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Russia organizes "Putin youth".(Insider Report)(Nashi - new youth organization)(Brief Article)
"With President Putin's popularity in sharp decline, the Kremlin has set up a new Russian youth movement to ensure its control of the streets in the event of mass anti-government protests," reported the March 1 Daily Telegraph of London. "Hundreds of youths, many belonging to the president's cultural society 'Walking Together,' held a meeting in a house owned by the Kremlin Property Department to launch the group.... The organization, which leaders hope will attract 300,000 members, was christened 'Nashi' (Ours), a word which in Russian has chilling nationalist overtones."
The March 4 Moscow Times offered details of the swearing-in ceremony. To the strains of the national anthem, a group of students at Balashikha's School No. 1 joined the ranks of United Russia's youth group Thursday with promises of "new friends, better careers and summer work," reported the paper. "The 18 smartly dressed students swore their allegiance to Young Unity--whose sole ...
- Anti-Putin youth movement draws wary Kremlin's notice.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) March 23, 2005 700+ words
...one purpose _ to crush this new anti-Putin youth movement. To crush physically," said...But underpinning the budding anti-Putin youth movement is a realization among some...subtle jab at a 3-year-old pro-Putin youth organization called Marching Together...
- RUSSIA: PUTIN YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS ANOTHER LITERARY TARGET.(Igor Plotnik)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database January 12, 2003 700+ words
The pro-Kremlin youth movement Walking Together has reportedly pasted leaflets in the Moscow metro protesting against the work of Igor Plotnik, newsru.com reported on 31 December. The leaflets urge a ban on the publication and sale of Plotnik's "Kniga schastya" ("The Book of Happiness") and calls
- RUSSIA: PUTIN YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS ANOTHER LITERARY TARGET.(Walking Together...
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database January 5, 2003 700+ words
The pro-Kremlin youth movement Walking Together has reportedly pasted leaflets in the Moscow metro protesting against the work of Igor Plotnik, newsru.com reported on 31 December. The leaflets urge a ban on the publication and sale of Plotnik's "Kniga schastya" ("The Book of Happiness") and calls
- RUSSIA: SCIENTOLOGISTS WANT PROTECTION FROM PUTIN YOUTH...(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database February 2, 2003 700+ words
Meanwhile, the St. Petersburg community of Scientologists has sent a protest to city authorities regarding the "protest action" launched by the pro-Kremlin youth movement Walking Together on 27 January, Interfax reported on 30 January. According to the agency, Anton Lychkin, the head of the
- Power To The Party.(World Affairs)(United Russia)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Matthews, Owen Nemtsova, Anna October 22, 2007 700+ words
...Nemtsova Vladimir Putin says he may lead United Russia when he leaves office. That will solidify...was one of three rank-and-file United Russia party members selected to share the...next March, he would consider leading United Russia and continuing in power as Russia...
- Echoes of Russia's Communist past? Some experts charge that the Kremlin-backed...
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor October 5, 2004 700+ words
...Gerasimov is the newest local member of United Russia, the Kremlin-backed goliath that...the party rank and file. "I hope United Russia will not repeat the experience of the...he adds. But some experts warn that United Russia increasingly resembles the former CPSU...
- United Russia congress to vote on party's draft program.
- Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire October 17, 2009 700+ words
United Russia congress to vote on party's draft program MOSCOW. Oct...Boris Gryzlov, chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, said a draft United Russia program had been sent out to the party's regional branches...
- RUSSIA: UNITED RUSSIA PARTY OFFERS PRIME MINISTER POST TO PUTIN.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service October 9, 2007 700+ words
...offered to him by the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party. Plucked from obscurity by former...In 2001, Putin helped establish United Russia, which now has the majority in the...legislative bills and procedures. United Russia, popularly referred to as Yedinaya...
Source: HighBeam Research, Russia organizes "Putin youth".(Insider Report)(Nashi - new youth...