A rally of over thousand was staged Wednesday in Moscow near Ostankino TV Center. The purpose was to protest against censorship on TV. The activists first buried a TV set, then broke it, declared love for Xenia Sobchak and demanded air for the opposition.
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Don’t Forget to Break TV
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006Protesting on the Roof
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
// National-Bolsheviks climbed the roof of Nikulinsky court building
Action of Protest
Yesterday, activists from National Bolshevik Party (NBP) seized Nikulinsky court in Moscow. They hanged on the roof a makeshift poster: “Putin, leave by yourself!”
Most National Bolsheviks Suspended
Friday, December 9th, 2005
Of 39 activists of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP), who occupied a reception office of president’s staff a year ago, eight were sentenced to from two to three and a half years of prison December 8, 2005; 31 activists got suspended sentences and were freed right in the court hall. NBP leader, Eduard Limonov called the sentences “savage punishment targeted at scaring opposition parties.”
National Bolsheviks’ Offices Stormed
Friday, November 25th, 2005A group of men in civilian clothing accompanied by police broke into the headquarters of the National Bolshevik Party on Thursday and demanded that party members evacuate the premises, a NBP spokesman said. It was the second attempt in two days to evict the party.
Three carloads of men in plainclothes, accompanied by police, arrived at the NBP basement headquarters on Kashirskoye Shosse at around 1:30 p.m. and broke through the metal door before ordering party members to leave, NBP spokesman Alexander Averin said by telephone Thursday evening. (more…)
Supreme Court Bans Bolsheviks
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
The Supreme Court on Tuesday re-imposed a ban on the radical National Bolshevik Party, or NBP, reversing its own decision earlier this year to cancel a ban imposed by a lower court.
“This was a historic humiliation for the Supreme Court,” NBP leader Eduard Limonov said after the verdict. “Big players such as the Prosecutor General’s Office intervened and pressed the judges to discard their previous verdict.”
The court did not publish any reason for Tuesday’s decision, and no one answered the telephone at the Supreme Court’s press office on Tuesday afternoon. (more…)
Anti-Capitalism and Agitprop in the Rain
Monday, September 19th, 2005
More than 1,000 young left-wing protesters braved Saturday’s downpour to march amid a heavy police presence in the demonstration Anti-Capitalism 2005. While the young activists called it proof of the depth of their convictions, numerous onlookers said it was proof their loyalties had been bought and paid for.
A light drizzle started at noon as young people from Red Youth Vanguard, Eduard Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party, and the youth wings of the Rodina and Communist parties formed a column in the park on Chistoprudny Bulvar, chanting slogans such as “Socialism or death!” and “Capitalism is crap!” (more…)
NBP Says Kremlin Freed Men
Friday, September 16th, 2005An National Bolshevik Party official said Thursday that his party believed the Kremlin was involved in an attack last month on its members.
“A source in the police told us that Nikita Ivanov, who works for the presidential administration, personally went to free the suspects detained after the attack on NBP activists,” said Vladimir Abel, NBP deputy chairman. (more…)
Different Ends, Same Violent Means
Thursday, September 1st, 2005It is a bad sign when headlines start to get confusing. Didn’t I read this before, a couple of weeks, or maybe a month, ago? Did an underpaid hack, suffering from a hangover on a slow news day, decide to do some creative recycling? Or are news stories starting to run together in my head for some other reason — perhaps because certain things are happening over and over again?
I had that feeling of deja vu when I read about the Monday attack on National Bolshevik Party activists. As many as 30 people, armed with baseball bats and, according to some eyewitnesses, with gas pistols firing rubber bullets, attacked a meeting of opposition youth groups attended by NBP members. At least three people were seriously injured. I felt like I had read this news item a couple of times before. No wonder: well-organized thugs had already attacked NBP activists three times this year, in March and in January during their meetings and once, in February, when a group of activists was returning from a rally. (more…)
Masked Men Attack NBP Activists
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
Masked men wielding baseball bats and gas pistols, several of whom were wearing T-shirts bearing the emblem of the pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, attacked a group of National Bolshevik Party activists Monday night, activists who witnessed the incident said Tuesday.
The attack, which witnesses said lasted only a few minutes, left three people hospitalized. Opposition youth activists and political leaders accused Nashi of carrying out a well-planned attack against the Kremlin’s political opponents and warned of an escalating conflict. Nashi, or Us, which has condemned radical youth groups as “fascists” and proclaimed them to be its primary political foes, denied any connection to the attack. (more…)
The Opposition Changes Its Battle Cry
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
// Party Life
Yesterday, the Moscow Mayor’s Office held a conference on “The Activities of a Responsible Opposition in Revolutionary Conditions.” Members of opposition parties and movements amicably condemned the policies of Vladimir Putin and called for a battle against the ruling regime. But they were unable to agree on the forms of that battle. Yury Chernega reports.