February 22, 2009

Tolerance, (United) Russia(n) Style

2009 is the “Year of Youth” in that mega-large hip-hop kingdom known as the Russian Federation. And what is more on the mind of today’s ultra-cool Russian youthsters than tolerance? The Year’s official website explains “what up” to the perplexed:

Outsiders come to study in Russian institutions of higher learning, although they cannot speak Russian clearly. [...]

February 22, 2009

The War against Memorial (and Memory)

Tatiana Kosinova, “The Battle for Russia’s Past”

February 22, 2009

Petersburg: Flying Demos and Illegal Flyers

This just in from our comrades in the Pyotr Alexeev Resistance Movement (DSPA):

At 7:00 p.m. today (February 20), outside the Akademicheskaya metro station in Petersburg, anarchists and DSPA activists carried out their latest action. This action, dubbed a “flying demo,” has long ago shown itself to be a eye-catching, effective, and safe way of bringing [...]