Russian Fan Violence Puts Spotlight On Ultranationalist Supporters Chief

Edit Radio Free Europe 14 Jun 2016
MOSCOW -- When French police stopped a bus carrying Russian soccer fans to Lille for Russia's next Euro 2016 match, Russian Supporters Union chief Aleksandr Shprygin thrust himself into the spotlight. Live-tweeting from the scene, he cast fellow fans on the union bus as innocent victims of ham-fisted police work ... Aleksandr Shprygin in 2010. x. Aleksandr Shprygin in 2010. The Kremlin made efforts to avoid that outcome ... ....

Dozens Of Russian Soccer Fans Detained Over Euro 2016 Violence

Edit Radio Free Europe 14 Jun 2016
French officials say they have placed 43 Russian soccer fans in police custody on suspicion of being involved in clashes during the Euro 2016 tournament ... Meanwhile, Aleksandr Shprygin, head of the Russian Union of Supporters, said 29 supporters were being deported from France, adding they had "violated no laws in France." ... ....

Resolutions of the Board meeting conducted on June 10, 2016 (IDGC of Urals OJSC)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
(Source. IDGC of Urals OJSC) 14 June 2016. Ekaterinburg (Ural Federal District, Russia) - IDGC of Urals, OAO (MICEX. MRKU) reports on Board resolutions ... The Board of Directors has appointed Aleksandr Nikolayevich Fadeev, Deputy General Director for Security at Rosseti (PAO), as the Chair of the Board of Directors....

France Checking Russian Soccer Fans For Hooligans

Edit Radio Free Europe 14 Jun 2016
French officials are checking the identities of Russian soccer fans in a search for supporters who may have been involved in clashes with English fans that injured dozens at a weekend game ... Aleksandr Shprygin, the head of a Russian fan group, said in a tweet sent from the bus that French riot police had stopped the bus in the city of Cannes ... ....

Human Rights Watch Concerns and Recommendations on Kazakhstan (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
(Source. HRW - Human Rights Watch). Human Rights Watch Concerns and Recommendations on Kazakhstan. Submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on the occasion of its Second Periodic Review of Kazakhstan. May 2016 ... 2, 9, 21) ... The criminal case against Aleksandr Kharlamov, a journalist, opened in March 2013 on charges of 'inciting religious discord' appears to remain open, although he was released from pretrial detention in September 2013....

Lithuanians claim top honours in second stage of Latvian Beach Volleyball Championship Ergo Open (CEV - European Volleyball Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016
All the top Latvian players were present, but Janis Smedins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs and the recently injured Edgars Tocs ... In the second semi-final Toms Smedins/Aleksandrs Solovejs booked their second consecutive Ergo Open final by beating Hermans Egleskalns/Ingars Ivanovs - two players from the core of the Latvian men's Volleyball national team - in three sets 2-1 (18-21, 21-16, 15-6)....

Court rules in PN’s favour in first of 91 ‘right to vote’ cases against Electoral Commission

Edit The Malta Independent 13 Jun 2016
A court today ordered the Electoral Commission to revoke Aleksandr Olegovich Zaikin’s right to vote due to inconsistencies in his application to be listed on the Electoral Register. The man didn’t show up for his court cases on 8 June or today 13 June to explain his situation ... ....

From kitchen slaves to industrial workers – the superwomen of Soviet art

Edit The Guardian 13 Jun 2016
Work, Build and Don’t Whine explores the iconography of women in the 20th century and how their roles changed from revolution to revolution. @FisunGuner ... Twitter. Mukhina, who died in 1953 (the same year as Stalin), was a winner of five Stalin prizes ... The title of the exhibition is taken from a poster by Aleksandr Deyneka, one of the leading proponents of Soviet social realism and an artist who was as decorated with honours as Mukhina ... ....

11 European men’s teams secure ticket to Rio through Olympic Ranking (CEV - European Volleyball Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Jun 2016
(Source. CEV - European Volleyball Confederation) 13/06/2016 01.23. 11 European men's teams secure ticket to Rio through Olympic Ranking. News from the FIVB. Hamburg, Germany, June 12, 2016 ... With the men's finals in Hamburg having taken place on Sunday, the men's list is complete, including 11 European teams. Quick links. Men's Olympic Rankings. Rio 2016 Beach Volleyball ... 6, Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia, 19, 5,390 ... (noodl....

Kaspersky and 'Dark Ages' of internet

Edit Deccan Herald 13 Jun 2016
Kaspersky finds himself at the forefront of the battle against cybergangs, one of the largest emerging threats ... The computerised elevator you just left is vulnerable to cyberattacks, as are your smartphone and smartcar. Your bank, without question. Your electricity and water supplies could be at risk ... “He loves to be in the spotlight,” said Aleksandr Plushev, who covers tech for the Echo of Moscow radio station ... ....

Russia Flexes Its Muscles In Turkmenistan

Edit Radio Free Europe 12 Jun 2016
Most recently Aleksandr Sternik, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third CIS Department, made just such an offer on January 3, 2016, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov repeated the proposal during a visit to Ashgabat at the end of January.  ... Aleksandr Sternik made his offer of security assistance for Turkmenistan....

Euro 2016: Late equaliser deals blow to England hopes

Edit Deccan Chronicle 12 Jun 2016
Marseille. Russia captain Vasili Berezutski headed a last-gasp leveller against England to steal a 1-1 draw in a European Championship match marred by a third day of fan violence ... "It's very disappointing," said Dier ... Russia resumed in more positive fashion after the interval and when Aleksandr Kokorin broke free on the right to set up Artem Dzyuba, it took Raheem Sterling to rush in and clear the danger ... ....

Euro 2016: 31 injured as England, Russia fans clash in Marseille

Edit CNN 12 Jun 2016
(CNN)Packs of Russian and English football fans clashed in the French city of Marseille in a third straight day Saturday, as the specter of hooliganism returned to European football at the Euro 2016 championship. Fans brawled before and after the match at Marseille's Stade Velodrome, forcing police in riot gear to fire tear gas to disperse crowds ... England forward Wayne Rooney, left, collides with Russia midfielder Aleksandr Golovin ... ....
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