KC: FSB Recruits Stage New Anti-Moslim Pogroms In Moscow Region
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posted by FerrasB on November, 2006 as Freedom and Fear
FSB Recruits Stage New Anti-Moslim Pogroms in Moscow Region Publication time: Today at 11:04 Djokhar time A FSB-backed "Russian youth organization" said Monday that it had raided outdoor markets in the Moscow region to "help authorities spot illegal migrants", and that police detained several dozen people after fighting broke out. The little-known youth organization Mestnye (Locals) took the action amid government efforts to tighten restrictions on migrants and bar them from trading at markets - moves strongly criticized by rights activists. Mestnye said in statement on its Web site that several hundred of its activists on Sunday went to "check" 20 markets in Moscow suburbs for "illegal immigrants working as traders". It said the goal of the raid was to help spot migrants who purportedly "break the law and sell substandard products". Minor scuffles broke out with traders who challenged the raid, and police had briefly detained over 80 people, including about 30 of the ... >> full
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MosNews: U.S. Slams Russia Over Democracy On Eve Of Middle East Reform Forum
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
Image from www.pridurki.org Image from www.pridurki.org U.S. Slams Russia Over Democracy on Eve of Middle East Reform Forum 29.11.2006 Created: 29.11.2006 15:40 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 15:41 MSK > document.write(get_ago(1164804061)); </SCRIPT> , 1 hour 53 minutes ago MosNews A State Department official criticized Russian democratic backsliding on the eve of a conference on Middle East reform that Russia is co-chairing with Jordan, Bloomberg news agency reports. ``I think it’s clear that the trends in Russia are not good,’’ Barry Lowenkron, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, told State Department reporters en route to Jordan, where a conference on Middle East democracy is set to open tomorrow at the Dead Sea. ``We have highlighted these problems,’’ Lowenkron said, when asked if he saw any irony in Russia co-chairing the Forum for the Future, a three-year old initiative of the Group of Eight industrial nations designed to promote democracy in the Middle East, amid fresh allegations ... >> full
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posted by FerrasB on October, 2006 as Freedom and Fear
Kasyanov tries to strike a bargain with authorities 19:56 | 19/ 09/ 2005 MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Vasily Kononenko).-- Last July the Prosecutor General's Office instigated criminal proceedings against former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov on charges of misappropriation of public property. The owner of expensive dachas avoided giving any explanation to the press. However, last Saturday RenTV Channel broadcast a short interview with him, while yesterday he described his vision of the general situation in Russia and his own role in the political process in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station. Asked whether he intends to run for the presidency in 2008, he said: "As of today, my answer is 'Yes'." This was a key point of his speech. "Three months ago I was not certain yet", he went on to say. However, now the former prime minister has become convinced that "he cannot leave" because ... >> full
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Chechenpress: Protest Action Against Russian Aggression Will Be Held In Brussels
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
October, 5, 2005
The protest actions against the Russian aggression will be held in Brussels
The mass demonstration dated to the president of the Russian Federation V.Putin's visit to the European capital will pass in october 3, at 16:00 in the centre of Brussels . As organizers of the action appear the opponents of continued war in the Chechen Republic, transmits IA "Daymonk".
As it is expected, the refugees from the Chechen Republic , outstanding European politicians and representatives of European right protecting organizations will take part in mass demonstration.
For persons who are interested to take part in the protest action against the war in the Chechen Republic, Vainakh diaspora in Belgium informs, that it is necessary to gather at 15:30 at Palace of Justice (Palais D'Egmont). The nearest station - Underground Luiza.
Chechenpress, 05.10.05
http://chechenpress.co.uk/english/news/2005/10/05/08.shtml
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Civil Georgia: Georgia, Lithuania Call On Baltic, Caucasus States For Closer Tie
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posted by FerrasB on as Freedom and Fear
Civil.Ge UNAG online Magazine Georgia, Lithuania Call on Baltic, Caucasus States for Closer Ties News / Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 2005-10-07 18:34:04 Lithuanian and Georgian Foreign Ministers, Antanas Valionis and Salome Zourabichvili signed a joint letter on October 6 inviting the foreign ministers of Latvia, Estonia, Azerbaijan and Armenia to develop Lithuania’s initiative concerning cooperation of three Baltic States and three Caucasian States. According to the press release issued by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry on October 7, Antanas Valionis and Salome Zourabichvili proposed to organize the meeting of six foreign ministers in Brussels, where the ministers of NATO and partner states are to gather in December. According to Lithuanian and Georgian foreign ministers the reforms and regional cooperation experience of the Baltic States is a good example for Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan on their way to European and Euro-Atlantic structures. Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brussels would be an important step ... >> full
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