May 2012
57 posts
.@SvobodaRadio: Protesters chanting in central Moscow: ”Third term — in jail! Third term — in jail! Third term — in jail!..”
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Putin takes the oath of office at his inauguration ceremony to the sound of a military band playing “The Festival Coronation March” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
“I swear that in exercising the powers of the president of the Russian Federation I shall respect and safeguard the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, to observe and protect the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to...
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Nemtsov tells @SvobodaRadio: “[Putin] crossed the line yesterday and now Russia will be rapidly going down the road of Lukashenka’s Belarus, I have no doubt about that.”
Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov speaking today (May 7) to journalists, including RFE/RL’s Anastasia Kirilenko, in Moscow.
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@amnesty tells @RadioiOzodi: they are calling on the authorities of #Tajikistan to ensure investigations into all allegations of torture in detention and that the alleged victims of torture and their representatives are not harassed or punished for speaking out about police abuse, days ahead of the visit by the UN special rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or...
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Highlights from @PowerVertical's weekly podcasts...
Interested in analysis of emerging and developing trends in Russian politics, high-stakes power struggles, machinations and clashing interests that shape Kremlin policy?
The Power Vertical is just the podcast for you. For the past few months Brian Whitmore of the The Power Vertical and co-host Kirill Kobrin, the managing editor of RFE/RL’s Russian Service have been discussing topics...
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April 2012
23 posts
Central Asia Spotlight: Sore Losers, Thwarted...
A look at some of the most popular stories from RFE/RL’s Central Asia bureaus. # Sore losers? A Tajik football club received a stiff fine and had several players suspended after defeating an arch rival team — which just happens to be founded by President Emomali Rahmon’s eldest son. # Kyrgyzstan’s Prosecutor-General says Georgia has refused Bishkek’s extradition request...
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Tymoshenko’s daughter tells @RFE/RL , ”she [Yulia Tymoshenko] showed us her remaining bruises. She had many more, five days have passed now. They barred anyone from seeing her for four days, they were waiting for the bruises to disappear. She has a very large bruise on her abdomen, about 10 centimeters in diameter. She also has fingerprint bruises on her left arm.”
- Yevgenia...
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Council of Europe Sec.General Thorbjorn Jagland on confessed Norwegian mass murderer Breivik:
“We have a new thing, namely that this kind of people — lonely people, with a very sad background, a very sad childhood — are connecting to other people in the cyberspace, on the Internet, so they are forming a kind of a parallel society. And they are becoming more and more extreme,...
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Did the dogs do it?
A suspected cyberattack on Tuesday targeted Iran’s oil-export terminal and the Oil Ministry itself. Although officials say their systems suffered no long-lasting damage, there are questions about the origins of the attack and the potential effect on Iran’s oil industry. RFE/RL correspondent Antoine Blua discussed these issues with Boldizsar Bencsath, assistant professor at the...
From Hunger Strikes to White Orcas: Russia's...
Opposition comes in all shapes and sizes in Russia. # Before he became popular with Moscow’s liberal intelligentsia for his hunger strike protesting alleged falsification in Astrakhan’s mayoral election, Oleg Shein was a leftist firebrand, a trade union leader, and an obedient pro-Kremlin State Duma deputy. Shein’s status as the opposition’s current poster boy...
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Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta today in #Kabul on U.S-Afghan strategic partnership:
“When this agreement is finalized and signed, it will help in bringing peace and security to Afghanistan. It will help peace in the region and will help global peace and the struggle against international terrorism and terrorism in our country. We have asked for help with creating...
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@RadioAzadi interviews Maryam Durani, included in @TIME’s 100 most influential people list: “I cannot say for sure, but I hope that my work in women’s rights field has made an impact in the lives of women in my province. I work with many women.”
Maryam Durani, who has been selected one of the most “influential” people in the world by the U.S. newsmagazine...
Prominent Taliban Militant Appears In Video After...
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal was sent a video by the Pakistani Taliban which shows a now-free Adnan Rashid, a prominent militant and one of the nearly 400 prisoners who escaped in a Taliban jailbreak in northwest Pakistan on April 15. Rashid is a former Pakistani Air Force officer who was convicted of involvement in the 2003 assassination attempt of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf....
RFE/RL Reports: Iran and the Nuclear Question
Recent negotiations in Istanbul over Iran’s nuclear development plans are garnering scrutiny from all fronts. RFE/RL has two reports on tensions within Iran about how to proceed with its burgeoning program in light of sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and internal conflict. # Speaking with RFE/RL after his meetings in Istanbul, top Obama advisor Gary Samore said he found the Iranians...
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U.S. General John Allen tells @RadioAzadi: ”We are not going to abandon Afghanistan again. The United States is not going to abandon Afghanistan and the international community is not going to abandon Afghanistan. That is the purpose of the Strategic Partnership Agreement.”
- U.S. General John Allen, the NATO-ISAF commander in Afghanistan, speaking Tuesday (April 17) in an interview...
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Karzai: “Some in the Afghan government criticized me in the Afghan media for saying the Taliban are brothers, but I won’t give up.”
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaking today (April 17) at a news conference in Kabul. (Reuters)
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Khimki Activist Aleksei Dmitriev tells @SvobodaRadio:“I was about to call the elevator when I heard someone running. I turned around and saw a tall man. He started hitting me in the face and then knocked me down. When I came back to my senses, I was in a puddle of my own blood.”
Khimki Forest activist Aleksei Dmitriev speaking today (April 16) in a telephone interview with...
