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Articles with tag "Protest"

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'My Entire Career Is an Anti-War Project': Exiled Punk Rocker Dmitry Spirin

The former Tarakany! frontman talks the Hard Times Cafe, life in emigration and building bridges between Russia and his new home of Argentina.
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‘Art Always Tells the Truth’: Yuly Rybakov on Soviet Protests, Repressions and Russia’s Future

The veteran activist, dissident artist and politician will display his art at “Memory Remains,” the final edition of Artists Against the Kremlin.
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With ‘Memory Remains,’ Curator Vladimir Shalamov Is Preserving the History the Kremlin Wants to Erase

The third edition of Artists Against the Kremlin combines contemporary art, archives and documentary material to resist the manipulation of memory.
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Regions Calling: How Rare Wartime Protests Changed This Siberian Republic

One year ago, nearly 2% of Altai's population rallied against political and economic encroachment from Moscow. What has happened since?
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opinion Kevin Riehle

Why an Official's Flight to the West Should Worry the Kremlin

A wave of defections is a telltale sign that the regime is unstable.
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This Mysterious Occult Healer Is Behind Some of Russia’s Biggest Wartime Protests

Svetlana Lada-Rus defies conventional expectations of who a worthy Putin opponent should be. What's the secret to her popularity?
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‘Putin, Come Out!’: Why Artist Pavel Krisevich Challenged the Russian Leader to a Duel

The provocative performance artist and activist speaks to MT about how he stays engaged with Russia's domestic discourse from exile.
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opinion Sasha Skochilenko

What I Learned Speaking Face to Face with a Fellow Political Prisoner and Artist

I wanted to find out where Pavel Krisevich found his creative energy, especially in prison. I expected anger, but found love.
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opinion Maria Alyokhina

Here’s What it Means to Be an ‘Extremist’ in Today’s Russia

You never expect your country to become a terrorist state or to have to watch your father's funeral from exile. But the price of silence is too high.
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opinion Sergei Shelin

Whether Supporters of the War or Not, Russia’s Youth Have More in Common Than They Think

Defeatist about social change but largely content with their material situation, expecting young Russians change the system is futile.
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Yekaterinburg Street Musician Detained After Performing in Support of Arrested Band

Yevgeny Mikhailov was charged with petty hooliganism and held at a police station overnight, pending a court hearing. 
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Regions Calling: Altai Protests, Kamchatka Bear Attacks and More

We zoom back in on Altai to see how this vast but sparsely populated republic continues its struggle against Moscow despite growing pressure.
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Altai Republic Protest Leader Released From Police Custody

Aruna Arna emerged as a leading figure in protests against a Kremlin-backed governance overhaul and the expansion of Moscow-owned businesses in the republic...
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‘Intoxicating Victory’: How Bashkir Activists Led a Historic Protest Movement at Kushtau

This August marks five years since the Kushtau protests in Bashkortostan, one of the few successful grassroots protests in Russia’s modern history. ...
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From Rakhimov to Khabirov: How Bashkortostan Became the Seedbed of Russia’s Indigenous-Led Protests

Five years after the Kushtau protests, The Moscow Times explores the political context that set the stage for the protests and how they unfolded. 
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'Harmful by Nature': Bashkortostan's Controversial New Mining Project Could Have Global Impacts

Activists warn the planned mine at Kyrktytau could harm ecosystems as far away as Kazakhstan — and its copper could be shipped as far as the EU.
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opinion Leyla Latypova

In Altai Republic, a Kremlin-Backed Government Reform Aids the Tycoons

Despite staging one of Russia's largest wartime protests, Altai's peoples are set to lose political representation and in some cases their livelihoods...
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Kremlin-Backed Reforms Spark Protests in Russia’s Altai Republic 

Activists blocked off part of a highway to protest Andrei Turchak’s plans for scrapping the two-tier system of local self-government.
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Exiled Artist and Activist Leda Garina: ‘We Must Stop Believing in the Myth of Greatness’

The founder of the feminist cultural project Eve’s Ribs challenges authoritarianism, patriarchy and war through her work.
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Police Raids, Arrests Reported in Bashkortostan as Tensions Rise Over State-Backed Mining Project

Authorities are cracking down on locals and activists who say the copper-mining project would inflict irreparable ecological damage to their Indigenous...
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