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Moscow Soccer Fans Clash with Police
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Following Saturday's scoreless soccer game that catapulted Moscow's CSKA club to its fourth Russian Premier League title, the team's fans clashed with riot troops in downtown Moscow. Police detained 140 people [ru], later releasin...
Tinker, Taylor, Compass, Wig: RuNet Amused by Spy Scandal
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Fogle's alleged letter (written in awkward if grammatically correct Russian) looked like "Nigerian spam run through Google translate".
In Wake of Brutal Murder, Bloggers Question Roots of Russian Homophobia
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Are Russia's members of parliament, who have fostered a climate of homophobia over the past year, to blame for a man tortured to death by drunk hooligans in Volgograd?
Dirty Words Russian Girls Can’t Say on the Internet
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Earlier this week, opposition figure Maria Baronova penned an open letter to writer and political dissident Eduard Limonov, wherein she dropped a sexual bombshell. Her text unabashedly refers to “masturbating in the shower” and credits Li...
Ukrainian Right-Wing Blogger's Bobs 2013 Award Revoked
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Ukrainian blogger Olena Bilozerska's User Winner prize in the Bobs 2013 Best Blog Ukrainian nomination has been revoked, writes [ru] Mustafa Nayyem, the Ukrainian member of the Bobs 2013 jury, on his Facebook page, linking [ru] to the official statem...
Russia's State-Contracted Revolutionaries
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When Vladislav Surkov left the government last week, it triggered an avalanche of speculation about what the loss of “the grey cardinal” means for Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev in particular and his “liberal” political clan i...
Is Ukrainian Right-Wing Blogger Eligible for the Bobs 2013 Award?
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Ukraine was having a trouble-free debut at this year's The Bobs, Deutsche Welle's international blogger contest, until blogger Olena Bilozerska became the User Winner in the Best Blog Ukrainian nomination. Her victory turned sour and a scandal ensued...
Ukraine's Freedom Party Crusades Against LGBT and “Liberal Fascism”
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On May 25, Ukraine will once again attempt to hold its first gay pride parade ever. The previous attempt failed a year ago, when the event was cancelled shortly before it was to begin and one of its organizers was beaten by a group of masked men. Jud...
RuNet Apprehensive over Surkov's Dismissal, End of Political Era
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"Before there was trickery, now it has been replaced with criminal charges and prison sentences. Surkov, whatever you may think of him, is, first of all, a political aesthete, who won't break pots with a hammer"...
Police Raid Navalny's HQ in Kirov
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At this very moment, Kirov police are searching [ru] Alexey Navalny's local headquarters, established to coordinate the blogger's public outreach in the city where he currently stands trial for embezzling roughly half a million dollars. The case...
After Fatality, May 6 Displays Troubles & Resilience of Russian Protest Movement
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The Russian opposition, it seems, can't catch a break. Sometimes, this is because the Kremlin's political technologists outmaneuver them. Other times, it is thanks to internal bickering. On May 6, however, the culprit was plain bad luck. For one man,...
Crowdsourcing a Fair Election in Bulgaria
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In less than five days, on May 12, Bulgarian citizens will elect a new parliament. There are doubts, however, about the fairness of the upcoming vote. To help monitor the violations of the electoral process, Bulgarian activists have created several o...
Wiretapping Scandal, Voters’ Disillusionment Ahead of Bulgaria's Vote
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Bulgarian citizens will have to make some difficult choices as they go to the polls on May 12, 2013, to vote in the parliamentary election. Nevena Borisova reports.
RuNet Speculates on Protest Rally Size, Again
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Every Russian opposition rally and march attracts wild online speculation about the numbers of the participants -- both by observers and the participants themselves.
Central Asia: From Zhirinovsky With Love
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Migrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus are the usual victims of racist sentiment in Russia. Aware of deepening anti-migrant feelings, many of Moscow's politicians look to boost their capital among voters by promoting right-wing policies. But the...
Absurdity Takes to the Streets in Russia
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"A Monstration is a parody of a traditional demonstration, with absurd demands and slogans, where every participant says what they want."...
The Kremlin Defeated the Russian Opposition?
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“Do you really have the feeling that the old system collapsed after the December 2011 protests? The system defeated the opposition. It’s a fact.” Vladislav Surkov delivered this line earlier today to a crowd of reporters and student...
Blaming the Blind Dog: Hungarian Politician's Domestic Violence Case
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József Balogh, a Hungarian ruling party politician, has allegedly beaten his partner so badly that she had to be treated at a hospital. He claimed she had tripped over the family's blind dog, while she said the politician had hit her. Marietta...
Tensions Grow at Moldova-Transnistria Security Zone
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Tensions increased during the night of April 26-27 in the Security Zone of the Republic of Moldova, as the Transnistrian authorities unilaterally installed two checkpoints between the village of Varniţa and the city of Bender. Diana Lungu report...
Potty-Mouthed Russian Blogger Faces Prison for Ethnic Slurs
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A blogger from the Republic of Bashkortostan (a small autonomous republic neighboring Tatarstan in southern Russia) was recently charged with hate speech for a post she published on her Facebook account late last year.
