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 Dissenters' Marches. The coalition brought together representatives from a wide variety of political and human rights movements, liberals,
nationalists
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,
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and
communists
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(though the CPRF was absent), as well as individual citizens. The last Dissenters' March took place in 2008.
The group included both far left,
centre
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, and far right opposition leaders as well as mainstream liberals such as former
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Garry Kasparov
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Eduard Limonov
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, and the far-left
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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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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 " Dissenters' March". The name was first used by
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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
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Lyudmila Alexeyeva
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(
Moscow Helsinki Group
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* Mikhail Delyagin (Institute for Globalization Issues)
* Yuri Dzhibladze (Center for Development of Democracy and Human Rights)
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)
* Andrei Illarionov (Former senior economic advisor to the president)
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Garry Kasparov
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Eduard Limonov
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Vladimir Ryzhkov
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Vanguard of Red Youth
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Mikhail Kasyanov
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Russian People's Democratic Union
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, former Prime Minister); due to The Other Russia failure to agree on a single
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Russian nationalism
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