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Yakutsk: A Tricolour Cake Meant for Orphans Was Eaten by Officials
Yakutsk government officials ate a tricolour-themed (a.k.a. Russian flag) cake, which was baked expressly for the Federal Flag Day celebration. Children from the local orphanage, seniors and all interested were invited to the celebration, yet only the officials got to … Continue reading
Posted in WTF
Tagged cake, National Flag Day, orphans, Russia, Sakha, Sakha Republic, tri-color, tri-colour, tricolor, tricolour, Yakutia, Yakutistan, Yakutsk
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Rostov Miners Declare Hunger Strike as Pay is Withheld
Rostov-on-the-Don, August 23. In Rostov oblast, the miners of the mining company, Kingcoal, announced the start of a mass unlimited hunger strike. The miners decided to take such measures due to multi-month delays in the payout of the salary. More … Continue reading
Posted in Working Class
Tagged Bankruptcy, Hunger Strike, mine, Miners, Mining, Rostov, Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia, Salary, strike
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An Uprising in Heroic Style: Summary of the Recent Conflict in Armenia
After taking over the police station in Yerevan, the armed activists of Sasna Tsrer seem to be old-fashioned heroes of the folk epic. However, their romantic nationalism impresses many. To better understand how the Daredevils of Sasun came into existence, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parties
Tagged Armenia, conflict, corruption, Erebuni, Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Sarkisyan, Sasna Tsrer, Sefilian, Vanoyan, Yerevan
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Jirinovsky Talking Geopolitics …
[Translator’s note: Although this article is politically irrelevant to the content of Left Russia, it can be used to understand Russian parliamentary ultra-nationalism and its main proponent apart from giving you a good laugh and a glimpse into Russian geopolitics … Continue reading
Posted in Colonies, Corruption & Fascism, International, WTF
Tagged America, Armenia, Armenians, Azerbaijan, conflict, fascism, geopolitics, Jirinovsky, Karabakh, LDPR, Nagorno-Karabakh, NATO, Russia, Turkey, USA
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History of ROT FRONT
The idea that led to the creation of a Front of anti-imperialist class forces is, of course, not new. The experiences behind the struggles of antifascist people’s Fronts of the 20th century, with Thälmann’s Rot Front in the foreground, are … Continue reading
Russia: Great Fatherland Party (PVO) Removed from Ballot
The federal list of the Great Fatherland Party (PVO), led by the writer, Nikolay Starikov, has been removed from the upcoming electoral list for the Russian Federal Duma. 14% of signatures in support of PVO have been declared invalid, whereas … Continue reading
Posted in Parties
Tagged Duma, elections, Great Fatherland Party, Moscow, parliament, Putin, Russia, United Russia
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Donetsk: The Third Extraordinary Congress of the Communist Party of the DNR Took Place
Even though many of the cities and villages of DNR (Donetsk People’s Republic) are constantly under the fire of the ukrofascist artillery and mortars, even though the road into the republic is not safe, fearless delegates and guests arrived to … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parties, Repression
Tagged communism, Communist Party, DNR, Donbass, Donetsk, expulsion, fascism, imperialism, Russia, socialism, Ukraine
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New Horizons of Russia’s Militarism
In April, the medias reported that as of September 1 of this year a new child organisation of the Ministry of Defence, Yunarmiya (ru: Youth Army) will start operating. This new step of Russian militarism brings to an end the … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption & Fascism
Tagged fascism, imperialism, militarism, military education, revolution, Russia, school, Working Class, Yunarmiya
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Communists are under threat of expulsion in Donetsk
They had already been expelled from the People’s Soviet in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) and were not admitted to a rally. Although it may seem strange, Donetsk has undertaken the process of decommunisation almost simultaneously with Ukraine. No, Lenin’s … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parties, Repression
Tagged Communist Party, DNR, DNR KP, Donbass, Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic, fascism, Free Donbass, KPRF, LNR, revisionism, Russia, Ukraine, Zyuganov
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Provisional Program of the Labourers’ Party of Russia (PTR)
Preamble: Our goal is to organise those into a mass party, who continue living in Russia by their own labour rather than by criminal income, who don’t take bribes and kickbacks, who don’t receive profit from capital and do … Continue reading
Posted in Parties, Working Class
Tagged Labourers' Party of Russia, party, PTR, Russia, state capitalism, technocracy
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