру кредита - Росбалт.RU

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Путин поручил пересмотреть условия предоставленного Кипру кредита Росбалт.RU "С учетом принятых Еврогруппой решений, Путин считает возможным поддержать усилия президента Кипра и Еврокомиссии, направленные на преодоление кризиса в экономике и финансово-банковской системе этой страны. Путин поручил правительству и Минфину проработать с... и другие »

Cyprus sacrifices top banks for bailout - The West Australian

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Cyprus sacrifices top banks for bailout The West Australian The eurozone has struck a deadline-day deal with Cyprus to resurrect a bailout for its government but only after a radical downsizing of the island'sRussian-fuelled financial sector. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades battled for 12 hours with ... WTI Oil Gains on Cyprus Deal; Brent Premium Narrowest Since JulyBloomberg Revamped Cyprus deal to close bank, force lossesThe North West Star Will Cypriots Have to Pay to Clear Up their Bankers' Mess?VICE Wall Street Pit -Telegraph.co.uk all 661 news articles »

"...около 250 тыс. человек выехало с территории Северо-Кавказского федерального округа... Д.Медведев: Александр Геннадиевич, тогда надо наказать кого-то — из этих правительств субъектов Федерации. Это же люди. ...тот, кто в школу не ходит, потом в лес пойдёт." - Russia Blogs - Радиостанция «Эхо Москвы»

Д.Медведев: Александр Геннадиевич, тогда надо наказать кого-то — из этих правительств субъектов Федерации. Это же люди. 

...тот, кто в школу не ходит, потом в лес пойдёт.

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"На Кипре, по-моему, продолжают грабить награбленное..."

Для исчерпывающей характеристики методов современных правоохранительных органов (и эпохи в целом) не хватало карательной психиатрии. Ну вот вам и пожалуйста… - by anticompromat

бывшего председателя профсоюза администрации президента посадили в психушку

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Тревожно-выжидательный взгляд на правосудие

Героиню публикации «Новой», посмевшую выступить против администрации президента, упекли в Кащенко
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Для исчерпывающей характеристики методов современных правоохранительных органов (и эпохи в целом) не хватало карательной психиатрии. Ну вот вам и пожалуйста… Если у вас «грустное выражение лица, а взгляд — тревожно-выжидательный» (это цитата из допроса эксперта-психиатра) — вы в особой группе риска: по воле чиновников и следователей вас могут принудительно поместить в «психушку». Ваши шансы «сойти с ума» значительно повышаются, если вы нашли хищения в администрации президента и сообщили об этом в правоохранительные органы.

Об истории бывшего председателя профсоюза администрации президента и аппарата правительства Людмилы Попковой мы рассказывали в прошлом году (№ 37 от 4 апреля 2012 года). Считаем необходимым отметить: во время наших встреч с Попковой никаких признаков душевного расстройства мы не обнаружили, хотя, отдадим должное наблюдательности экспертов-психиатров, взгляд у нее был действительно тревожный. И выжидательный тоже. Но, не имея психиатрического образования, мы объясняли ее тревогу уголовным делом, которое расследуется в отношении Попковой вот уже три года.

В «Новую газету» обратились офицеры центрального аппарата ФСБ (фамилии редакции известны) и заявили, что их отдел почти полным составом отказывается выходить на службу... - via Навальный

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Обязательно почитайте о том, как эта скотина и преступник Бастрыкин обслуживает интересы кадыровских бандитов, похищающих и пытающих людей прямо в Москве:



В «Новую газету» обратились офицеры центрального аппарата ФСБ (фамилии редакции известны) и заявили, что их отдел почти полным составом отказывается выходить на службу, и они даже готовы положить на стол служебные удостоверения. Поводом для столь решительного демарша послужило недавнее освобождение из-под стражи чеченских полицейских, которые в 2011 году в Москве похитили человека, вымогали у него деньги и подвергли жесточайшим пыткам... 

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TODAY: Berezovsky found dead, friends suspect foul play, Russian media show little sympathy, personal troubles and suicide suggested; Xi Jinping takes indirect swipe at U.S. in wake of Russia visit; Russian wealth in Cyprus; Magnitsky trial begins again; pro-Pussy Riot priest seeking asylum.

Police say they have found no evidence of third-party involvement in the death of Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead on the bathroom floor of his England home on Saturday.  Friends of the exiled oligarch suspect foul play; his ex-wife, who visited the house after his death, said she is ‘definite’ that ‘Boris was killed. I have quite different information from what is being published in the media.’  The Russian media have responded by branding Berezovsky an ‘evil genius’ and ‘the most odious oligarch of the 1990s’, with one state television report on his death ending with a list of his alleged crimes.  Other sources have speculated about Berezovsky’s state of mind, which had reportedly been troubled in recent months following his spectacular loss of the case against Roman Abramovich in London’s High Court last year, increasing financial woes, and alleged unsuccessful attempts to reconcile with Vladimir Putin and return to his homeland.  Exiled businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin says that Dmitry Peskov’s story about a personal, conciliatory letter from Berezovsky to Putin ‘sounds like something made up by Putin’s people’.  Peskov says he is ‘not aware of how the president reacted’ to the news.  Mary Dejevsky remembers the man ‘who poisoned Britain’s relations with Russia’.

Following his visit to Russia, Chinese President Xi Jinping criticised foreign governments that meddle in the domestic affairs of others, which is seen as both a mirroring of Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric and a subtle dig at the U.S.  Xi’s visit saw the signing of 35 bilateral agreements ranging from energy to rabbit husbandry.  WealthyRussians are reportedly flocking to troubled Cyprus in a bid to protect their finances.  ‘Officially, 30%-40% of the money in Cypriot banks comes from non-residents, mostly Russians,’ which is why Cyprus may have to choose between Russia and the E.U. for a successful bailout.

The posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky begun again on Friday, with lawyers for the deceased asking the court to recuse the prosecutor for giving them insufficient time to read case materials.  Jamison Firestone retells Magnitsky’s story, following last week’s Investigative Committee decision to close the investigation into his death, having ruled that he had not been abused in prison (contrary to information on his death certificate).  A Russian Orthodox deacon who protested to Patriarch Kirill about the prosecution of Pussy Riot is seeking asylum in Prague.

PHOTO: Cars drive along the M54 highway from Krasnoyarsk to Mongolian border during a blizzard on the Kulumys Pass in the Western Sayan Mountains some 600 km (372 miles) south of Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 23, 2013. Picture taken March 23, 2013. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin 

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RBTH sat down with Moscow Chief Architect Sergei Kuznetsov to discuss the challenges offered by the Muscovite urban environment, the New Moscow project, and the Russian national character.

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