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The Russian opposition is composed of various political parties, movements and groups of citizens, who disagree with government organs of Russia and stand for their change.
Most opposition organizations independent from the Kremlin encounter a draconian law on political parties, refusals of registration by the Justice Ministry, censorship in major mass media, primarily federal TV channels. According to Vladimir Ryzhkov, "over the last 4 years (i.e. from 2007 - Ed.) for identical "formal reason" nine political parties were denied registration - from left to right. And not any new party was registered. In modern Russia, this is not possible".
Recently, for the protesters for Fair Elections the term white ribbon opposition has been applied, as they wore white ribbons as their symbol.
Current campaigns of the opposition:
Alexei Anatolievich Navalny (Russian: Алексе́й Анато́льевич Нава́льный, Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj]; born June 4, 1976) is a Russian lawyer, political and financial activist, and politician. Since 2009, he has gained prominence in Russia, and in the Russian and international media, as a critic of corruption and of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He has organized large-scale demonstrations promoting democracy and attacking political corruption, Putin, and Putin's political allies; he has run for a political office on the same platform. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal described him as "the man Vladimir Putin fears most".
A self-described nationalist democrat, Navalny is a Russian Opposition Coordination Council member and the leader of the political party Progress Party, formerly People's Alliance. In September 2013, he ran in the Moscow mayoral election, supported by the RPR-PARNAS party. He came in second, with 27% of the vote, losing to incumbent mayor Sergei Sobyanin, a Putin appointee. His vote total was much higher than political analysts had expected, but Navalny and his allies insisted that the actual number was still higher, and that authorities had committed election fraud in order to prevent a runoff election from taking place.
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Alexei Navalny was detained last month for organizing the January 28th protests, and is waiting for a court date which is likely to result in him being put away until April. His campaign manager and deputy Leonid Volkov is already in the slammer and not due out until March 24th. When your candidate - long-banned from running - is telling people not to vote, and will spend election day in prison, what is a campaign? It will be up to his die-hard believers to organize protests in Navalny's name, risking arrest in the process, and likely failing to be effective in the end. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews...
Russia's best-known opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, speaks with CNN's Matthew Chance about the Putin regime in an exclusive interview.
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Happy Birthday Mr. President: Russian presidential elections will be held in March 2018 and Putin's main opponent Alexei Navalny is gathering Russia's youth behind him. As the election draws closer his support is growing. Produced by ABC Australia Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures "I am not interested in what the government says, because I am going to these elections to change the government", says Alexei Navalny. For years the charismatic opposition leader has used the power of social media to expose the Kremlin's corruption. But in gunning for Putin's job in the March elections, Navalny and his supporters have felt the full force of state opposition. "He's arrested for 20 days. So that's the birthday gift for Mr. Puti...
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What is life like as one of the leaders of the opposition to the Putin regime? Russian political dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza explains why he chooses to continue the fight for Russian civil rights despite persistent threats and a recent assassination attempt. Subscribe to AEI's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/AEIVideos?sub_confirmation=1 Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AEIonline Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AEI For more information http://www.aei.org Third-party photos, graphics, and video clips in this video may have been cropped or reframed. Music in this video may have been recut from its original arrangement and timing. In the event this video uses Creative Commons assets: If not noted in the description, titles for Creative Commons assets u...
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In the aftermath of anti-corruption protests across Russia, Alexey Navalny, the country's most dangerous opposition figure, has been jailed. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has submitted the documentation needed to run against Vladimir Putin in next year's presidential election. But there are serious doubts about whether his name will be on the ballot paper. He's always said his 2014 fraud conviction was politically motivated. But the Kremlin is using it to bar him from the race. Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports from Moscow. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Alexey Navalny has been jailed and attacked, but he keeps campaigning against Vladimir Putin in hopes of change. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/1S7CLRu Watch Full Episodes of "60 Minutes" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1KG3sdr Relive past episodies and interviews with "60 Rewind" HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1PlZiGI Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram HERE: http://bit.ly/23Xv8Ry Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/1Xb1Dao Follow "60 Minutes" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1KxUsqX Follow "60 Minutes" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1KxUvmG Get unlimited ad-free viewing of the latest stories plus access to classic 60 Minutes archives, 60 Overtime, and exclusive extras. Subscribe to 60 Minute...
Subscribe to The Moscow Times: http://bit.ly/1opeWnj Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a virulent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot to death on Friday night, while crossing Moscow’s Bolshoi Kamenny Bridge on foot. A former deputy prime minister who had feared he would be murdered, Boris Nemtsov is the most prominent opposition figure killed in Putin's 15-year-rule. Thumbnail photo by Maxim Shemetov / Reuters Read more: http://bit.ly/1zNBgdC Follow our reporter: https://twitter.com/gabrielletf | https://twitter.com/DumontPhoto Watch more News Videos: http://bit.ly/1mUNVZr Follow The Moscow Times: Website: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MoscowTimes Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoscowTimes Instagram: http://instagram.com/themoscowtimes
Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, possibly the biggest political thorn in Vladimir Putin's side, has already declared himself a candidate for presidential elections in March next year. His chances of actually winning the top job at the Kremlin are slim, but that hasn't stopped the anti-corruption activist from opening dozens of campaign offices and continuing to stage unsanctioned demonstrations. FRANCE 24's Thomas Lowe and Elena Volochine report from the campaign trail. A programme prepared by Jessica Sestilli, Patrick Lovett and Perrine Desplats. Visit our website: http://www.france24.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://f24.my/youtubeEN Lik...
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What life is like for the Russian opposition? Vladimir Putin will soon become the country's longest-serving ruler since Stalin. Reporter John Sweeney investigates allegations that the Kremlin has subverted democracy in Russia. He meets the Putin opponent who has been banned from the election, hears from the opposition activists who say they have been attacked and finds out for himself what it is like to be targeted by the Russian state. John Sweeney on BBC Breakfast talking about his 10 days in Russia: https://youtu.be/pBIAFFPmI0Q
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He's been in power for nearly 20 years. A dominant figure in Russia's post-Soviet political scene. Vladimir Putin now says he's running for a fourth term in office - as an independent candidate - backed by the ruling United Russia party. His power and influence appear to only be getting stronger, making it difficult for any opposition candidate to make progress. Putin has served as either prime minister or president since 1999, if he wins the election in March, it would mean he would have spent 24 years as Russia's leader by the end of his term. So, can any opposition candidate win against President Putin in the 2018 election? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra. Guests: Sergey Strokan - Columnist for the politics and business newspaper, Kommersant. Andrew Wood - Britain's former ambassado...
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On December 14, Russia's President Putin held the annual "Great Press Conference", in which over 1600 representatives of local and foreign media were able to ask questions. The conference lasted 3 hours and 40 minutes non-stop. Despite his many achievements since 2000, he is ridiculed by two liberal and Western-funded opposition opponents – Ksenia Sobchak and Alexei Navalny. The two don’t hold any significant weight in terms of competition – but they are loud in sources of Western mainstream media, such as CNN and BBC. Both Sobchak and Navalny criticise Russia’s acquisition of Crimea, for which 97% of Crimeans voted in favour during the 2014 referendum; as well as Russia’s involvement in the war in Syria, despite being legitimately invited by the Assad government, unlike the involvement...
Happy Birthday Mr. President: Russian presidential elections will be held in March 2018 and Putin's main opponent Alexei Navalny is gathering Russia's youth behind him. As the election draws closer his support is growing. Produced by ABC Australia Subscribe to Journeyman here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures "I am not interested in what the government says, because I am going to these elections to change the government", says Alexei Navalny. For years the charismatic opposition leader has used the power of social media to expose the Kremlin's corruption. But in gunning for Putin's job in the March elections, Navalny and his supporters have felt the full force of state opposition. "He's arrested for 20 days. So that's the birthday gift for Mr. Puti...
What is life like as one of the leaders of the opposition to the Putin regime? Russian political dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza explains why he chooses to continue the fight for Russian civil rights despite persistent threats and a recent assassination attempt. Subscribe to AEI's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/AEIVideos?sub_confirmation=1 Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AEIonline Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AEI For more information http://www.aei.org Third-party photos, graphics, and video clips in this video may have been cropped or reframed. Music in this video may have been recut from its original arrangement and timing. In the event this video uses Creative Commons assets: If not noted in the description, titles for Creative Commons assets u...
What life is like for the Russian opposition? Vladimir Putin will soon become the country's longest-serving ruler since Stalin. Reporter John Sweeney investigates allegations that the Kremlin has subverted democracy in Russia. He meets the Putin opponent who has been banned from the election, hears from the opposition activists who say they have been attacked and finds out for himself what it is like to be targeted by the Russian state. John Sweeney on BBC Breakfast talking about his 10 days in Russia: https://youtu.be/pBIAFFPmI0Q
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This video is one of the few glimpses left into the true intent to put Donald Trump into the WhiteHouse. The video is in Russian but has English subtitles. The Russian Govt had issued an injunction on this video within 24 hrs of it coming out. So watch it before YouTube caves to Putins pressure, and blocks the video as they have warned that they would do.
Vladimir Putin crushes opponents, but a growing army of young Russians led by Alexey Navalny is fighting back. Their gift to the strongman on his 65th birthday? A show of defiance and a demand to quit. Read more: http://ab.co/2jcr93g Watch Foreign Correspondent on iview: http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/foreign-correspondent SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/ABCNEWSAUS About Foreign Correspondent: Foreign Correspondent is the prime-time international public affairs program on Australia's national broadcaster, ABC-TV. We produce half-hour duration in-depth reports for broadcast across the ABC's television channels and digital platforms. Since 1992, our teams have journeyed to more than 170 countries to report on war, natural calamity and social and political upheaval – through the eyes of the...
Boris Nemtsov had, at one time, been tipped for the top job in Russia, but his political ambitions changed when he began to challenge the Kremlin. He emerged as a leading figure in an opposition movement seeking to revive its fortunes. But he was killed two days before a rally he had been helping to organise against Russia's alleged involvement in Ukraine and a faltering economy. Russian president Vladimir Putin condemned the shooting as a "provocation", and vowed to bring those responsible for a "vile and cynical murder" to justice. The motive for the shooting is not clear. Critics say the murder was the result of a climate of fear in Russia, where opponents are considered by some to be traitors, working to destroy the country. At a time of rising nationalism - is the Russian op...
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A conversation with: Ms. Ekaterina Vinokurova Special Correspondent Znak.com Mr. Roman Udot Co-Chairman Golos Movement Mr. Dmitry Gudkov Member State Duma of the Russian Federation Moderator: Ms. Natalia Arno President Free Russia Foundation On September 18, 2016, Russia will hold its first parliamentary (Duma) elections since the 2011 Duma elections led to massive street protests. Since 2011, the Russian government has cracked down on the political opposition and dissenting voices. Under President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly authoritarian rule, the Kremlin has directed police and military resources to silence challenges to to the regime: Russian opposition leaders, journalists, and activists are routinely harassed, attacked, surveilled, and even killed. Boris Nemtsov’s mu...
21 April 2015: The Legatum Institute hosted a panel discussion with Leonid Volkov and Vladimir Ashurkov of Russia's Party of Progress. They gave insider perspectives on the future of the Russian Opposition within the context of today’s challenges and in the lead up to the 2016 Parliamentary elections. Moderated by Anne Applebaum, Director of the Transitions Forum at the Legatum Institute. More information: http://www.li.com/events/what-is-the-future-of-russia%27s-opposition
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has appeared in a Moscow court a day after some of the biggest anti-government protests in years swept the country. Navalny had faced up to 15 days in jail on a charge of organising the protests, which led to more than a thousand people being detained, but instead the court fined him 20,000 roubles (£280). The same court also began trying him on a separate charge of disobeying police. All Original Music by LSN Studio "Trump Care" "Fake News" "Trump Inauguration" "Trump Russia" "Vladimir Putin" "Golden Shower" "Alt Right" "Alt Left" "Jeff Sessions" Kellyanne Conway" "Michael Flynn" "Wire Tap" Wire Tap Trump" "Obama Wire Tap" Mar-A-Lago" "It's Huge" "Make America Great Again" "Melania" Ivanka" "Breitbart" "Steve Bannon" "Dirty Dossier" "Impe...
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday during anti-Kremlin protests in Moscow as rallies continue nationwide. "I've been detained. This doesn't matter. Come to Tverskaya (Street). You are not going there for me, it's for you and your future," Navalny tweeted after his arrest. Within minutes of arriving at Pushkinskaya Square, where hundreds of protesters had gathered, Navalny was wrestled into a patrol van by police, in dramatic footage posted on Youtube. Moscow Police said Navalny was taken to a police station for arraignment on charges of illegally organizing a protest. If found guilty, he faces 30 days in detention and a fine. About 2 years ago, on 15th January 2015, the European Parliament already discussed the situation of Navalny and the measures taken by Vla...
The murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov set off a wave of speculation and finger pointing, both in the West and in Russia. While western media jumped the gun to blame Vladimir Putin and his government, the truth of the events remains murky. Who stands to gain from the politicization of the case, and how likely is the investigation’s outcome to be accepted in an environment of rampant speculation? Oksana is joined by Russian opposition MP Ilya Ponomarev to debate these issues. WATCH: http://rt.com/shows/worlds-apart-oksana-boyko/ http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldsApartRT/videos https://soundcloud.com/rttv/sets/worlds-apart RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.co...
On Tuesday, March 15, the McCain Institute for International Leadership, the Atlantic Council and the Free Russia Foundation hosted a discussion on the threats faced by Russian opposition members in Russia and abroad. Nearly a decade ago, Russian Federal Security Bureau, former officer in the Russian Federal Security Bureau, was murdered in London. The cause of death, as uncovered by investigators, was poisoning by polonium, a rare radioactive substance. The investigative report on the case published in January 2016 concluded that Litvinenko's murder was "probably" approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin. In May 2015, political opposition leader and journalist, Vladimir Kara-Murza, mysteriously fell ill in Moscow. Once again, poisoning was suspected. Kara-Murza survived the attack o...
Ilya Ponomarev is one of the most impressive young politicians in today's Russia. He is the only member of the Russian Parliament who voted against granting President Vladimir Putin legal powers to use force against Ukraine. Over the years, he has repeated voted against a number of United Russia's draconian initiatives, which are supported by the "official opposition." As a result, his face is now featured on huge posters in the middle of Moscow calling him a "national traitor," a scary term that Russia's ruling party uses today for dissidents and regime opponents like Mr. Ponomarev. Join us as he discusses his views on the anti-democracy crackdown in Russia, the Russian-Ukrainian hostilities, and the state of U.S.-Russian relations.
In 2018, Russia will hold its presidential election, and few are likely to oppose the current president, Vladimir Putin. One of the potential challengers gaining momentum is Alexei Navalny, a central figure in the pro-democracy movement. Since 2011, this small but passionate opposition group has captured the attention of many disaffected Russians angered by corruption, economic disparity and the restriction of civil liberties. What can Russia's pro-democracy movement do to break through a culture of systemic corruption to win the election? What can the opposition do to build support among all Russians? Vladimir Ashurkov, executive director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation and close colleague of Alexei Navalny, will provide insight into the pro-democracy campaign, recent protests in Mosco...
Correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer Zach Fannin take us inside Vladimir Putin's Russia, with an in-depth look at the resurgent national identity, the government's propaganda machine, the risk of being a Kremlin critic and much more.