An attempted arrest by Ukrainian security services of the former mayor of Odessa, and former Georgian president, Mikheil Saakashvili, turned into a tense circus today which saw Saakashvili threatening to jump off the roof of his house. He was detained and placed in a van however the vehicle was immediately…
Image by Bogomolov.PL One quarter of Russians belief there will be mass protests ahead of the 2018 presidential election which has been formally set for March 18, according to a new poll by the independent Levada Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not formally declared himself to be a candidate…
Image by Peretz Partensky Protests are a hallmark of a healthy democracy! Right? Wrong! Democratic systems of governance such as the American Constitutional Republic are, as Lincoln so aptly put it at Gettysburg, “government(s) of the people by the people”. The implication of course is that in a well-functioning democracy…
Image by Okorok Upwards of 7,000 people demonstrated today in Moscow, on a street named after famed Soviet dissident, Andrei Sakharov, against the mayor’s plan to demolish thousands of Soviet-era apartment blocks across the country, and especially in the capital city. Russian citizens are concerned they will be forced in…
Video Of Preparation For Albanian Opposition Protest.
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article The Albanian Opposition party and its ally’s protest, planned days ago through media and tv spots by the Democratic Party (DP), whose “new” offices now are settled in a tent in the middle of main boulevard for more than 80 days, was waged peacefully…
April 2 marks election of Aleksandar Vucic as president of Serbia. Part of Serbians have refused to accept Vucic’s presidential election victory after he won 55 per cent of votes, almost 40 per cent more than the former ombudsman Sasa Jankovic who came second in the poll. The…
On March 4 more than 300 people gathered outside the central government in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. Protesters marched to deliver a letter to the local leadership. The Bank of Russia on March 3 abolished the licenses of three banks — Tatfondbank, Intechbank, and Ankor Bank. Bank clients lost…
One of the most powerful constraints on demonstrations and protests in the Russian Federation today is the assumption that such actions do not have an impact on the powers that be and thus participation in them involves high risks with low chances of making a difference. Most Russians…
On February 19th, thousands of Georgians rallied in Tbilisi to…