Russia: Nashi, BBC, and the Upcoming Elections
Written byVeronica Khokhlova
Mark MacKinnon writes about the recent BBC ban and the Nashi movement's summer camps: “Both the Kremlin's bolstering of “patriotic” youth movements and its crackdown on non-state media outlets are moves directed at heading off any kind of Orange Revolution-inspired uprising in Russia around December's Duma elections and/or next year's presidential vote.”
Written byVeronica Khokhlova
