#Pavel Aptekar

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The War on Academic Free Speech in Russia Why Should Professors Have Free Speech? Pavel Aptekar Vedomosti November 10, 2019 The desire of certain universities to control the things the public intellectuals they employ as professors say about socially important issues teeters on the verge of censorship and can hardly benefit their reputations, demonstrating only the growing fears of their administrators.

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JRL NEWSWATCH: "When flats become safe deposit boxes. Videos showing incredible amounts of money seized from officials and security services convince ordinary people of total corruption of state apparatus." [Russian daily says public convinced of 'corruption of state apparatus'] - Vedomosti/ Pavel Aptekar

JRL NEWSWATCH: “When flats become safe deposit boxes. Videos showing incredible amounts of money seized from officials and security services convince ordinary people of total corruption of state apparatus.” [Russian daily says public convinced of ‘corruption of state apparatus’] – Vedomosti/ Pavel Aptekar

“The phrase … a ‘flat where the money lies’ is increasingly … literal … [when there is] confiscation from yet another high-ranking official or security services officer of colossal amounts of cash stored … at home, in bags and packages. … Rosbalt … and … other media … reported … money and valuables worth R12bn … confiscated from FSB [Federal Security Service] Col Kirill Cherkalin, former chief of…

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How to Shut Down an Independent Trade Union in Russia — The Russian Reader How to Shut Down an Independent Trade Union The reason for the rapid dissolution of Alexei Etmanov’s union was a complaint about what it does: defending the rights of workers Pavel Aptekar Vedomosti January 12, 2018 The St.

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Spooky Knowledge and the Russian Police State Opposition shaman Alexander Gabyshev was detained while walking to Moscow to exorcise Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy of…

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(Don’t) Pay Your Rates A Petersburg housing services worker risking life and limb to clear snow off the roof of a tenement building in the city's downtown.