One month ahead of presidential polls, tens of thousands of people marched through the centre of Moscow today to protest Prime Minister Vladimir...
Tens of thousands march against Putin in Moscow
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CATEGORY: Russia
Opposition member pulled from Russian presidential race
The Russian Central Election Committee has refused to register Grigory Yavlinsky --- founder of the Yabloko opposition party --- as a presidential...
Blogger threatened with libel case over election law violation claim
Popular Russian blogger Oleg Kozyrev has been threatened with a defamation lawsuit by Moscow Region Election Committee for filing a complaint on...
Putin censors campaign website as opposition critics debate future
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has launched a website dedicated to his run in the forthcoming presidential elections on 4 March. Minutes...
Fake photos and subversion allegations used as a way to compromise Kremlin critics
The first weeks of January have been marked with a number of public moves, which opposition activists say are aimed at smearing them. Russian...
Is drug legislation being used to silence opposition activists?
Opposition activist Taisiya Osipova was sentenced to ten years on charges of drug trafficking on Friday. Rights activists allege that her arrest is...
Opposition activist Sergey Udaltsov under threat from Moscow police
Opposition leader Sergey Udaltsov has spent much of December under arrest and on hunger strike --- but the unity of his supporters grows stronger...
Over 100,000 Russians protesters aim to prevent Putin from becoming president
According to opposition leaders, at least 120,000 people gathered in the centre of Moscow on 24 December to demand new and fair parliamentary...
“Putin uses tabloid to try and split Russian opposition”
A leading online tabloid has published opposition leader Boris Nemtsov’s private phone conversations, during which he denigrated other Russian...
Russia gets ready to protest
The first meeting of Russia's newly elected State Duma will be held on 21 December. Tens of thousands of Russians protested the parliamentary...