Friday, March 1, 2013

6:46 AM 3/1/2013 - Гей-Новости

6:46 AM 3/1/2013

Александр Морозов
Позорят, позорят петербургские депутаты "город на неве -колыбль революции" (подумал я, читая статью Петра Красноперова "Гомосексуализм и марксистский подход"):

Большевики, партия Ленина, наряду с социальной революцией совершили в России также культурную и сексуальную революцию. После взятия власти в 1917 году они немедленно отменили законы направленные против гомосексуалистов, что до сих пор приводит в ярость всевозможную реакционную шваль (например газета русских фашистов "Русский Порядок", напечатала статью "Ленин - палач русского народа и обычный педераст", в которой задыхаясь от ярости и кипя от гнева сообщает, "что первым указом большевиков после взятия власти был вовсе не декрет о мире, как писали в советских учебниках истории, а закон отменяющий уголовное преследование гомосексуализма", указ этот может быть был и не первый, но все равно приводит в ярость членов РНЕ). Советская Россия стала первой в мире страной, отменившей преследования за гомосексуализм. Брошюра доктора Георгия Баткиса, директора Московского Института социальной гигиены, озаглавленная "Сексуальная революция в России" (1923г.) отражала официальную точку зрения большевиков по этому вопросу: "Советское законодательство основывается на следующем принципе: "Оно провозглашает абсолютное невмешательство государства в дела пола, пока никому не причиняется вреда, и не затрагиваются ничьи интересы... ". Но сталинская политическая контрреволюция начала постепенно демонтировать социальные завоевания Октября... (и.т.д.)
 
 
Disgrace, disgrace peterburgskie deputies "the city on the Neva-kolybl′ revolution" (I thought, reading the article Peter Krasnoperova "homosexuality and the Marxist approach"): the Bolsheviks, Lenin's Party, along with the social revolution in Russia is also the cultural and sexual revolution. After the seizure of power in 1917, they immediately cancelled the laws against homosexuals, that still enrages every reactionary trash (e.g. newspaper of Russian fascists "Russian order" published an article "Lenin-executioner of the Russian people and a pederast", in which panting with rage and boiling with anger, "informs that the first decree of the Bolsheviks after the seizure of power was not a decree about the worldas written in Soviet history books, and the law repealing the criminal prosecution of homosexuality ", the Decree may be was not the first, but still infuriating members of RNU). Soviet Russia became the first country in the world to abolish the prosecution for homosexuality. Brochure of Dr. George Batkisa, Director of Moscow's Institute of social hygiene entitled "sexual revolution in Russia" (1923) reflects the official point of view of the Bolsheviks on the issue: "the Soviet legislation is based on the following principle:" It proclaims the absolute non-interference of the State in matters of sex, as long as no harm is caused, and are not affected by drawn interests ... ". But the Stalinist political counter-revolution began gradually to dismantle the social gains of October ... (etc.) (Translated by Bing)
 

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via GAYBY.NET by GAYBY on 3/1/13
Несмотря на возможный запрет гей-пропаганды ЛГБТ-сообщество создает новые медиапроекты.

via GAYBY.NET by GAYBY on 3/1/13
Как сообщили на странице акции в Фейсбуке представители оргкомитета, запрет, возможно, будет пересмотрен.

via Новостиon 3/1/13
Лимоновцы из «Другой России» уже пообещали избивать ЛГБТ-активистов во время шествия

via GAYBY.NET by GAYBY on 3/1/13
Рекламный ролик компании Amazon подвергся обвинениям в гомофобии и «навешивание ярлыков» на пользователей продуктов Apple за текст, прозвучавший в рекламе.

via GAYBY.NET by GAYBY on 3/1/13
Министрество иностранных дел Казахстана призвал агентства, принимающие документы от иностранных граждан на усыновление, более тщательно проверять досье и документы иностранцев, которые желают усыновить ребенка из Казахстана.

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 3/1/13

Год назад плакаты с надписью "Не гей, бывший гей, больше не гей и горжусь. Смиритесь с этим" благотворительной христианской группы должны были появиться на 24 лондонских автобусах. Но управляющая компания "Транспорт для Лондона" отказалась размещать рекламу, пояснив, что ее лозунг "не соответствует взглядам...

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Организаторы надеются на пересмотр вердиктов всех нижестоящих судов, но готовы снова обратиться с жалобой в Европейский Суд по правам человека

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Федеральные власти сделали свое представление по делу об оспаривании конституционности запрета однополых браков в Калифорнии

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 2/28/13

Легендарный британский музыкант Моррисси (полное имя - Стивен Патрик Моррисси, Steven Patrick Morrissey), лидер культовой индии-группы 80-х The Smiths, заявил, что если бы количество геев в мире было большим, то "не было бы никаких войн". В интервью журналу Rookie 53-летний Моррисси обсуждал проблемы, связанные с...

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 2/28/13

24 февраля открытая лесбиянка Лиз Кармуш (Liz Carmouche) необычайно близко подобралась к титулу чемпионки UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship - Абсолютного Бойцовского Чемпионата) в супер-легком весе, однако проиграла сильной сопернице, семикратной чемпионке Ронде Роузи (Ronda Rousey), которая изначально считалась...

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 2/28/13

Организаторы выступления в Новосибирске всемирно известного коллектива Kazaky пообещали усилить охрану во время концерта 8 марта. Это подарок поклонникам группы, среди которых - большинство составляют дамы. Не случайно, кстати, и выступление в Международный женский день. Однако новосибирские атаманы, есаулы, казачьи...

via Алексon 2/27/13


Последний день зимы, :) впереди что-то цветное и весеннее. И даже есть ощущение, что политическая зима тоже закончилась. Сначала просто "оттепель", затем "расцветают сто цветов" - и всю серятину смывает с горизонта.
В общем, с наступающей весной! :)

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Такое решение принято в ходе голосования, прошедшего в четверг в бельгийском Антверпене

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 2/28/13

Кэмерон Монахан (Cameron Monaghan) - натурал, но в телесериале он играет гея, пишет Gaystarnews. 19-летний актер исполняет роль Иена Галлахера (Ian Gallagher) в сериале "Бесстыдники" (Shameless) и до прошлой недели он не распространялся о своей сексуальной ориентации. Но на днях в Twitter Монахану задали прямой...

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Обновленный Акт о насилии в отношении женщин получил поддержку обеих палат, президент Барак Обама обещал его подписать

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Видные члены Республиканской партии выступили с письмом о необходимости отмены гомофобного закона о защите брака

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Геи и лесбиянки ждут вердикта Верховного Суда США по делу об оспаривании запрета на регистрацию их союзов в штате

via Новостиon 2/28/13
Открытый гей впервые за последнее десятилетие будет заседать в верхней палате парламента – Сенате

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 2/28/13

Когда мы собирали материал для статьи о том, как проходит в нашей стране камин-аут, то столкнулись с массой обратных мнений - никакого камин-аута не нужно, не было, нет и не будет. Почему огромное количество людей в России не совершает камин-аут?

via GAY.RU, гей-журнал "Квир"on 2/28/13

Сегодня выходит в свет пилотный номер издания Agens. Редакция анонсирует Agens "как единственный глянцевый журнал в России для представительниц ЛГБТ"....Перед нами уже третья попытка лесбийского глянца в нашей стране - вслед за проектами "VolgaVolga" (2004) и "Pinx" (2006-2011). В переводе с латыни название журнала...
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3.1.13 - Anti-Americanism in Russia - News Review

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via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by JRL Russia List on 2/16/13
This week, speaking at a meeting of Russia's top security officialsthe so called “extended collegium” of the Federal Security Service or FSBAlexander Bortnikov, the FSB chief, announced: “Geopolitical pressure on Russia, ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by JRL Russia List on 2/21/13
The current Russian ruling elite has not overcome the anti-Americanism imbued in their Soviet upbringing. State-controlled media and government officials openly perpetuate it. Russian politicians have sought a ban on ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by By Michael Bohm on 1/17/13
An increase in anti-Americanism stands out as one of the most dominant features of the Kremlin's policy in 2012. Since the propaganda campaign worked so effectively on many Russians, we can expect even more ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by Jackson Adams on 2/22/13
On the contrary, all the panelists cited a growing strain of anti-Americanism, fueling laws like “DimaYakovlev,” banning Americans from adopting Russian orphans. There is still much room for hope. Vladimir Kura-Murza, senior ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by JRL Russia List on 2/15/13
This week, speaking at a meeting of Russia's top security officialsthe so called “extended collegium” of the Federal Security Service or FSBAlexander Bortnikov, the FSB chief, announced: “Geopolitical pressure on Russia, ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by unknown on 2/14/13
Aggressive Nationalism and Anti-Americanism Are the Kremlin's New Ideological Pillars. Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 28. February 14, 2013 05:10 PM Age: 30 min. Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by Andrei Tsygankov on 2/19/13
Russia's anti-Americanism, however, may be controlled if the West develops projects of mutual significance with Russia thereby recognizing its significance. The Chinese example is instructive here: Russia's sovereignty is ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by ShAA on 2/19/13
“The government's policies are driving Russia into isolation,” says a Western diplomat. Anti-Americanism used to be a postmodernist game played by an elite that had made itself comfortable in the West. Now the game seems ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by Demdigest on 2/20/13
The anti-American head of the Russian Duma's ethics committee quit his seat today after a leading anti-corruption blogger revealed his secret property acquisitions – in the United States. Ruling party deputy Vladimir Pekhtin ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google Blog Search by The Professor on 2/21/13
Putin and Russia generally have sharply ramped up the anti-Americanism since his election, and the protests. This is overdetermined. Partly it is playing on the prejudices of a domestic audience, but it also reflects Putin and ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google News on 2/26/13

Voice of Russia - UK Edition
Talks With Russia in Spotlight as Kerry Visits Berlin
Voice of America
"There is this anti-Americanism present on domestic level, but on the level of the U.S.-Russian relationship, I think on the Russian side, there's an attempt to keep that anti-Americanism from having too much of an impact on the actual foreign policy ...
Lavrov meets Kerry to discuss SyriaVoice of Russia - UK Edition

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Lavrov meets Kerry to discuss Syria
Voice of Russia - UK Edition
“Anti-Americanism is spreading in Russia and we also see the growth of anti-Russian militant forces in the US congress. Certainly this will influence the development of the relationship between the two countries.” Kerry is scheduled to travel to Paris ...

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Michele Bachmann: 'I Didn't Get Anything Wrong' During Presidential Debates
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Goaded by a Chris Matthews to explain exactly what she was talking about (at one point Bachmann seemed to imply that liberalism was anti-Americanism), the congresswoman waded deeper into the mud. "Remember it was Michele ... target="_hplink">expressed ...

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via anti-americanism in russia - Google News on 2/23/13

Worldcrunch
How US-Russian Relations Have Hit Rock Bottom
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“Vladimir Putin's anti-Americanism has similar internal political roots to, for example, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's. However, Iran is more problematic for the U.S. than Russia is,” wrote Russian newspaper Vedomosti. In effect, Moscow is “neither a threat ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google News on 2/25/13

New York Times (blog)
How Syria Is Becoming Bosnia
New York Times (blog)
Iran, Hezbollah and Russia are funneling more aid, armaments and diplomatic cover to Bashar al-Assad. And Syrian ... But then he delivers a damning description of how prevarication in Washington creates deepening anti-Americanism among the rebels.

via anti-americanism in russia - Google News on 2/24/13

Is God Against Drones?
FrontPage Magazine
Gushee complains that America would never accept China or Russia launching drone attacks inside the U.S. Indeed not, but is Gushee unaware of the significant distinctions between the U.S. and Afghanistan or even Pakistan, which are unable to police ...

via anti-americanism in russia - Google News on 2/24/13

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As Medvedev is savaged, Putin silent
The Japan Times
... recent interview, explains the anti-Americanism, the trials of political foes and the strident denunciations of the liberal elite. Worse, he said, the mood of distrust is infecting the whole political establishment, ushering in what he called a ...
How US-Russian Relations Have Hit Rock BottomWorldcrunch

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Cold shoulder in Russia
Philadelphia Inquirer
This, Pavlovsky said in a recent interview, explains the anti-Americanism, the trials of political foes, and the strident denunciations of the liberal elite. Worse, he said, the mood of distrust is infecting the whole political establishment, ushering ...
How US-Russian Relations Have Hit Rock BottomWorldcrunch

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via anti-americanism in russia - Google News on 2/23/13

David Rohde: Obama is missing his opportunity in Syria
Press Herald
Iran, Hezbollah and Russia are funneling more aid, armaments and diplomatic cover to Bashar al-Assad. And Syrian ... But then he delivers a damning description of how prevarication in Washington creates deepening anti-Americanism among the rebels.

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In Russia, Dmitry Medvedev is targeted by campaign of insults
Washington Post
This, Pavlovsky said in a recent interview, explains the anti-Americanism, the trials of political foes and the strident denunciations of the liberal elite. Worse, he said, the mood of distrust is infecting the whole political establishment, ushering ...
How US-Russian Relations Have Hit Rock BottomWorldcrunch

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

"Foreign Affairs" Review:The End of the 'Reset' - via Russia & FSU

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
Why Putin's Re-Election Means Turbulence Ahead
March 1, 2012
Andrew C. Kuchins
Summary:
It is hardly novel for Putin and his regime to blur domestic opposition with treason and terrorism, then claim that foreign support is the culprit. What is new today is Putin’s own insecurity about the future of his hold on power, which will make his foreign policy as president more unpredictable.

(Wolfgang Wildner / flickr)
When it comes to Russia's political future, the only guarantee is uncertainty. Yes, on Sunday Vladimir Putin will be elected president of Russia for a six-year term, with a comfortable majority of the vote. Yes, too, huge numbers of demonstrators, probably more than a hundred thousand, will take to the streets the next day to protest.
What will happen after that, however, is difficult to predict.
Beyond asserting Russia's destiny to be an independent and truly sovereign major power, Putin lacks a real strategy and prefers to repeat long-held complaints about the United States.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
Parliamentary Elections and the Reawakening of Russian Politics
December 8, 2011
Kathryn Stoner-Weiss
Summary:
With its entrenched advantages, the Kremlin's United Russia party should be safe for now -- but if Vladimir Putin doesn't acknowledge the widespread dissatisfaction with his rule, he may soon find that force is the only way to preserve his regime.

(World Economic Forum / flickr)
Russia's parliamentary election last Sunday saw Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party, United Russia, receive slightly less than 50 percent of the popular vote. In most countries, this would be viewed as a stunning victory. Instead, it is being interpreted by the Russian and Western press as a rebuke by a restive Russian public to Putin and his policies.
The opposition parties that gained seats are no real opposition, at all. Any true opposition forces were weeded out far in advance of Sunday's elections.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
The Kremlin's Ham-handed Effort to Squelch Online Dissent
December 9, 2011
Andrei Soldatov
Summary:
In the wake of Sunday's contested parliamentary elections, the Russian security services have made obvious and clumsy efforts to shut down independent news sources. But controlling information online will prove impossible, and continued attempts to do so will only backfire.
Early on Tuesday morning, my Web site, Agentura.ru, which covers the activities of Russia's secret services, was shut down by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. My technical staff and I were forced to reset the site's server every 15 minutes, but it didn't help: the site was down for the most of the day.
Although the combination of hacker attacks and pressure from the state might be frightening, neither can inflict too much damage.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
The Opposition's Bourgeois Balancing Act
March 8, 2012
Joshua Yaffa
Summary:
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's electoral victory last Sunday has left his opposition in a tough spot. Its next logical move is to step up the fight against Putin, since the Kremlin is unlikely to make any concessions now. But that strategy risks alienating the very group that gives the movement its strength: middle-class Russians.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
Letter From Moscow
March 14, 2012
Angus Roxburgh
Summary:
The speeches at the protests last weekend were uninspiring and off-message. By focusing on vote-rigging, which was not nearly as prevalent as in other recent elections, organizers sidelined themselves.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
The Perils of Serving as Ambassador to Russia
April 17, 2012
Timothy Naftali
Summary:
It's never been easy to represent the United States in Moscow, especially if you're a Russian-speaking public intellectual who has criticized the Kremlin. The story of two U.S. ambassadors to Russia, George Kennan and Michael McFaul.

5:08 PM: Welceom [sic] to my life. Press has right to film me anywhere. But do they have a right to read my email and listen to my phone?
5:14 PM: When I asked these "reporters" how they knew my schedule, I got no answer. Heard the same silence when they met me after meeting w/[Anatoly] Chubais.
1:15 AM: Just watched NTV. I mispoke [sic] in bad Russian. Did not mean to say "wild country." Meant to say NTV actions "wild." I greatly respect Russia.

It has never been easy to represent the United States in Moscow, but the job is especially difficult if you happen to be a public intellectual who speaks Russian well. Sixty years ago, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union George Kennan requested -- and received -- suicide pills from the CIA out of fear that he might be arrested and tortured by Joseph Stalin’s agents. There is no reason to be as concerned for Ambassador Michael McFaul’s safety in Vladimir Putin’s Russia today. Yet McFaul’s lashing out last month, after the state-controlled television channel NTV started sending cameramen to dog his every move, suggests a few troubling similarities with Kennan’s experiences in 1952 and may also signal a new worsening of Washington’s relations with the Kremlin. President Harry Truman, like President Barack Obama, dispatched the well-known architect of his Russia policy to Moscow as ambassador and hoped for the best. Kennan, who predicted that the Soviet system would eventually collapse, recommended a policy of containing the Kremlin’s power until that collapse occurred. Writing pseudonymously as “X,” Kennan outlined his thinking in Foreign Affairs in July 1947; by 1952, he had publicly acknowledged writing the article. Not one to cherish the give and take of intellectual discourse, Stalin probably did not consider the appointment of a public critic as a friendly act...

 

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
How the Kremlin Accidentally Liberalized Russia's Natural Gas Market
May 6, 2012
Ahmed Mehdi
Summary:
In the coming years, Gazprom won’t be able to rely on high profit margins to stay at the top of the energy business. And Putin won’t be able to rely on Gazprom as a source of power.

Putin signs a pipe during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 'Dalneye' gas-distribution station. (Courtesy Reuters)
Things look bad for Gazprom but it is inconceivable that the company will simply disappear; it is just too big and owns too many subsidiaries.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
Before Beijing There Was Moscow
May 10, 2012
Gal Beckerman
Summary:
For the Soviets, accepting that malcontents could be found in their communist paradise undermined their worldview, so sending them abroad was a way of putting them out of mind. China’s approach to dissidents today comes more from defensiveness about its status as world leader.

The Soviet physicist and Nobel prize winner Andrei Sakharov arrives at Paris's Orly airport under the watchful eye of frontier police December 9, 1988. (Courtesy Reuters)

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
The Mind and the State of Russia’s President
July 1, 2012
Joshua Yaffa
With Vladimir Putin back in power in Russia, understanding him is more important than ever. Two recent books attempt to unravel the mystery, adding new insight into the Russian leader's life and rule. But by trying to comprehend Putin through his personal history, they miss the true heart of the story: the state he built.



via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
Discontent Grows in the Hinterlands
September 1, 2012
Mikhail Dmitriev and Daniel Treisman
Summary:
Moscow’s anti-Putin protesters have captured the world’s attention. But does their message resonate outside the big cities? New research shows that although Russians in the provinces have no taste for revolution, noisy street protests, or abstract slogans, they are deeply unhappy with the current political system and may soon demand change themselves.
Russians outside Moscow and St. Petersburg are far from content with the current political system.
Russians realize that repairing the state will take more than just throwing money at corrupt bureaucrats.
The Kremlin's goal is to cast the antigovernment protesters as a cabal of feminist punks, church desecraters, and sexual deviants.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
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Managing Editor Jonathan Tepperman interviews author Alexander Cooley on the geopolitics of Central Asia and how outside powers--Russia, China, and the United States--are competing for influence in the region, as the British and Russian empires did a century ago. As the great powers attempt to exert their influence, the Central Asian states are becoming more aggressive and strategic when facing external pressure. This New Great Game could indicate how regional dynamics will play out in a modern multipolar world.
Managing Editor Jonathan Tepperman interviews author Alexander Cooley on the geopolitical role of Central Asia, and how outside powers--Russia, China, and the United States--are competing for influence in the region, as the British and Russian empires did a century ago.
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via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
Why the Rest Stopped Rising
October 22, 2012
Ruchir Sharma
Summary:
The most talked-about global economic trend in recent years has been “the rise of the rest,” with Brazil, Russia, India, and China leading the charge. But international economic convergence is a myth. Few countries can sustain unusually fast growth for a decade, and even fewer, for more than that. Now that the boom years are over, the BRICs are crumbling; the international order will change less than expected.

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To Victor Go The Spoils
October 23, 2012
Alexander J. Motyl and Rajan Menon
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Just about everyone expects the October 28 election to result in a victory for the ruling Party of Regions. The result will be a further erosion of democracy, greater instability, and Kiev's drift toward Moscow.
Table tennis rackets with pictures of Ukraine's President Yanukovych. (Gleb Garanich / Courtesy Reuters)
On October 28, Ukrainians will go to the polls for parliamentary elections. Just about everyone in the country believes that the result will be a victory for the ruling Party of Regions (PR), which, at first glance, would seem to reinforce the legitimacy of the increasingly authoritarian president, Viktor Yanukovych.

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How Oil Is Holding Russia Back—and How It Could Save It
October 24, 2012
Thane Gustafson
Summary:
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has become increasingly addicted to oil, which has underwritten bad policies and allowed Putin to buy off key constituencies and the masses. But petroleum could also hold the key to Russia’s salvation. The supply of cheap oil is running out, and Russia’s best hope of responding to the coming crunch is making the sort of changes liberal reformers have been pushing for years.

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Letter From Moscow
November 5, 2012
Dmitri Trenin
Summary:
In Russia, Obama's attempt to "reset" U.S.-Russian relations, his negotiation of a bilateral arms treaty, and his easing of Russia's entry into the WTO give him the edge.
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1989 and the Fall of Communism
November 29, 2012
Philip D. Zelikow
Twenty years after the revolutions of 1989 brought down communism in Eastern Europe, a fresh crop of books attempts to unpack this epic story. The story these books tell is more of a civil war within the elite than of a revolt from below.

via Russia & FSU on 2/27/13
The False Promise of Westernization in Georgia
December 5, 2012
Thomas de Waal
Summary:
Nine years after Georgia's Rose Revolution, its leader, Mikheil Saakashvili, was soundly defeated in parliamentary elections by the country's richest man. As the hope of the Rose Revolution fades, so, too, should the myth that Georgia is or ever will be a fully Westernized country.
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on election day. (David Mdzinarishvili / Courtesy Reuters)

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Iran and Israel Fight for Influence in Azerbaijan
January 15, 2013
Alex Vatanka
Summary:
The standoff between Iran and the West has moved into the Caucasus, where both the Islamic Republic and Israel are trying to woo Azerbaijan -- a country with firm historical connections to Iran but whose interests have overlapped with those of Israel. The dynamic is upsetting the regional balance of power and threatening to overturn nearly two decades of uneasy peace.
A mosque and the city waterfront are reflected in a new building in Baku (David Mdzinarishvili / Courtesy Reuters)
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A ceremony in honor of the opening of a Russian cultural center in Puerto Rico took place in San Juan on Tuesday.

The gem of the newly opened center is its rich library which has thousands of books, including textbooks, reference books and works by Russian literary classics.
The center’s cinema house offers a wide collection of films about Russia while its computer rooms provide visitors with comprehensive information about the Russian history and culture and the country’s political and social life.
Speakers at the opening ceremony said that the center should provide Russian children adopted by Puerto Ricans with an opportunity to learn more about Russia and maintain connection with their homeland.
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http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_26/Russian-cultural-center-opens-in-Puerto-Rico/
http://www.russiapuertorico.org/
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Swaying the Opinions of the Russian Diaspora - Heritage.org

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June 21, 2012

For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian diaspora is no longer viewed as necessarily anti-Communist or hostile to the Kremlin. Moscow now actively seeks to curry favor with its emigrants and make them its emissaries. Using its embassies, government websites, and a network of establishments that promote Russian language and culture, its efforts to use public diplomacy to bring the Russian diaspora back into the Russian world are growing. Intelligence experts indicate, however, that since the days of the USSR, such efforts have been closely linked to Russia’s intelligence activities, including talent-spotting, recruitment, and operations of human intelligence (HUMINT) assets.

Russia is also monitoring and manipulating its domestic social media. The government leadership understands that social networking is one of the freest modes of exchange between Russians and the outside world, and it does not want to lose control of the message that Russia is a great power.

Organizations that track global Internet freedom have documented growing intimidation from Moscow of those who are critical of the Kremlin online.[51]

Without a strategy to counteract this increasingly aggressive campaign to win hearts and minds, the United States will continue to find its own messages poorly received by Russians and its interests undermined.

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"...В России еще не было ни одного уголовного дела, в котором был признан факт совершения преступления в отношении ЛГБТ по мотиву ненависти. Уголовные дела... прекращаются, а потерпевшему дается разъяснение, что... необходимо обратиться в мировой суд", из доклада Ассоциации "Агора". 58 случаев насилия в отношении...
Мотивы ненависти и вражды - основа насилия по отношению к геям в России
"...В России еще не было ни одного уголовного дела, в котором был признан факт совершения преступления в отношении ЛГБТ по мотиву ненависти. Уголовные дела ... прекращаются, а потерпевшему дается разъяснение, что ... необходимо обратиться в мировой суд", из доклада Ассоциации "Агора".
58 случаев насилия в отношении геев и лесбиянок проанализировали юристы Межрегиональной правозащитной Ассоциации "Агора". В них пострадали сотни геев и лесбиянок. В 50 из зарегистрированных инцидентов правозащитники с уверенностью говорят о мотиве ненависти и вражды.

Накануне юристы-правозащитники распространили большой доклад, в котором называют "представителей власти", в основном депутатов разного уровня, - "существенным генератором и провокатором преступлений ненависти в отношении геев и лесбиянок". Они считают, что властные структуры "...подыгрывают радикальным и экстремистски настроенным группам россиян".

"Власти, сознательно не исполняя своих функций по защите законных прав и свобод ЛГБТ, более того, наказывая их за отстаивание своих прав, посылают недвусмысленный сигнал этой группе граждан России, которая насчитывает около семи миллионов человек, о том, что они поражены в своих неотъемлемых конституционных правах", - говорится в докладе. Фактически распространение насилия по отношению к геям и лесбиянкам говорит о существовании самой большой угрозы базовым принципам защиты личности, которую испытывает Россия после распада СССР.

В докладе также отмечается, что сегодня в России "тема прав геев и лесбиянок вышла на первый план повестки дня и ...является одной из передовых линий противостояния либералов и консерваторов...".
ЛГБТ. Вне правового поля России. Доклад Межрегиональной правозащитной Ассоциации "Агора"
 
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