MOSCOW — A staunchly pro-government newspaper published a warning Wednesday that Russia faces ruin if Vladimir Putin is not returned to the presidency next month, but critics said the lengthy article recalled the old Soviet Union and contained vitriol so extreme that it appeared probable to backfire. Read full article > >
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In Moscow, a throwback to Soviet vitriol
MOSCOW — A staunchly pro-government newspaper published a warning Wednesday that Russia faces ruin if Vladimir Putin is not returned to the presidency next month, but critics said the lengthy article recalled the old Soviet Union and contained vitriol so extreme that it appeared probable to backfire. Read full article > >
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In Moscow, a throwback to Soviet vitriol
As thousands of protesters pushed toward Bolotnaya Square , crews from mainstream Russian television fanned out. Satellite trucks were ranged curbside, their engines running. For six days after the Duma elections last month, TV ignored the street protests that were starting to shake the nation. Now the reporters and cameramen were ready. But still, not a peep. Read full article > >
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Russian TV veers back to familiar ground
Everton winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is close to returning to his homeland with a move to Russian club Spartak Moscow.
Everton winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is close to returning to his homeland with a move to Russian club Spartak Moscow.
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MOSCOW — Russia’s restless electorate bestowed a big bouquet of votes on the country’s Communists last month, putting the party of Lenin at a crucial turning point where it can either rally a new generation behind its red banners or stay reliably on the sidelines, repeating the old slogans and mourning the past. Read full article > >
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Russian Communists at familiar crossroads
MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin says he intends to return to the presidency because only he can guide Russia between the twin dangers of stagnation on the one hand and instability on the other. Read full article > >
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Putin says he’s Russia’s indispensable man
MOSCOW — Ignoring the political upheaval that has shaken Russia over the past month, Vladimir Putin’s presidential campaign unveiled a hefty new Web site Thursday that promises a fistful of important reforms but sidesteps the complaints that have drawn tens of thousands of protesters to the streets. Read full article > >
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Putin Web launch ignores Russian protests
SMOLENSK, Russia — As opposition leaders wait to see how Russian authorities intend to handle continuing political protests in Moscow, a criminal case here, 250 miles to the west, suggests that tough measures are part of the equation. Read full article > >
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Far from Moscow, a harsh sentence and political overtones
MOSCOW — Two of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s most formidable allies urged him Saturday to listen to protesters and take steps to accommodate them as a way of shoring up eroding confidence in the government. Putin has offered little satisfaction to the many thousands of demonstrators who twice last month filled streets in Moscow and other cities, protesting the conduct of the Dec. 4 parliamentary elections and demanding law-abiding government. Though some officials have been shuffled and electoral reforms promised, Putin has dismissed suggestions that he talk to the opposition. He has relied instead on his tough-guy persona, which has served him well since he came to power more than a decade ago, to see him through. Read full article > >
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Russian police arrest a dozen protesters trying to attend a New Year’s Eve rally in Moscow calling for more democratic rights.
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Tens of thousands of people rally in Moscow and other Russian cities, sending a defiant message to the Kremlin after allegedly rigged elections.
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Moscow rally calls on Putin to go
The saddest thing about the “The Great Russian Nutcracker” performance Wednesday at George Mason University wasn’t the ironic name, or the sparsely sold orchestra seats, or the undeserved standing ovation. No, the saddest thing was the sold-out balcony. Presumably, middle-class families bought tickets hoping for a good value in holiday entertainment. What they got can’t even be called a cheap thrill. The Moscow Ballet , a pickup company of third-rate Russian dancers, is ripping off Americans in 60 cities this season with a show that’s dull, soulless and chintzy. But, unless you’ve seen ballet before, you might not know that. Read full article > >
The saddest thing about the “The Great Russian Nutcracker” performance Wednesday at George Mason University wasn’t the ironic name, or the sparsely sold orchestra seats, or the undeserved standing ovation. No, the saddest thing was the sold-out balcony. Presumably, middle-class families bought tickets hoping for a good value in holiday entertainment. What they got can’t even be called a cheap thrill. The Moscow Ballet , a pickup company of third-rate Russian dancers, is ripping off Americans in 60 cities this season with a show that’s dull, soulless and chintzy. But, unless you’ve seen ballet before, you might not know that. Read full article > >
With thousands on the streets of Moscow and a new billionaire challenger emerging against President Vladimir Putin, it looks like Russia's on the brink of a democratic uprising. But not so fast, says Paul Starobin at The New Republic . “Russian liberalism—which identifies itself with Western-style democracy—has a tepid mass following, its ranks consistently overestimated over the last twenty years by ever-hopeful Western governments, analysts, and journalists. And the current groundswell of protest, while promising on the surface, looks more like a popular rejection of a strongman who has overstayed his welcome—not like a rejection of the model of strongman rule.”
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Post-Putin Russia Won’t Be Democratic
