House arrest Nicholas Platoshkin is a new round of political repression. And then it does not matter that his views are not far, and just nasty, I don’t like leftists. He opposed amendments to the Constitution and nullification. Wanted to apply for the rally, wanted to hold pickets, but the …
Read More »Sociologists have documented the surge of discontent Russians the actions of the authorities
Serious ideological changes observed in Russian society social researchers. As “Vedomosti”, referring to the report of the independent research group of Sergei Belanovsky, half of Russians believe that it could lead to mass protests. Meanwhile, the newspaper reminds, Belanovsky and his group were among those who predicted the “Bolotnaya” protests …
Read More »The mantra about paper Cup
A few words about the American protests. One of the main and recurring techniques of the Russian state propaganda looks like this: As soon as we have put another innocent who threw the paper Cup in his police beating, be sure to get out tens and hundreds of “special” bloggers, …
Read More »Neither peak nor plateau
I don’t know what happened in Transbaikalia. Statistics there per day — not out of the ordinary: 39 sick, 2 people died. For example, in the Pskov region plus 112 cases per day and an increase of almost 10%. So the President knows something that we don’t know. But it’s …
Read More »Why amendments to the Constitution are either harmful or pointless
All the fuss around the “amendments to the Constitution” — just to push it a rule allowing for life Putin to be President (part 3.1. article 81): by the end of the second extra period in 2036 he will be 83 years old. It is nothing like the usurpation of …
Read More »The regime is going against history
The Putin majority is falling apart — so says a research group of Sergei Belanovsky, who once predicted the “Bolotnaya” protests. Judging by the polls, the credibility of the authorities has drastically fallen due to the pension reform and of the measures taken during the pandemic COVID-19, and increased the …
Read More »The U.S. Senate decided on new sanctions against Nord Stream 2
US senators have drawn up a list of new sanctions against the project “Nord stream-2” to the end of the week will introduce the corresponding bill. The document, proposed by Republican Senator Ted Cruz and democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, suggests sanctions against the parties involved in the works associated with …
Read More »Russian car flew into a ditch, the Decline exceeded 50%
Sales of new passenger cars and LCVs (light commercial vehicles) in Russia in may 2020 declined by 51.8% compared with the figure for the same period last year and amounted to 63 033 units, said the Association of European businesses (AEB). In January – may, sales fell by 25.7% yoy …
Read More »Opponents of the amendment instructed to sit in silence
The refusal of the CEC to provide access to media for campaigning against the amendment of the Constitution makes the upcoming vote even more illogical. Member of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation Maya Grishina said that the law on holding a nationwide vote on changing the Constitution …
Read More »India refused to plant for the production of Kalashnikovs
Russia continues to lose market share, India’s military, once a key ally in Asia and the region’s largest buyer of Russian weapons. As reported by The Economic Times, another joint Russian-Indian weapons project Podvis in the air. In the deadlocked negotiations to establish a joint venture for the production of …
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