040812 ♥ 17Left Front movement leader Sergei Udaltsov (C, front) and other opposition activists gather in Red Square in central Moscow April 8, 2012. Participants held a rally to protest against policies, conducted by the Russian current authorities, and to encourage people to join them in the so-called “March of the millions” on May 6 on the eve of the inauguration of president-elect Vladimir Putin, according to local media. The leaflet displays a portrait of Vladimir Putin and reads (L, top) “He got tired”.
David Maas (International Relations) David’s thesis explores the rise of the radical right in Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. First, David is examining how the turbulence of the 1990s allowed for radical right groups and their ideas to emerge in the country. From here, David’s thesis will investigate Vladimir Putin’s response to the phenomenon: the Russian government in the 2000s has attempted to both suppress the movement while also adopting many of its tenets. David hopes to identify why the government has acted in this way, and how policies have helped shape the radical right today.
010512 ♥ 25Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko visit the site of the “Rosa Khutor” resort in the Caucasus mountains, some 50km (31 miles) from the Russian Black sea town of Sochi January 5, 2012.
#Moscow: Russian’s rally against vote fraud #Russia #Dec10
“Tens of thousands of Muscovites thronged to a square across the river from the Kremlin on Saturday to protest alleged electoral fraud and urge an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s rule, demands repeated at other rallies across this vast country in the largest public show of discontent in post-Soviet Russia.”~Yahoo/REUTERS
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121211 ♥ 164This is fascinating for a number of reasons not least of which being the impact that it will have on politics in the post-Soviet republics of eastern Europe and central Asia.
The main obstacle for accession is Georgia’s position requiring that Russia remove customs points on borders with North Ossetia and Abkhazia, Stanovaya said. Georgia is already a WTO member and has the right to block Russia from joining.
I REALLY need to start researching Georgia and their relationship with Russia. There are, and will continue to be, numerous opportunities for historians in North Ossetia and the surrounding region. Perhaps I should start teaching myself to speak Georgian…
The man who saved the world:
Stanislav Petrov was manning surveillance equipment for the Soviet Air Defense Forces when he noticed something strange on the screen. Soon after, warning signals started flashing with the report of an incoming nuclear missile from the USA.
Seeing only one missile, he figured it was a mistake. He figured Americans wouldn’t send only one missile if they wanted a nuclear war.
Soon thereafter, many more started appearing on the screen.
Nevertheless he trusted his instincts, and rather than contact his superiors he waited to see what would happen. He waited past the perceived time on impact. There was no damage - the warnings were due to a system malfunction.
Had Petrov not defied protocol and contacted his superiors, a real nuke may very well have been fired in response - igniting a nuclear war between the USA and Soviet Union.
September 26, 1983 - 28 years ago today.
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100111 ♥ 23Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looks on during his television interview in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, on September 29, 2011. In in a clip of his television interview to be broadcast across the nation tonight Medvedev denied that the fate of Russia’s elections was predetermined by his decision to step down in favour of his political mentor Vladimir Putin.
Two-time world champion free diver Natalia Avseenko gets ready to swim naked with the white whales in the White Sea. The water temperature is minus 1.5, Polar circle, Russia. by Viktor Lyagushkin
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