Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a Russian human rights activist and head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, said she will try to receive the authorities' permit for the next March of Dissent.

The principles of the Helsinki Final Act are outdated and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) needs a new fundamental document that would take into account new realities.Add comments
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The heads of administration in cities damaged by forest fires must resign because they have lost people’s trust, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said during a surprise visit to the Nizhni Novgorod Region on Friday.
According to the law-enforcement agencies, 505 homes have burned down in the region. The residents of the Verkhnyaya Vereya, a village that burned down, told Putin the local authorities failed to organize and coordinate fire-fighting efforts.
Putin takes control of wildfire crisis
Strong quake rocks Russia's Far East
Iran to engage all Air Force bases for major drills
Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers set new flight duration record
No evidence of Russian cheating on START I - State Department
Russian Mosmetrostroy wins contract to build Israeli railroad
On July 28, the Akademik Fyodorov research vessel sailed out from Arkhangelsk and is heading to the Arctic on a 100-day expedition aiming to demarcate the Russian continental shelf.
What is the ultimate proof of the fact that a work of art has won global fame? Well, here it is - "Love Never Dies," the latest musical by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, has topped sales charts at key music stores in China. Local CD versions feature the key aria in Chinese, performed by famous soprano Zhang Lipin.
Every last Sunday in July Russia celebrates Navy Day. This year's celebrations were held on July 25. Sevastopol, the main base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, hosted a naval parade. In retrospect, this event requires serious appraisal.
In politics everything falls right into place sooner or later, and this is exactly what happened this week in the Afghan war, when tens of thousands of classified documents about the war were published. This information explosion will certainly affect President Barack Obama's approval ratings, as the Afghan war is now even less popular than it was during George W. Bush's presidency.
A naval infantry unit landing on floating armored personnel carriers has been one of the highlights of a recent review of the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol. Two companies disembarked from two large landing ships Yamal and Tsezar Kunikov, while other naval infantry units demonstrated hand-to-hand combat skills.
On July 26, 2000 the Russian-made Zvezda module docked with the U.S.-made Unity and the Russian-made Zarya modules, creating the International Space Station.