Posts Tagged ‘S1039’

14
December 2011

Statement by United Civil Front Chairman Garry Kasparov

Statement by United Civil Front Chairman Garry Kasparov
Prepared on December 12, 2011

Just two days ago, my country of Russia saw the largest public protests since the fall of the Soviet Union twenty years ago. Well over a hundred thousand Russians took to the streets, over 40,000 in Moscow alone. The fraudulent parliamentary elections of the previous week were the spark for the protesters’ outrage, but the fuel of the fire is the increasingly dictatorial regime of Vladimir Putin and his puppet, Dmitri Medvedev. So far, their regime’s response to the overwhelming rejection of their corruption and oppression has been to ignore it. Putin plans to return as president in March, 2012, in what will surely be another fraudulent election, with the term of office now having been extended to six years.

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01
July 2011

The Top 10 Reasons You Should Support S. 1039

Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Communications Center

When people think of President Barack Obama’s “reset” policy with Russia, the first things that come to mind are the deferral of the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, a new nuclear arms reductions treaty, or maybe even the friendly hamburger summit with his contemporary President Dmitry Medvedev.

While there are no shortage of arguments disputing the advantages and failures of the reset strategy, when it comes to human rights, the most impactful policy proposal comes not from the White House or State Department, bur rather an item of legislation conceived last year by Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-Md). The draft law aims to become a model for the way governments can emphasize values and combat human rights abuses through the creation of specific disincentives targeted at those responsible. How does it work? Instead of punishing citizens who also suffer under these officials, the law would focus on visa restrictions of certain officials, and halt their use of Western financial institutions to launder ill-gotten funds.

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