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Daniel Alan Kennedy

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Originally from Dublin, Dan is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and University College London with an interest in the politics, history and culture of Russia and the former Soviet Union. He currently resides in London.

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19 June 2013

Russians See Themselves in Turkish Unrest

Read this post. RuNet Echo

As Turkish protests continue, Russians draw parallels between events in Turkey and their own protest movement and hard-line political leader.

11 June 2013

Russia Eyes Another Orphan Experiment

Read this post. RuNet Echo

Pavel Astakhov's idea of sending Russia's highly-politicized orphans to the restive North Caucasian Republics as a kind of social "experiment" was overwhelmingly condemned by netizens of all political stripes.

6 June 2013

Russians & Cigarettes: A Hard Goodbye

Read this post. RuNet Echo

The Russian government aims to end Russia's love affair with cigarettes, and a new law passed June 1 will ban smoking in a wide array of public spaces, paving the way to even stricter regulations in the future. Not everyone in the Russian blogosphere, however, is happy about it.

18 May 2013

Tinker, Tailor, Compass, Wig: Russia's Amusing American Spy Scandal

Read this post. RuNet Echo

Fogle's alleged letter (written in awkward if grammatically correct Russian) looked like "Nigerian spam run through Google translate".

8 May 2013

After Fatality, May 6 Displays Troubles & Resilience of Russian Protest Movement

Read this post. RuNet Echo

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, that bad luck was fatal.

27 April 2013

Russian Conspiracy Theories About Boston Bombings Abound

Read this post. RuNet Echo

"Bush blew up the Twin Towers, Putin blew up [the towns of] Buinaksk and Volgodonsk. Obama blew up the marathon." The RuNet, just like the Internet at large, has always had a penchant for conspiracy theories.

19 April 2013

Russian Journalist and Election Observer Speaks about Her Arrest

Read this post. RuNet Echo

Earlier this week, RuNet Echo published an article about Svetlana Lokotkova, a Russian journalist and election observer who was arrested and removed from an overnight train for alleged intoxication. Lokotkova later contacted RuNet Echo, and agreed to outline what happened on the train and in the police station in her own words. She also spoke about social media as a tool for political activism.

16 April 2013

Beer & Twitter Prove Toxic Mix for Russian Journalist

Read this post. RuNet Echo

Trains are a cheap and reliable way to get around Russia, particularly compared to the country's famously poor roads. Russia is a big country and journeys between cities can take hours (or even days). Given these difficulties, it is not uncommon for some passengers to have a drink or two to pass the time. Sometimes people—even journalists—can overdo it.

11 April 2013

Putin Unfazed by Topless Protest in Hannover

Read this post. RuNet Echo

On Monday, 8 April 2013, Putin's tour of a trade fair in Hannover with German Chancellor Angela Merkel took an unexpected turn when three members of the controversial Ukrainian feminist and...

6 April 2013

A Dishonest Election & A Divided Opposition in Russia

Read this post. RuNet Echo

The city of Zhukovsky last weekend became the site of a bitterly contested mayoral election, which was marred by reports of electoral fraud and vote-buying. The opposition is also facing criticism that it failed to muster a good enough campaign to deserve victory in the first place.

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