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Courts are the main trespassers upon the child rights in Moscow. This conclusion can be made on the analysis of complaints, addressed to Moscow child rights Ombudsman Alexey Golovan in the wake of his appointment on February 6 by the Moscow City Duma. About 100 people have already appealed to the official, and almost all of the applicants complain about unjust decisions of guardianship bodies and courts on right to housing, alimony, participation of fathers in upbringing of children, and other issues. Full Story...Shall probationers sweep the streets?
Russian penitentiary system has spawned a strange paradox. It is not society but the Ministry of Justice, in control over places of confinement since 1998, which is worried with the redundant number of the country's prisoners. Since 2000, Main Department for Execution of Punishments under the Ministry of Justice has been part of the «Alternatives to Imprisonment in the RF» project in alliance with London-based non-government organization «Penal Reform International» (PRI). Full Story...”Flea market economy” state
 The European Union has admitted Russia to be a market economy state today. The buck has been finally passed on – now Europe will have to champion the decision, lobbying Russia’s entry into the fold of WTO and addressing Russia as a civilized market state. What is curious to Russians in watching the consequences might taste somewhat bitter for the Western neighbors.
Yet, the Kremlin’s elation is clouded with a EU fly in the ointment – Kaliningrad region becomes an enclave within the Schengen zone. Which only makes for half the trouble. President Putin might equally rack his brains or reach for a shoulder holster (as habitual since long ago) – separation from Russia has been voiced in earnest in the country’s western-most bastion. But the Baltic seaside, in contrast to Chechnya, is an unfortunate arena for repression. Full Story... Priests against sex
 Russia is in great danger, and if we don’t deal with this threat immediately we will soon plunge into utter desolation. That was the key message of a conference, held in Moscow on May 29 by Russia’s Orthodox priests to address the issue of homosexuality. Full Story...Posthumous Nobel Peace Prize?
 A warrior, this man was committed to peace without parallel and made unprecedentedly much to stop blood-shedding. Put this way or other, the view runs through hundreds of messages in support of Ahmad Shah Masoud’s candidacy for the Nobel peacemaker’s award, delivered to the Sweden-located Committee. On January 31, French parliamentarian Richard Cazenave and delegate of the European Parliament general Philippe Morillon passed an official letter to the Norwegian Storting, proposing to nominate the late Afghan field commander for the award. The collection of signatures in support of the initiative has been on since. Full Story...Wary step toward NATO
 Today air base Prattica di Mare nearby Rome provides ground for the NATO-Russia summit kick-off. Heads of 19 states-members of the North Atlantic Alliance will meet Russian president Vladimir Putin to form the so-called “Council of Twenty”, where Russia would have equal rights with its opponents in discussions on a range of issues, including counteraction to international terrorism, non-distribution of mass destruction weapons and peacemaking process. Full Story...Colonel Budanov’s marked cards  As reported from Rostov-na-Donu, during today’s court session, colonel Budanov, accused of killing a Chechen girl Elsa Kungayeva, refused legal defense. In other circumstances, the deed could be considered as either latent repentance of the committed crime or refusal to recognize the competence of the court. In fact, neither of the two has taken place. Full Story...Russian delegates dodge their American counterparts
 The agreement on reduction of nuclear weapons is the climax of the recent Russian-American summit. Both parties of the agreement will curtail their nuclear ammunition to 1700-2000 warheads within the forthcoming decade – till 2012. At that, the two sides have retained their rights to simply set the multi-destructive arms to store instead of destroying them. Which, naturally, promises little time to sleep for Russian ecologists and American security forces. Full Story...The ”cold war” cramps
The Russian visit of the US president George Bush Jr., as viewed by many a political scientist and politician alike, draws the final line below the “cold war” era. Hopefully, it really does, the more so as the era completion has lingered for too long, to put it softly. It should have become history at least a decade ago. Full Story...Turkmen president goes to the masses
On May 22, Turkmenistani president Saparmurat Niyazov, whom people call the Great Father of the Nation, or Turkmenbashi the Great, visited the Lebap velayat, former Chardzhou region. He went there on a special mission, to officially launch the harvest season in the country and to congratulate head of the regional administration (khyakim) Gedai Ashirov on turning 62, the age of Prophet Mohammed. Full Story...[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] |
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