Altai Republic

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Crackdown on Communists Continues in Altai Region Ahead of Elections

Siloviki in #Altai region have detained two more members of #CPRF: regional party secretary Vitaly Buldakov and former chief accountant Natalya Chistokletova. The news was announced by Maria ...Prusakova, head of

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⛔️🗳️ Two Communists Barred From Elections Over Anti-Facebook Protest A court in #Omsk found two #CPRF members guilty of displaying “extremist symbols” — over a photo from a 2019 (!) protest against #Facebook. Those convicted are: – Vladimir Vinichenko, a regional parliament

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21 NOV, 2025 1991788152332210237

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🔴 Pressure on the Communist Party (СPRF) is intensifying across Russia’s regions as the country moves toward the 2026 elections

In #Altai Krai, a criminal case has been opened against an opposition regional MP. A day earlier, searches were carried out at the ...home of Lyudmila

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🚨 UPD: A court in Gorno-Altaysk has sentenced #Altai lawyer and activist Dmitry Todoshev to 12 days of administrative arrest for “disobeying police.”

Earlier, traffic police broke Todoshev’s arm while dragging him out of his car (on video), allegedly forcing ...him to take a

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Police officers in Russia’s #Altai Republic broke the arm of lawyer and activist Dmitry Todoshev, a vocal critic of the local municipal reform. A video published by the Asians of Russia project shows traffic police dragging Todoshev from his car as he offered to take a sobriety

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Police officers in Russia’s #Altai Republic broke the arm of lawyer and activist Dmitry Todoshev, a vocal critic of the local municipal reform.

A video published by the Asians of Russia project shows traffic police dragging Todoshev from his car as he offered to ...take a sobriety

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Irkutsk Region Next in Line to Abolish Local Self-Government At the end of October, the Legislative Assembly of the #Irkutsk region will consider a draft law abolishing the region’s two-tier system of local self-government. Currently, Irkutsk region operates under a mixed

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Another national republic in Russia wants to keep municipal level of governance

Governor of #Altai Krai Viktor Tomenko (United Russia) has supported the preservation of the two-tier system of local self-government in the region, even though some districts have already... switched

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Dagestan and Yakutia Intend to Preserve the Two-Tier Municipal Governance System The governments of #Dagestan and #Yakutia have almost simultaneously announced plans to retain the existing two-tier system of local self-government (#LSG) in their regions. Dagestan’s head Sergey

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A Criminal Case on “Calls for Terrorism” Opened Against Altai Activist Aruna Arna

The 🇷🇺 Investigative Committee’s announced a criminal case against prominent #Altai activist Aruna Arna on charges of “public calls for terrorism.”

Investigators accuse ...Arna of publishing videos

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🚨 UPD2 On the morning of 24 September, security forces raided the home of Aruna Arna, a prominent grassroots leader in the Republic of #Altai who has been actively opposing the municipal reform. The Telegram channel “Voice of Altai. Voice of Russia”, which covers the Altai

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On the morning of 24 September, security forces raided the home of Aruna Arna, a prominent grassroots leader in the Republic of #Altai who has been actively opposing the municipal reform.

The Telegram channel “Voice of Altai. Voice of Russia”, which ...covers the Altai

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Municipal Reform Faces Uncertainty After Putin-Zyuganov Clash The 2025 electoral cycle is now over, and truly significant issues are once again returning to Russia’s political agenda. One of them is the fate of municipal reform. Just a few days after the elections, an

22 AUG, 2025 1958815921130078235

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🚨 Altai local deputies defy Kremlin-backed municipal reform

Despite a recent court ruling upholding the municipal reform, resistance continues in the Republic of #Altai.

📝 Deputies from four districts have refused to amend local charters — a necessary step ...for implementing

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⚖️ Courts in Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Altai Republic have rejected lawsuits challenging Russia’s municipal reform. 📍 #Altai Republic: Local lawyer Dmitry Todoshev sought to overturn the regional law introducing a one-tier system of local self-government, arguing it contradicts

19 AUG, 2025 1957728315051332075

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⚖️ Courts in Krasnoyarsk Krai and the Altai Republic have rejected lawsuits challenging Russia’s municipal reform.

📍 #Altai Republic:
Local lawyer Dmitry Todoshev sought to overturn the regional law introducing a one-tier system of local self-government, ...arguing it contradicts

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🇷🇺 Altai Continues to Protest Against Municipal Reform In the Republic of #Altai, residents gathered outside a courthouse to protest the abolition of the two-tier local self-government system. Inside, the court was reviewing a lawsuit against the regional parliament El Kurultai

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