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Articles with tag "Protest"

opposition limited

With Temperature Checks and Face Masks, Russians Protest Putin Despite Coronavirus

Protesters held up banners reading "No to the usurpation of power" and "We don't need a tsar."
political protest

Dozens Detained at Russian Opposition Protest

The OVD Info website listed 49 people as detained by police, adding that some were hurt in the altercations.
GROWING APATHY

Russians See Mass Protests As Increasingly Unlikely – Poll

The decrease in overall protest sentiment was linked to a decrease in the severity of Russia’s social and economic problems.
blunt perspective

Putin Says Protesters Welcome to 'Get Shaved' in Jail

"There are certain rules for everybody to adhere to," Putin said of protesters who attend unsanctioned rallies.
NEMTSOV MARCH

‘United Dissatisfaction’: Tens of Thousands Across Russia Rally for Slain Opposition Leader

The fifth anniversary of Boris Nemtsov’s death came in the midst of what critics are calling a “constitutional coup.”
potential pardon

Russia Eyes Amnesty for Imprisoned Moscow Protesters

A draft bill in Russia's lower house of parliament would free prisoners jailed after last summer's mass opposition rallies in Moscow.
extra penalty

Protesters Twice as Likely to Be Jailed for Assaulting Police in Russia, Study Says

Protesters were also given longer sentences on average than those who hadn't been protesting.
under pressure

Russian Police Detain and Pressure Convicted Anti-Fascists’ Supporters – Reports

The activists had been in Penza to support the seven anti-fascists as their verdicts were being read.
hiding in plain sight

Activists Protest Facial Recognition in Moscow

A group of artists and activists is using a low-tech method to thwart Moscow's massive network of facial recognition cameras: face paint.
revisited ruling

Russia Orders Review of Moscow Activist’s ‘Repeat Protest’ Conviction

Konstantin Kotov is the second person to be prosecuted under a widely criticized law that has made nonviolent protests a criminal offense.
MOSCOW PROTESTS

Putin Orders Prosecutor General to Review Moscow Protester's Conviction

Putin has ordered an investigation into whether the sentencing of Konstantin Kotov was lawful.
Abkhazia unrest

Lawmakers Ask Pro-Russian Leader in Breakaway Georgian Region to Resign After Protests

Dozens of demonstrators had broken into the authorities' headquarters and demanded the president's resignation.
Shiyes landfill

Russian Court Rules to Demolish Controversial Landfill

The landfill has been at the heart of a nationwide movement against Moscow’s plans to ship its garbage to less populated areas.
moscow protests

Russia Releases Young Protester, Jails Second Protester for Hurting Cop’s Finger

One protester threw a water bottle, the other hurt an officer with a metal railing.
Show-and-tell

Russian Special Forces Show Fifth-Graders How to Beat Crowds

The demonstration took place under a banner reading “life for the motherland, honor to no one!”
fridays for future

Russian Climate Activist Jailed After Greta Thunberg-Led Protest

Makichyan, 24, was given 6 days administrative arrest for a picket against climate change.
Trashy Trash

10,000 People Protest Controversial Landfill in Northern Russia

Thousands of people rallied against the construction of the Shiyes landfill over a year after the first protests began.
no dumping

Russia’s Anti-Landfill Movement Marks 1 Year With Mass Protests

Between 5,000 and 10,000 people reportedly attended a protest against the landfill Sunday in a town of 60,000 people.
Threatened independence

Hundreds Protest Russia-Belarus Integration Pact in Minsk

Protesters waved flags and chanted “No to occupation,” while video showed people tearing up photos of Putin.
final arguments

‘The Darker My Future, the Wider My Smile’: Student Protester Zhukov’s Closing Statement

Yegor Zhukov, 21, faces up to five years in prison over this summer's opposition protests in Moscow.
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