Russia

Moscow/Khimki: the battle with the adminstration heats up

Submitted by Blackblocinthewoods on Aug 1 2010 09:52

In recent days, the battle to stop the destruction of the forest in the Moscow suburb of Khimki has heated up. Activists have been protesting the building of an $8 million high speed toll highway between Moscow and Petersburg. This highway would destroy beautiful forestland around Moscow. Environmentalists say the highway can bypass the old oak forest.

Bogunsky and Lopatkin : Trotsky’s attacks on Red commanders

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 8 2010 09:36

A short account of Trotsky's involvement in the killing of Red commanders Bogunsky and Lopatkin

The shootings of Trofimovsky, Panteleev and Gneuchev: Trotsky imposes discipline in the Red Army

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 7 2010 16:32

A short account of events on the Eastern Front during the Russian Civil War.

The Anarchist and Maximalist uprising in Samara 1918

Submitted by Battlescarred on Jul 2 2010 20:28

A short account of the Anarchist and Maximalist uprising in Samara in May 1918.

Another murder committed by neo-Nazis in Moscow/Erneuter Mord durch Neonazis in Moskau

Submitted by Blackblocinthewoods on May 26 2010 11:41

Details of a murder by neo-Nazis in Russia.

Dozens of miners killed in Siberian blast

Submitted by ASyndicalist on May 17 2010 12:23

On the night of May, 8 a powerful explosion ripped through the Russia's largest coal mine Raspadskaya near the city of Mezhdurechensk, Kemerovo region, followed by another methane blast 4 hours later. Several ground-based structures were destroyed by the double blast which also led to the ventilation system being rendered inoperative. The exact death toll is still unknown.