http://www.rferl.org/archive/The_Power_Vertical/latest/884/884.html The Power Vertical is a blog written especially for Russia wonks and obsessive Kremlin watchers by RFE/RL staffers Brian Whitmore and Robert Coalson. http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/The_Power_Vertical/latest/884/884.html en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:50:45 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Veteran human rights activists are appealing to Russia's increasingly assertive anti-racist movement to forswear violence, even as they face increasingly lethal attacks from militant nationalist groups. http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Strikes_Back/1882507.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Strikes_Back/1882507.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:48:00 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/Antifa_Strikes_Back/1882507.html#relatedInfoContainer But the problem of corrupt and abusive cops long preceded the rise of Vladimir Putin and the siloviki and it will probably not go away once they leave the scene. In fact, it was endemic throughout the supposedly liberal years of Boris Yeltsin's presidency. http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Few_Bad_Men/1877501.html http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Few_Bad_Men/1877501.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:19:36 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Few_Bad_Men/1877501.html#relatedInfoContainer A police officer posts videos on the Internet alleging widespread police malfeasance and corruption. Prosecutors announce that 22 criminal cases have been opened in connection with the state corporation Russian Technologies. What do these two events that made headlines in Russia this past week have in common? http://www.rferl.org/content/Cops_Corporations_And_Clans/1876483.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Cops_Corporations_And_Clans/1876483.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:22:30 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/Cops_Corporations_And_Clans/1876483.html#relatedInfoContainer An influential think tank is advising President Dmitry Medvedev that he needs to establish an alternative power structure answerable only to him in order to reach his goal of modernizing Russia. http://www.rferl.org/content/Your_Own_Personal_Vertical/1867679.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Your_Own_Personal_Vertical/1867679.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:45:30 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/Your_Own_Personal_Vertical/1867679.html#relatedInfoContainer Next week the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is expected to choose a new representative on freedom of the media. Of the six nominees, two are considered to have the best chances: Mikhail Fedotov, the secretary of the Russian Union of Journalists and a coauthor of Russia’s surprisingly liberal mass media law (surprising because it has failed so spectacularly to protect freedom of the press) and Oleg Panfilov, director of the Moscow-based Center for Journalism in Extreme ... http://www.rferl.org/content/Gas_Or_Freedom/1865471.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Gas_Or_Freedom/1865471.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:11:57 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/Gas_Or_Freedom/1865471.html#relatedInfoContainer What is Vladislav Surkov up to? Some Kremlin watchers think he is gearing up for an all out clan war with unpredictable consequences. http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Kremlin_Marriage_Of_Convenience/1862728.html http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Kremlin_Marriage_Of_Convenience/1862728.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:46:57 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/A_Kremlin_Marriage_Of_Convenience/1862728.html#relatedInfoContainer