by Robert Beckhusen | Oct 18, 2012 | Monitor
Sergei Udaltsov speaks to supporters in May 2012. Photo: Mitya Aleshkovskiy/Wikimedia Ever since a protest movement fueled in part by social media erupted to challenge Vladimir Putin’s re-ascension to the Russian presidency, several opposition figures have found...
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
Alexei Navalny. Photo: Wikimedia Alexei Navalny, the Russian blogger who emerged as a prominent leader of an anti-Putin protest movement fueled by social media, is now facing up to 10 years in prison. On Tuesday, prosecutors from Russia’s State Investigative...
by Noah Shachtman | Jul 23, 2012 | Monitor
Eugene Kaspersky, Soviet officer turned software tycoon.Photo: Stephen Voss It’s early February in Cancun, Mexico. A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the previous night’s tequila and file...