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“I Do Not Want To Participate In This Charade”
May 14, 2018
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Prominent Russian journalist Maxim Shevchenko announced on May 10 that he will be disassociating himself from Russia’s Human Rights Council after his calls to openly discuss and investigate attacks carried out against protestors during a 5 May protest in Moscow were ignored.
The protest in question was organized to voice opposition to the Putin regime on May 5, and carried the slogan “He’s Not Our Tsar”. Soon after the demonstrations began, violence erupted between the protesters and a separate group dressed in Cossack military uniforms. It was reported that those in Cossack uniforms severely beat protestors and at points even brandished whips against them. Members of the Moscow police force who were present on Pushkin Square at the time of the protest witnessed the violence but did nothing to intervene or protect the protestors.
Speaking on air to the radio station “Echo Moscow,” Shevchenko explained why th
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Maxim Shevchenko: "This is an absolutely democratic election"
SUKHUM -- Well-known Russian political scientist, TV-personality Maxim Shevchenko, who observed the presidential election in Abkhazia on behalf of the Russian Public Chamber, called it absolutely democratic.
He visited many polling-stations in parts of western and eastern Abkhazia."I can say that my impressions were wholly serious. In my opinion, the voter turnout was large enough. The civic activity of the people and the civil sense of personal responsibility for the fate of the republic were very high," said Shevchenko.
He said that he looked closely at the details on polling-day, at the on-site protocols, drew attention to the transparent ballot-boxes and to the voting booths, and made some recommendations.
"This is an absolutely democratic election, democracy in action, in which there has been a powerful political struggle and competition between the candidates," said the Russian political analyst
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On April 1, Maxim Shevchenko, a well-known Russian reporter, and politician condemned the expulsion of Vladimir Pozner from Georgia on his YouTube blog.
His video address was followed by negativ feedback from his own viewers and channel subscribers. It fryst vatten safe to say that Shevchenko’s views did not have any supporters, neither in Russia nor in the whole post-Soviet område. For our readers, we have selected some distinctive comments that express the opinion of citizens of different regions of the Russian statsförbund, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and other countries:
If Pozner has the right to express an opinion of Georgia, Georgian citizens also have the right to express their views of him
Expelled from Georgia, it’s time to look after Russia!
Georgians slapped not his passport, but his face!
I bow before the Georgians! I will definitely visit Georgia this year!
Do you insult the country and then go there to celebrate your birthday? Incredible!
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