Police have detained six suspects in last month’s bomb attack in a fast food McDonald’s restaurant in Russian city of St. Petersburg, RIA Novosti reported Thursday.
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March 22, 2007Protesters from a radical youth organization rallied outside Russia’s lower house of parliament Tuesday, slamming lawmakers for a series of electoral changes that have markedly strengthened the Kremlin’s hold over the country’s political life, The Associated Press reports.
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December 12, 2006The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org) said last week it was considering eliminating some outdated domain name extensions, according to reports.
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December 11, 2006Anthony Brenton, Britain’s ambassador to Russia has officially complaint of psychological harassment by Russian youth group Nashi (The Ours), the Financial Times daily reported on Friday.
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December 8, 2006A Russian youth group plans to offer volunteer patrols for the region surrounding Moscow to help police fight crime and spot illegal migrants, its leaders said Thursday, the Associated Press reports.
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November 30, 2006The Interior Ministry is currently monitoring 150 extremist groups in Russia, in particular race-hate groups, which have total membership of around 10,000, the minister said Wednesday.
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November 15, 2006According to the official statement of The Russian Anti-Fascist Front, a rally against fascism will be held in Moscow on the National Unity Day.
The meeting is sanctioned officially and will gather 2,000 members of the organization, uniting the SPS and Yabloko parties. It should be noticed that none of the nationalists attempts to get a permission for the march on November 4 had any success.
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November 2, 2006Three activists from a pro-Kremlin youth group were detained Monday as they picketed the U.S. embassy building in downtown Moscow, the news website Gazeta.Ru reported.
A spokesman for the movement, Alexander Kalugin, told Gazeta.Ru that the activists had been detained as they attempted to pass a message to George W. Bush. They were brought to a local police station.
Protesters had staged the picket at the entrance to the embassy, holding slogans that read: “Bush, outer space is not a toy†and shouting: “Bush, outer space is not yours!†and “Stay out of space!â€
Earlier RIA reported that some 100 young men and women took part in the action to protest the new national space doctrine of the United States, recently signed by George W. Bush.
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October 30, 2006Dozens of young people gathered in Novopushkinsky Park in the center of Moscow on Saturday to protest the celebration of Halloween.
“Modern mass culture imposes false symbols on young people. Satanic and pagan in their essence, they are actively used as brands for luring adolescents to clubs to take part in seemingly innocent parties, at which they are offered a pill or a joint to have more fun,†says a leaflet by the youth movement Georgiyevtsy, the organizer of the protest.
The protesters were holding a banner depicting a slashed pumpkin. In addition, attendees were invited to write about their attitude toward Halloween with a marker on two signboards and to drink pumpkin juice. The organizers said they wished to suggest that “pumpkin should be used directly according to its purpose rather than be turned into a symbol of a disgusting pagan festival.â€
One of the picket organizers told Interfax that, despite the fact that Halloween is formally observed on October 31, its celebrations will begin this Saturday, a day that is traditionally considered one of the most lucrative for nightclubs, which “are especially closely associated with the distribution of illicit drugs.â€
“We are against the narcotization of youth culture. We support a healthy lifestyle,†he said.
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