Global Issues
Russia’s Opposition Movement Spreads Beyond Moscow
Russia's opposition movement is spreading to the far western reaches of Siberia despite what the Kremlin claims is an urban intelligentsia movement centered around Moscow states James Brooke in the Voice of America.
Anti-Putin Protesters Battle Cold and Divisions
The anti-Putin opposition movement growing in Russia has many battles to win including internal disagreements and fights over how to move forward with their demands for democracy states Reuters.
Russian Police Accused of Intimidating Anti-Putin Rally Organizers
Anti-Putin activists have reported being questioned by Russian police from anti-extremist units in intimidation tactics prior to a planned 4 February demonstration states Miriam Elder in the Guardian.
Putin Stands By State Capitalism
In an analysis of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's opinion editorial in Vedomosti, The Financial Times believes he is showing little signs of implementing "measures to boost economic competition demanded by his country's increasingly vocal entrepreneurial class."
Politics and Uncertainty Return to Moscow
For 12 years, the Kremlin's machine of "managed democracy" functioned flawlessly but in the past two months, the political scene has been transformed states Charles Clover in the Financial Times.
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