Blogs about: 2011 Russian Parliamentary Elections

Featured Blog

Victoria Lomasko, 2012: A Chronicle of Resistance2 comments

hecksinductionhour wrote 5 months ago: Victoria Lomasko 2012: A Chronicle of Resistance 2012 was marked by heavily attended protests by the … more →

Tags: Contemporary Art, Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, urban movements (right to the city), Protests, Moscow, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Udaltsov

Revolution in the Net (Helsinki)

hecksinductionhour wrote 7 months ago: www.kaapelingalleria.fi 8.11 – 2.12.2012 Revolution in the Net The exhibition Revolution in the Net … more →

Tags: Art Exhibitions, Contemporary Art, feminism, gay rights, Political Repression, Protests, Russian Society, putin, Factory of Found Clothes, Natalya Pershina (Gluklya)

What Happens to You in Petersburg if You Blow the Whistle on Vote Rigging

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: www.zaks.ru June 1, 2012 Vasileostrovsky District Court [in Petersburg] handed down a decision in th … more →

Tags: Political Repression, Russian Society, Petersburg, Putinism, telephone justice, Vote Rigging, Tatyana Ivanova, Natalya Nazarova

Backlash: Other Russia Activist Taisiya Osipova Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Taisiya Osipova lenta.ru December 30, 2011 Backlash: Other Russia Activist Sentenced to 10 Years in … more →

Tags: Political Repression, Protests, Russian Society, frame-up, Judge Borovkova, Political Prisoners, Russian election protests, Russian police state, Sergei Fomchenkov

Petersburg Court Rejects Filipp Kostenko's Appeal

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Kostenko Loses Release Appeal By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times December 28, 2011 An appeal … more →

Tags: Political Repression, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Center "E", Filipp Kostenko, Russian election protests, Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center

Khimki Forest Defender Yaroslav Nikitenko Sentenced to 10 Days in Jail2 comments

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: www.novayagazeta.ru December 26, 2011 Yaroslav Nikitenko, Activist with the Movement to Defend the K … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Khimki Forest, Sergei Udaltsov, Movement to Defend the Khimki Forest, Yaroslav Nikitenko

Left Front Leader Sergei Udaltsov Sentenced to 10 More Days in Jail1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Udaltsov’s release has become one of the main tasks of the moment. This is not just a matter o … more →

Tags: Political Repression, leftist movements, Russian Society, Russian police state, Sergei Udaltsov, Left Front, Russian election protests, Sergey Udaltsov

Petersburg Activist Filipp Kostenko Sentenced to Another 15 Days in Jail

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: memorial.spb.ru The Persecution Continues: Filipp Kostenko Sentenced to Another 15 Days in Jail Dece … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Filipp Kostenko, Free Voina!, Russian political prisoners, Russian election protests

Petersburg "Law Enforcement" Continue to Persecute Activist Filipp Kostenko1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Filipp Kostenko on the tenth day of his hunger strike memorial.spb.ru After fifteen days of jail and … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Center "E", Filipp Kostenko, Vote Rigging, Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center

Petersburg: Rocking the Vote

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: The St. Petersburg Times December 14, 2011 More Than 10,000 Gather at Biggest Rally in 10 Years By S … more →

Tags: activism, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Saint Petersburg, Sergey Chernov, Vladimir Putin, united russia, Russian election protests

Pioneer Square, December 10, 2011 (Petersburg)

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Pioneer Square, Petersburg, December 10, 2011. Rally for Fair Elections “You can’t even … more →

Tags: film and video, Russian Society, Protests, Saint Petersburg, Vote Rigging, Russian election protests

Free Filipp Kostenko!2 comments

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Filipp Kostenko memorial.spb.ru December 9, 2011 On December 6, 2011, Filipp Kostenko, a social acti … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Filipp Kostenko, Free Voina!, Russian election protests, Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center

Rahutused St Peterburis (Protests in Saint Petersburg)

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: You can’t see this stuff on Russian TV, but Estonian TV was on the scene at the post-elections … more →

Tags: film and video, Political Repression, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Vote Rigging, Russian election protests, gostiny dvor, Estonia

The Politicization of Young Russians, Part 2

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: December 7, 2011. Pushkin Square, Moscow: United Russia “victory rally” dstebakov: … more →

Tags: film and video, Political Repression, Russian Society, Protests, united russia, Vote Rigging, young russians, Another Brick In The Wall, "administrative resource"

Sign of the Times? (RIA Novosti Guide to Responsible Protesting)

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: A surprisingly helpful guide (“Responsibilities of participants of mass actions: how to peacea … more →

Tags: Russian Society, Protests, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Vote Rigging, Russian election protests, RIA Novosti, Civil Rights

The Politicization of Young Russians

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: Nevsky Prospekt, Petersburg. December 7, 2011. Photo courtesy of Sergey Chernov Triumfalnaya Square, … more →

Tags: film and video, Political Repression, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Vote Rigging, Russian election protests, gostiny dvor, Nevsky Prospekt

Russian Socialist Movement: "Let the Streets Speak!"1 comment

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: anticapitalist.ru The most boring election campaign in the past twenty years has ended with a crushi … more →

Tags: Political Repression, leftist movements, Russian Society, Protests, open letters, manifestos, appeals, united russia, stability, Russian Socialist Movement, A just Russia

Post-Election Police Crackdown on Petersburg Protesters

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: The St. Petersburg Times December 7, 2011 Police Crack Down on Protesters on Nevsky Prospekt By Serg … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, Russian Society, Protests, Russian police state, Saint Petersburg, Sergey Chernov, united russia, Vote Rigging

Ilya Budraitskis: A Lone Red Flag

hecksinductionhour wrote 1 year ago: If the social upheaval that has just begun ends with the dismantling of the current regime — and I h … more →

Tags: Political Repression, activism, leftist movements, Russian Society, Protests, Ilya Budraitskis, "managed democracy", Vote Rigging, Communist Party of the Russian Federation


Related Tags
All →

Follow this tag via RSS