Anti-Putin Protests

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin was appointed acting prime minister on Aug. 9 1999 by then president Boris Yeltsin. He has been in office as president or prime minister ever since, a period spanning two decades. Here are some highlights o…

Col. Sergei Kusyuk was a key villain in Ukraine’s revolution of 2013-2014; in fact, he may have set it off through his ham-handed actions. Now, he has shown up in Moscow, once again cracking down on protesters with a vastly disproportionate use of force — but…

BitwiseShift:Redh8t: What. The. F*ck?Oh, it's Newsweek..wtf? The map posted on the embassy website-as part of a travel warning for U.S. citizens in Moscow-did have a message below the depicted protest route, which read: "Meetup at any of the indicated spots.…

The Russian government has said it plans to file a complaint with Washington and Berlin, accusing U.S. diplomats and a German news organization of encouraging major protests against President Vladimir Putin's regime this weekend. Russian Foreign Ministry spo…

Police cracked down hard on an unsanctioned demonstration in Moscow for a second weekend in a row, detaining about 600 people protesting the exclusion of some independent and opposition candidates from September city council elections. The issue taps growin…

This should have been a boring summer in Moscow as far as politics were concerned. Moscow city council, with elections scheduled for 8 September, is not an especially important or influential body. Real power is concentrated in the hands of Moscows popular ma…

An image of a teenage girl sitting in front of riot police with the Russian constitution on her lap has gone viral - viewed by many as a metaphor for young people's disillusionment with politics in the nation. Olga Misik, 17, was pictured reading the documen…

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There was a time when the left considered McCarthyism the worst of all political tactics. That was before it became useful to question Mitch McConnell’s loyalty to his country. The Senate majority leader’s offense is blocking Democratic-sponsored election se…

Skip to comments. Protests No Threat To Authorities; Majority Of Population Doesn't Perceive Putin As A Usurper MEMRI ^ | July 28, 2019 | Vladislav Inozemtsev, Posted on 07/30/2019 8:44:50 PM PDT by robowombat July 28, 2019 Special Dispatch No.8197 …