Recent Posts Tagged With 'extremism'

• Video: From Russia with Hate

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 11:26 in immigration, extremism, nationalism, neo-nazism, ethnicity race nationality

• Punk’s not Dead. It’s Just Under Police Surveillance.

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 13:08 in youth, extremism, russian culture

  Russian authorities just keep stretching and stretching the meaning of extremism. Now the list of extremists will include a variety of youth subcultures extending from skinheads to fans of the iconic Soviet rock band Kino. This is according to a repo...

• Anti-Immigrant Leader Belov Sentenced

  Posted on Thursday April 30th, 2009 at 20:01 in immigration, extremism, ethnicity race nationality

  Anti-racist activists finally have a reason to mildly celebrate.  Today, Russian xenophobe Aleksandr Belov was sentenced to six months in a penal colony for violating Article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code (”Inciting hate and enmity as well ...

• The Rising Russian Right

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 13:42 in youth, immigration, extremism, ethnicity race nationality

  I’m normally not a big fan of the Guardian’s Luke Harding, but I think he deserves kudos for his latest article, “Putin’s Worst Nightmare.” Harding opens with the chilling and brutal murder of Karen Abramian, who was sta...

• Moscow Police Seek Expulsion of “Politically Unreliable” Students

  Posted on Thursday January 29th, 2009 at 01:16 in youth, Academia, extremism, resistance

  Yaroslav Kuzminov, the head of the Higher School of Economics (VShE) in Moscow received a disturbing letter from the Main Department of Internal Affairs (GUVD). The letter strongly recommended that the dean expel “politically unreliable” ...

• Russian “Ultra-Nationalism” on the Rise

  Posted on Wednesday September 10th, 2008 at 10:10 in extremism, nationalism, ethnicity race nationality

• Russian Evangelicals Target South Park

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 18:05 in extremism, russian media, russian culture

  The Russian Extremism Law has found a new target: South Park.  The notorious Basmanny court announced that the show “bore signs of extremist activity” in response to a motion filed by the Moscow city prosecutors office.  The Prosecutors...

• eXile Looks to Make Virtual Comeback

  Posted on Thursday June 26th, 2008 at 18:58 in extremism, russian media

  I haven’t done an eXile update in a week or so.  I figure it is about time since the keen eyed poemless noted that the rag was saved by donations and plans to make a virtual return in the near future. The press finally caught up with the eXile...

• eXile Under Extreme Measures

  Posted on Wednesday June 11th, 2008 at 14:48 in extremism, resistance, russian media, medvedev

  The people want to know is the eXile’s demise the result of a government inspection or money?  Well, you see, the two can’t be untangled.  Already in dire financial straights, the impromptu inspection scared the paper’s investors ...