No Ban On Officials’ Cars Worth More than 1.5m Roubles
Alexei Navalny, the opposition candidate for Moscow’s mayor who was just beaten in Sunday’s election (according to official results) had proposed a hard limit on the cost of cars purchased for public...
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How to Make 100,000 People Laugh, Be Insulted, and Mad, All At Once
In the United States, the White House launched an initiative where people could organize a petition drive, and if they got enough signatures then the White House would officially respond by either...
View ArticleMoscow Deputies Were Improperly Rewarded
A new system would pay Moscow officials an extra 20,000 rubles (approximately $620) for extra work done at their places of employment, including work done in the community, and landscaping. However,...
View ArticleCourt Clears Putin of Suspicion of Illegally Promoting Sobyanin
A Moscow court has decided that the results of the september mayoral election will stand, thus dismissing the complaints brought forward by opposition candidate Alexei Navalny. Most notably, the court...
View ArticleInternet Surveillance Isn’t Outrageous, Data Being For Sale Is
Guarantees of privacy and secrecy of correspondence are becoming more elusive. The Federal Security Service (FSB) intends to require providers to install new equipment for comprehensive monitoring of...
View ArticleRussian Deputies Ready to Allow Criminals to Run For Office
Current election law in Russia bans anyone convicted of a serious crime from ever holding public office. This is one reason that the court case against opposition candidate Alexei Navalny is...
View ArticleDisgraced Russian Defense Minister Seeks Forgiveness
Former Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov’s fall from grace is a thread that has unraveled a culture of corruption inside the Russian government. The case also led to the imprisonment, death, and...
View ArticleAmerican Ballerina Accuses Bolshoi Leadership of Extortion
The Bolshoi Ballet Company is one of the most renowned dance troupes in the world, but recently is has been rocked by one scandal after another. In January, Bolshoi director Sergei Filin had acid...
View ArticleCriminal Case Opened Against the Mayor of Astrakhan
The Central Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia (SKR) has opened a criminal case against the detained mayor of Astrakhan, a member of United Russia, Mikhail Stolyarov....
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Winter Olympics in the Sub-Tropics: Corruption and Abuse in Sochi | UPDATE
The following is a translation a report written by opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and Solidarity activist Leonid Martynyuk, detailing allegations of rampant corruption in the preparations for the 2014...
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