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Taiwanese Animation Rips Into Putin’s Presidential Plans
Taiwanese media company NMA has produced a rather colorful computer-animated video clip about Vladimir Putin’s announced plans to return as president in 2012. Featuring a lone protester from the Putin...
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Studio 360 Features Russian Anarchist Artists
In the wake of the news that Vladimir Putin will essentially be anointing himself as president of Russia in upcoming elections next year, the radio program Studio 360 has featured a story on Russian...
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Culture Ministry Bill Would Ban Movies About ‘Extremists’
The Russian Culture Ministry has drafted a bill that, if passed, could ban movie theaters from showing films that so much as mention “extremist” organizations, Kasparov.ru reports. In accordance with...
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Posner Threatens to Cancel Show Over Censorship
Prominent Russian television host Vladimir Posner might cancel his own show because of censorship by the state-owned channel that it currently airs on, Interfax reports. Speaking at a press conference...
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Actress Allegedly Blackmailed into Endorsing Putin
As Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin dominates the Russian airwaves in the run-up to March 5 presidential elections, reports are surfacing that one popular actress has been blackmailed into filming...
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Scathing Putin/Simpsons Remix Goes Viral
A two-minute animated short that satirizes Putin’s twelve years in power in Russia has gone viral, gaining more than 1.7 million views in just over a week. Egor Zhgun, an animator well-known for his...
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Russia to Monitor Online Media for ‘Extremism’
The Russian Interior Ministry has announced plans to open specialized centers to monitor online media for “extremism,” RIA Novosti reports. Internal Affairs Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on Friday...
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Posner: United Russia Summit Recalls Soviet Stagnation
Noted Russian television host Vladimir Posner is inviting Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev to appear on his show to explain how his election as head of the United Russia party, – which he previously was...
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Duma Bill Would Re-Criminalize “Libel”
From Gazeta.ru: A new piece of legislation is in the works in the Russian State Duma to return the statute against “libel” to the Federal Criminal Code. The bill was initiated by former Justice...
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Putin Signs Internet Blacklist Law
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday to create a list of web site domains with “unlawful content,” which many fear constitutes a move towards censoring the Russian internet, RIA...
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