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Olympic fire in Russian Zippos
Today the Olympic fire had a start of its Russian relay, and a torch with the fire had a start around Kreml. Well, it was only the turn of the second runner, while the torch faded. OK, this happens. But check, how this problem was quickly solved, and what was used as the source of the fire...
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Promises & implementation
SO, there was a promise by government that Russian citizens will be able to take part in forming the law initiatives. If 100 000 signatures are collected for a specific initiative, it should be considered on a Duma-level. First such initiative has collected 100 000 people, and it concerns limit for the costs of cars that are bought on a government ( Read more... ) -
Old pictures from Moscow & St. Petersburg
There's a really interesting site with old photos, mainly from Moscow and St. Petersburg, pastvu.com. There's also photos from other cities and abroad, the slogan of the project is "Retro photo of mankind habitat". The idea is that people can upload their own old photos and, everyone can browse through them. The easiest way to browse it is to focus ( Read more... ) -
Voluntary supporters
Made a translation for navalny_en, http://navalny-en.livejournal.com/110992.html. An example how people from the governmental organizations are forced to come to different support actions. -
8.9. Moscow
What happened yesterday in Moscow: voting closes at 20.00. According to exit polls and independent counting, Kremilin's Sobyanin gets less than 50 % (= need for the 2nd round). After the closing of the voting places, official committees stay silent for several hours, they don't even publish the voting rate. Originally they promised to have all the ( Read more... ) -
Independent media in Russia
When I read Finnish media about Russia, or listen to Finnish businessmen or politics - they often take as a source "national" media channels in Russia. It has for long been a know fact that all the main TV-channels, radio-stations and newspapers are owned by the Russian government, and it is carefully monitored, what is told to the masses within ( Read more... ) -
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What the Moscow election is about
Russian writer, Boris Akunin, wrote well today, about what the citizens of Moscow will be voting this Sunday ( http://borisakunin.livejournal.com/110145.html). He writes that it is absolutely clear that opposition leader Navalny will not be let to become the mayor. However, there will be various alternatives for the voting, depending, how much ( Read more... )
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