RUSSIA News, Mar 11, 2012

Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll Chicago Tribune MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory on Saturday but their numbers were far fewer than in previous weeks. People who demonstrated in bright sunshine in central ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia's Saint Petersburg governor signs 'anti-gay' law Times of India SAINT PETERSBURG: The governor of Russia's second city SaintPetersburg signed a new law against "homosexual propaganda", in defiance of protests that it discriminates against gays, the city said Sunday. SaintPetersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko ... See all stories on this topic »

New civic activists shine at anti-Putin protest Longview News-Journal About 40 protesters were arrested in St. Petersburg during an unauthorized rally to protest Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's victory in Russia's presidential election. MOSCOW (AP) — A protest rally against Vladimir Putin drew more than 20000 people on ... See all stories on this topic »

Why there's hope in Russia Charlotte Observer These young people are a relatively small percentage of Russia's population. But look around Moscow, St. Petersburg or even Vladivostok: There is a burgeoning middle class who own their apartments, furnish them at Ikea and spoil their children at ... See all stories on this topic »

Insightful book details Putin's rise in Russia Bend Bulletin Ten days later, President Vladimir Putin announced a sweeping overhaul ofRussia's political system. He declared that regional governors as well as the mayor of Moscow would be appointed by the president rather than elected. Members of the lower house ... See all stories on this topic »

Gay Activist Sues Lawmaker for Calling Him 'a Girl' The Moscow Times Nikolai Alexeyev, organizer of gay pride parades in Moscow, filed the 1 million ruble ($34000) lawsuit in a St. Petersburg district court against Vitaly Milonov, a United Russia deputy and author of a controversial bill prohibiting "the promotion of ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian governor signs anti-gay law Business Spectator The governor of Russia's second city Saint Petersburg has signed a new law against "homosexual propaganda", in defiance of protests that it discriminates against gay people. Saint Petersburg governor Georgy Poltavchenko signed the law - which promises ... See all stories on this topic »

Meet Anton German, 'the Zuckerberg of Russia' Crain's Chicago Business In 2007, after dropping out of the University of Illinois at Chicago, he founded e-commerce firm BayRu LLC, which enables Russian consumers to buy more stuff, with fewer hassles, mainly on eBay and Amazon.com. Based in Skokie and Moscow, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gay propaganda banned in Russian city TwoCircles.net By IANS/RIA Novosti, Moscow : St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko Sunday signed off a law penalising propagating homosexuality among minors. The law, passed in the third and final reading by the city's legislative assembly in late February, ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia Abroad: Matchmakers Help Emigres Find Happiness The Moscow Times Milano is among a handful of Russian-speaking women who have made a business out of helping Russians and Westerners find love. The matchmakers, or svakhi as they call themselves within the emigre communities, don't have a common business strategy but ... See all stories on this topic » The Moscow Times

Where does Russia's opposition go from here? Aljazeera.com (blog) There are several problems for Russia's opposition movement. The first is that Vladimir Putin's crushing victory in the presidential elections - no matter how flawed - has changed the equation inRussia, and the opposition is struggling to adapt to ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.com (blog)

Situation in Tolyatti Increasingly Difficult The Moscow Times Putin peered sanguinely down from a large billboard in the city beside the road leading into Russia's biggest car plant. At first glance, this might appear to defy logic. Tolyatti and hundreds of other Soviet-era monogorods dominated by one plant or ... See all stories on this topic »

News of the world in photos: Shocking death in ski competition Seattle Post Intelligencer (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) A Russian protester holds a poster during a rally in Moscow, Russia, Saturday. More than 20000 protesters streamed down a central Moscow avenue Saturday to denounce Vladimir Putin's presidential election win, ... See all stories on this topic »

Moscow Protesters Call For New Elections RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty There were smaller demonstrations in other cities around Russia on March 10. In Nizhny Novgorod, about 100 people gathered in an unsanctioned demonstration and as many as 60 were detained by the police. In St.Petersburg, about 40 people were detained ... See all stories on this topic »

Thousands protests Putin election; crowd relatively smaller USA TODAY By Ivan Sekretarev, AP Protesters rally in Moscow alleging electoral fraud and demanding Putin's resignation on Saturday. Some of the new political energy that has emerged in Russia in recent months, however, is being channeled into local politics and... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Anti-Putin protest draws fewer people Castanet.net by The Canadian Press - Story: 72240 Opposition protesters with a placard depicting Czar Ivan The Terrible gathered during a rally inMoscow, Russia, Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) MOSCOW - A protest rally against Vladimir Putin ... See all stories on this topic » Castanet.net

Protests are held in Russia over Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory BBC News The Moscow protest took place on Novy Arbat, a wide avenue in the city centre lined by 1960s skyscrapers. After three months of mass demonstrations, Russia's protest movement seems to be running out of steam. This rally was far smaller than previous ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Protest movement comes to an end? Russia & India Report While the Moscow rally was comparably peaceful, the one in St.Petersburg was cracked down by the local police, according to some media outlets. Source: Ricardo Marquina Montañana On March 10, critics of Russia's current political regime gathered once ... See all stories on this topic » Russia & India Report

Anti-Putin protests see numbers drop Victoria Times Colonist Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory Saturday but their numbers were far fewer than in previous weeks. People who demonstrated in central Moscow waved flags, balloons and banners and ... See all stories on this topic »

Dozens detained as police break up anti-Putin rallies Oman Tribune Another 40 people were detained at an unsanctioned protest in the former imperial capital Saint Petersburg after scores were detained on Monday following a similar protest in Russia's second city, a correspondent said. Using batons, police in Nizhny ... See all stories on this topic »

Two Quit Kremlin Rights Council Over Alleged Vote Fraud RIA Novosti MOSCOW, March 11 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree excluding prominent human rights activist Irina Yasina and journalist Svetlana Sorokina from the Kremlin council on human rights. The presidential decree, signed on ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-Putin protest fails to live up to past mass rallies Times of Malta Thousands protested yesterday against Vladimir Putin's domination of Russiaafter his crushing election victory, but the event struggled to live up to the success of past mass rallies. The Moscow protest, which ended with a handful of arrests, ... See all stories on this topic »

Prepare to accept Putin The Canberra Times Millions of Russians cast their votes freely. They could choose between Putin's centrist paternalism and other distinct ideological platforms ranging from: the Euro-Communism of Gennady Ziuganov, the nationalism of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia To Consolidate 'Backyard' In New Putin Era – Analysis Eurasia Review Putin sees Eurasian economic integration as a whole primarily as a way of cementing Russia's international status, says Kyrgyz political scientist Mars Saryiev. He also adds: “If Russia fails to embrace us — the CIS countries — then Russia itself ... See all stories on this topic »

Anti-Putin rally struggles to mobilise support Pakistan Daily Times MOSCOW: Thousands thronged a Moscow avenue on Saturday for new protest against Vladimir Putin's domination of Russia but the rally struggled to match past demonstrations after his crushing election victory. In a sign that the opposition is struggling ... See all stories on this topic »

Russian billionaire Leon Max and his six-foot tall blonde muse Katia Elizavora Daily Mail By Charlotte Eagar Leon Max is one of a clutch of rich Russiansbuying up chunks of Britain. And now, he is is launching an assault on the country's smart set Leon Max (right in the first picture) with his gamekeeper-cum-head groundsman Roy Goodger ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Luxury hotels behind investment boom in Russia Gazeta.Ru - English News Blog This achievement was possible mainly because of one large deal – the sale of the Ritz Carlton hotel in Moscow. The volume of hotel transactions in Russia increased seven times per year. As a result, in 2011 it reached $ 900 million, according to Jones ... See all stories on this topic » Gazeta.Ru - English News Blog

TNK-BP HOLDING OAO : TNK-BP Acquires Fuelling Company at Koltsovo ... 4-traders Koltsovo International Airport is one of Russia's biggest regional airports and consistently holds 5th position in terms of passenger throughput, after theMoscow hub airports and Pulkovo Airport in St.Petersburg. Koltsovo works with over 40 Russian ... See all stories on this topic »

This Day In History Daily Star Online Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years. Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt. See all stories on this topic »

Pfleiderer in solid talks to sell Novgorod particleboard mill EUWID Wood Products and Panels However, Swedspan is also moving ahead with plans for a Greenfield project inRussia. Swedspan had looked for a site in the region between Moscow, St.Petersburg and Minsk, Belarus so that it could invest in its own location after talks to buy the ... See all stories on this topic »

Gay activist sues St. Pete politician as controversial bill endorsed ... By RT The St. Petersburg governor has signed into force an extremely controversial bill on homosexual propaganda. Meanwhile, one Russian gay activist is suing the MP who drafted the document, citing damage to his dignity. News RSS : Today

Russians Start Voting for President in Moscow, St Petersburg ... Russians began voting on Sunday in Moscow, St. Petersburg and dozens of other European Russian regions to elect a president for the fifth time in the nation's ... en.rian.ru/russia/20120304/171713201.html

Thousands Tell Putin: This Isn't Over Yet Thousands of Russians protested in Moscow and St. Petersburg again today, determined to send a message to President-elect Vladimir Putin: This isn't over ... abcnews.go.com/blogs/.../thousands-tell-putin-this-isnt-over-y...

Russians Go to Polls in Moscow, St. Petersburg | Russia | RIA Novosti Russians began voting on Sunday in Moscow and St. Petersburg to elect a president .... Flight in Summer · Russians Go to Polls in Far East to Elect NewLeader ... en.ria.ru/russia/20120304/171713142.html

Anti-Putin protesters arrested as disputed election sparks mass rally MOSCOW -- Opponents of Vladimir Putin were gathering in Moscow Monday night for a ... Meanwhile, in Russia's second city of St Petersburg, police reportedly ... www.nypost.com/.../anti_putin_protesters_arrested_as_jdRHm...

BBC News - Russia election: Police release anti-Putin protesters Russian police have released about 250 opposition activists who were ...Especially in St Petersburg there appears to be evidence of severe fraud - more than in ... The BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow reports that fresh evidence of election ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17269326

Anti-Gay Law Stirs Fears in Russia - NYTimes.com MOSCOW — St. Petersburg's legislature passed a law on Wednesday aimed at ... issue has gradually begun to attract the attention of the Russian news media, ... www.nytimes.com/.../anti-gay-law-stirs-fears-in-russia.html

Historic St. Petersburg mansion catches fire ... - The Moscow News The Moscow News ... current occupants are the Anatoly Sobchak Museum of Democracy in Contemporary Russia, and the St. Petersburg office of Channel One. themoscownews.com/russia/20120228/189497097.html

Loophole to Keep Putin Away from Corruption Fight « Russia ... Click on a link for our categorized news article database and archives ... Then Transparency International Russia petitioned to the St. Petersburg ... was given concerning Moscow State University, founded by Empress Elizabeth on Jan. russia-briefing.com/.../loophole-to-keep-putin-away-from-corr...

Russian league set to resume after winter break - Zenit St ... Russian league set to resume after winter break ... still in the Champions League, will face off at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium Saturday. A win for Zenit, who have strengthened their squad by taking Russian ... Related Zenit StPetersburg News ... www.football.co.uk/.../russian_league_set_to_resume_after_wi...

Smaller crowds challenge Putin after Russia poll - Yahoo! News News: Thousands of Russians chanting "Time for change" challenged ...Monday in Moscow and St Petersburg or refused to go home after a Moscowrally that ... news.yahoo.com/russians-stage-protest-against-putin-0946049...

Russia: Block St. Petersburg's Homophobic Law | Human Rights ... (Moscow) – St. Petersburg Governor Georgiy Poltavchenko should veto a homophobic ... “February 29 was a dark day for St. Petersburg and for Russiaas this ... www.hrw.org/.../russia-block-st-petersburg-s-homophobic-law

Russians questioning Putin's Petersburg past | World News Blog Skip to Channel 4 News main content; Skip to Channel 4 News search; Skip to Channel 4 News ... 03 putin g 602 Russians questioning Putins Petersburgpast ... blogs.channel4.com/world-news-blog/russians.../20664

Russia train journey shows discontent with Putin - US News and ... ABOARD RUSSIAN RAILWAYS TRAIN 109 (AP) — From the comfy cabins of first ... mainly from cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg, and Putin has been quick ... www.usnews.com/.../russia-train-journey-shows-discontent-wit...

St. Petersburg, Russia Bans Gay Pride Events, LGBT Organizations ... St. Petersburg, Russia's Legislative Assembly passed the draconian anti-gay bill ... GayRussia and Moscow Pride have been fighting against similar laws since ... www.towleroad.com/2012/02/st-petersburg-russia-bans.html

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