The Other Russia (russian: Другая Россия; ''Drugaya Rossiya''), sometimes cited as Another Russia, was an umbrella coalition (2006–2008/2009/2010) that gathered opponents of

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and was known as an organizer of

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es. The coalition brought together representatives from a wide variety of political and human rights movements, liberals,

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and

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(though the

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was absent), as well as individual citizens. The last Dissenters' March took place in 2008. The group included both far left,

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, and

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opposition leaders as well as mainstream liberals such as former

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and

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leader

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(in 2006–2007), the radical

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leader

Eduard Limonov Eduard Veniaminovich Savenko ( rus, Эдуард Вениаминович Савенко, , ɨdʊˈart vʲɪnʲɪɐˈmʲinəvʲɪtɕ sɐˈvʲenkə, links=yes; 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020), known by his pen name Eduard Limonov ( rus, Эд ...

, and the far-left

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.Thousands Take to City Streets for Protest
by Galina Stolyarova, ''

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'', March 6, 2007. In 2010, the coalition has been dissolved.

History

The Other Russia was formed during a constitutional meeting in July 2006, (during the

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) in Moscow. Western diplomats, including British Ambassador to Russia Anthony Brenton, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

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, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

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and the

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, were boycotting the event over the participation of what they consider to be nationalist and extremist groups.''The Other Russia Conference Opens In Moscow'', Interfax, July 11, 2006 During the summer of 2006, the society prepared a "coalition of national harmony", designed to accumulate common positions among its members. Work on several agenda items are discussed in specialized work groups. The final text was presented for a general discussion at a meeting on November 22, 2006. On September 25, 2006, The Other Russia was declared a "national forum". On December 16, 2006, the first joint political rally took place in Moscow, named the "

". The name was first used by

in 2005. Later, on March 3, 2007, the next "Dissenters' March" took place in

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, which was the largest opposition rally made in recent years in Russia. A further "Dissenters' March" took place on April 14, 2007 in Moscow. Several people, including Garry Kasparov and former Prime Minister

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, were arrested, but released some hours later. Another rally was held on April 15 in Saint Petersburg.

Key people

Lyudmila Alexeyeva Lyudmila Mikhaylovna Alexeyeva (russian: Людми́ла Миха́йловна Алексе́ева, ; 20 July 1927 – 8 December 2018) was a Russian people, Russian historian and human-rights activist who was a founding member in 1976 of the ...

(

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) *

Mikhail Delyagin Mikhail Gennadyevich Delyagin (russian: Михаи́л Генна́дьевич Деля́гин; ; born 16 March 1968) is a modern Russian author, politician, and economist. A member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Delyagin took par ...

(Institute for Globalization Issues) * Yuri Dzhibladze (Center for Development of Democracy and Human Rights) *

Viktor Gerashchenko Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко; born 21 December 1937 Leningrad, Soviet Union), nicknamed ''Gerakl'' (the Russian version of Heracles, or sometimes of debacle), was the Gos ...

( Rodina, former Chairman of the Soviet and

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) *

Andrei Illarionov Andrey Nikolayevich Illarionov (russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Илларио́нов, born 16 September 1961) is a Russian economist and former senior policy advisor to Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, from April 2000 ...

(Former senior economic advisor to the president) *

(

) *

(

) * Yelena Lukyanova (Law Professor at

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

) *

Vladimir Ryzhkov Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Рыжко́в; born 3 September 1966 in Rubtsovsk) is a Russian historian and liberal politician, a former co-chair of People's Freedom Party (2006 � ...

( Republican Party of Russia) * Georgy Satarov (Information Science for Democracy - INDEM) *

Sergei Udaltsov Sergei Stanislavovich Udaltsov (russian: Серге́й Станиславович Удальцов; born 16 February 1977) is a Russian left-wing political activist. He is the unofficial leader of the Vanguard of Red Youth (AKM). In 2011 and 2 ...

(

/ Left Front/ Russian United Labour Front)

Former members

(

Russian People's Democratic Union The Russian People's Democratic Union (RNDS; russian: Российский народно-демократический союз; РНДС; ''Rossiyskiy narodno-demokraticheskiy soyuz'', ''RNDS''), initially named as People for Democracy and Jus ...

, former Prime Minister); due to The Other Russia failure to agree on a single

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, Kasyanov left The Other Russia in July 2007.Former Russian Premier Leaves Opposition Group
,

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(July 03, 2007)

References

External links

*
Другая Россия - Official site

Сайт «Марш несогласных»
- March of the Discontented
Итоговое заявление участников конференции «Другая Россия»
Concluding statement by the participants, www.kasparov.ru

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History

Key people

Former members

See also

References

External links