Posted by Elena Vlasenko on May 30, 2012 in Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Elena Vlasenko, free expression, journalist attacked, Moscow, Press freedom, RSS Syndicated Posts, Russia, Sergei Aslanyan
Moscow journalist Sergei Aslanyan was stabbed repeatedly earlier this week. Anslanyan, who specialises in motoring and hosts a programme on state Mayak radio station, was attacked on 29 May after a stranger called him and asked to leave his apartment…
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Posted by Elena Vlasenko on May 15, 2012 in Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Elena Vlasenko, Moscow, protest, Punk, Pussy Riot, RSS Syndicated Posts, Russia, Vladimir Putin
A Moscow court has confirmed that three women accused of being members of Pussy Riot can be held in prison until trial. Maria Alekhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Semutsevich had appealed against an earlier decision to keep them in detenti…
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Posted by Elena Vlasenko on May 8, 2012 in Bolotnaya Sqaure, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Dmitry Medve, Elena Vlasenko, Freedom of Expression, Moscow, Press freedom, protest, RSS Syndicated Posts, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Following an inauguration ceremony on Monday, Vladimir Putin is once again Russia’s president. After an absence of four years, Putin won a third term as president in controversial elections in March. But as former President Dmitry Medvedev ret…
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Posted by Elena Vlasenko on Apr 20, 2012 in Elena Vlasenko, Moscow, protest, Pussy Riot, RSS Syndicated Posts, Russia, Vladimir Putin
A Moscow court has pronolonged the detention of three members of punk feminist group Pussy Riotdetention until the end of June. The three alleged Pussy Riot Members are being prosecuted after performing a protest song “Mother of God, send Puti…
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