Unreported World7.30pm, Channel 4 Journalist Peter Oborne and director James Jones travel to Russia to examine the Nashi youth movement, who are dedicated to preserving the country’s interests while drumming up support for Vladimir Putin. With Putin wangling the constitution to become president for yet another lengthy term after a brief duration as “prime minister”, [...]
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November 4, 2011
November 2, 2011
in the spotlight: When socialites get political
in the spotlight: When socialites get political By Anna Malpas Published: November 2, 2011 (Issue # 1681) Last week, socialite and media personality Ksenia Sobchak caused a bit of a sensation in an Italian restaurant by going up and filming the founder of pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi, Vasily Yakemenko, having a pricey lunch with his [...]
October 31, 2011
Nashi vs. Nationalists in Unity Day march-off
The Russian youth movement Nashi has said it is planning its own Russian March on the Day of National Unity when 10,000 people of various ethnic origins will celebrate their Russian spirit. Nashi’s event is planned as a response to the traditional Russian March – a rally of ethnic Russian nationalists who claim that the [...]
October 26, 2011
Kremlin youth group asks media outlets to remove clip of leader dining
A pro-Putin youth group has asked media outlets to remove a video of the movement’s leader dining in one of Moscow’s most luxurious restaurants. The video of Nashi leader Vasily Yakemenko, recorded on a mobile phone, was posted by socialite and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak on her Twitter account on Sunday night. It shows her [...]
October 16, 2011
Pro-Kremlin activists ‘cut power’ to opposition meeting
Activists from a pro-Kremlin youth group have cut off power to a building in south Russia where some of country’s most prominent opposition leaders were to hold a conference, the independent website grani.ru reported. Boris Nemtsov, Ilya Yashin and Lev Ponomaryov were forced to hold a meeting with supporters in the pitch darkness after members [...]
September 15, 2011
Cold War bunker nurtures new cyber-warriors
Gathered at a Cold War bunker, a yet-unnamed Russian youth organization is being conjured into life. Its mission? To launch an online information war to prevent an Arab Spring-type uprising in Russia. On Wednesday, the project’s participants came together at Moscow’s Cold War Museum – also known as Bunker-42 – hidden 65 meters under Taganka, reports the [...]