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Russia: Major Search Engine Closes Its Blog Rating
Yandex.ru, Russian most popular search engine, announced on November 3 that it would close its blog ranking service Yandex Blogs Top (YBT) [RUS] by the end of the month.
Pregnancy and Prisons: Women's Health and Rights Behind Bars
It is still a struggle to ensure human rights for pregnant women worldwide, and it seems that in the process, pregnant women in prison are many times overlooked. What have been some of the steps made to ensure that they are also treated humanely, with respect to the life they carry?
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November 9th, 2009
Officer Exposes Police Corruption Using the Web
On November 6, a police officer at the Department of Internal Affairs in Novorossiysk used his personal Web site to address Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and talk about numerous problems police officers face in Russia.
In his video address available on www.dymovskiy.ru and YouTube (part I and part II [RUS]), ...
October 23rd, 2009
Russia: Soviet Legacy and Street Names
A few weeks ago, it seemed as if every single Russian blogger took the time to write something about the re-naming of Anti-Soviet Shish Kebab Restaurant in Moscow, a dissident journalist's protest article and a pro-Kremlin youth movement's counter-protest activities. One blogger alluded to the scandal in a post about street names that kept on preserving the questionable Soviet legacy.
October 19th, 2009
Russia: Election Fraud and Blogging
Reports of vote-rigging in the local elections, which took place in 75 of Russia’s 83 regions on Oct. 11, spurred protests by citizens and politicians in Moscow - and quite an outrage among some of the country's bloggers.
October 6th, 2009
Russia: Anna Politkovskaya's Memorial Rally Announced
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated on Oct. 7, 2006. On Wednesday, people will gather in Moscow to pay tribute to her and other slain journalists and activists. Some bloggers, however, aren't too sensitive when discussing the upcoming event.
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Russia: Calling Abkhazia Via Russia
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