RFE/RL Russia Report
07.08.2012
A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about domestic and foreign-policy developments in Russia.
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Interview: Historian Susanne Berger On The Fate Of Raoul Wallenberg
Susanne Berger, a U.S.-based German historian has done extensive research on the case of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi death camps during World War II before disappearing while in Soviet custody. His fate remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of World War II. Berger was a consultant to a Swedish-Russian commission investigating Wallenberg's fate until it disbanded in 2001. She was also part of a research team that uncovered new facts about the case in 2009. More 
Decades Before Pussy Riot, U.S. Group Protested Catholic Church -- And Got Results
The trial of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot has prompted comparisons to a similar incident in 1989, when the advocacy group Act Up interrupted a service at New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral to demand that Catholic authorities drop their objection to condoms and AIDS education. What ensued was chaos, arrests -- and, ultimately, results. More 
First Person: 'We Tapped Into A Collective Power That Said: We Deserve To Live'
Gay-rights activist Michael Petrelis was 30 years old when Act Up staged its historic protest at St. Patrick's Cathedral in December 1989. Petrelis, who played a prominent role in the demonstration, spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Daisy Sindelar about the event and offered advice for Pussy Riot and the new generation of Russian activists. More 
Podcast: Navalny No Easy Target For Bastrykin
Has Investigative Committee chief Aleksandr Bastrykin met his match in Aleksei Navalny? More 
Chechen, Ingush Leaders Cross Swords Over Galashki Deaths
Republic of Ingushetia head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov have each rejected the other’s account of a recent incident in the Ingushetian village of Galashki close to the border between the two republics in which at least two insurgents were killed. More 
Chechen Leader Says Gakayev Brothers May Have Planned Grozny Bombing
Three Russian Interior Ministry servicemen were killed on August 6 and three more injured in a double-bombing close to the entrance of the Russian military base at Khankala on the outskirts of Grozny. Visiting the site of the blast later the same day, Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov said the attack might have been the work of the Gakayev brothers, Khusayn and Muslim. More 
Popular Ingushetian Imam Under Pressure
Over the past five years, Khamzat-haji Chumakov, imam of the Nasyr-Kort mosque on the outskirts of Nazran, has acquired cult status among young believers in Ingushetia thanks to his sermons denouncing bloodshed and Islamic extremism and exhorting his listeners to remain true to Ingush national values. More |
