Further informations about Russia are available in play list on my main channel: www.youtube.com and complementary video responses. Mirrored: www.youtube.com "Putin rejects European calls for election reforms. Protests have continued on an unprecedented scale and internet activists have awakened a politicised middle class. But with its bloody history, can a Russian revolution cut through the Kremlin's iron grip? "The opposition has no chance to be registered; as a party or a candidate", Boris Nemsov, Co-President of the People's Freedom Party, tells us. The opposition are required to jump through endless hoops to qualify and if they do they are simply told there are "formal registration errors". And the Kremlin has even more powerful tools it can use to silence its critics. Yevgenia Chirikova had her children taken and was thrown in jail, until petitions by thousands of supporters caused her charges to be dropped. "I understood then that in our country everything can happen. We still have political prisoners." The opposition aren't backing down though. In fact many are turning to new methods. Inspired by the Arab Spring, Timothy Tsvetkov has been waking people up to corruption through social networking. Already he has beaten the Government's censorship and brought the middle classes into the political arena. According to Boris Nemtsov, this Russian awakening could mean trouble. "We can never have a velvet revolution in this country. Our revolutions are bloody, brown and red."

Leader of Russian Opposition Boris Nemtsov delivering protest speech

protest video, Speach of Leader of Russian Opposition Boris Nemtsov

Protest video,statement of the leader of opposition

Protest Video, Statement of the Leader of opposition.

Putin rejects European calls for election reforms To see more go to www.youtube.com Follow us on Facebook (goo.gl or Twitter (www.twitter.com Protests have continued on an unprecedented scale and internet activists have awakened a politicised middle class. But with its bloody history, can a Russian revolution cut through the Kremlin's iron grip? "The opposition has no chance to be registered; as a party or a candidate", Boris Nemsov, Co-President of the People's Freedom Party, tells us. The opposition are required to jump through endless hoops to qualify and if they do they are simply told there are "formal registration errors". And the Kremlin has even more powerful tools it can use to silence its critics. Yevgenia Chirikova had her children taken and was thrown in jail, until petitions by thousands of supporters caused her charges to be dropped. "I understood then that in our country everything can happen. We still have political prisoners." The opposition aren't backing down though. In fact many are turning to new methods. Inspired by the Arab Spring, Timothy Tsvetkov has been waking people up to corruption through social networking. Already he has beaten the Government's censorship and brought the middle classes into the political arena. According to Boris Nemtsov, this Russian awakening could mean trouble. "We can never have a velvet revolution in this country. Our revolutions are bloody, brown and red." January 2012

У нас не раскол, а разделение труда -- Немцов о коалиции Инициативная группа организаторов декабрьских митингов протеста "За честные выборы" объявила о создании коалиции "Гражданское движение". Эта политическая ячейка стала четвертой, образованной за последнее время, оппозиционной организацией. www.ria.ru

Борис Немцов в неформальной обстановке Борис Немцов у нас в офисе, дружеская беседа

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