Dima Yakovlev law –o Response to American freezing of some Russian assets. o Americans no longer allowed to adopt Russian children.

The boy, Dima Yakovlev, was left in the car for nine hours and died.

1. Civil Society in Russiaa. Weak middle classb. People’s passicityc. Disunity

2. Civil society Leading Powera. Intelligentsia

i. Students, teachers, doctors, scholars, writers…ii. Nicholas II hated intelligentsia

iii. Lenin “Intelligentsia is not the brain of the nation, it is the feces of the nation”

3. Opposition in Russiaa. In-System

i. Communistsii. Just Russia

iii. LDPRb. Out-system (Street opposition) – Mostly in Mosco

i. Left frontii. Other Russia

c. Personalities in Russian Oppositioni. Alexei Navalny

1. Currently under house arrest.2. Famous for anti corruption movements

d. Article 31:i. Constitutional right to assemble

1. Have to ask permission to assemble2. Often denied permission to assemble, leads to

crackdowns on protesterse. Antimaydan movement:

i. Opposition to opposition movementii. Maydan is Turkish for square

iii. Fight against change in Russia4. Patriotism in Russia:

a. Patriot Must:i. Love his homeland

ii. Stand aside any foreign impactiii. Support current political regime (or at least don’t criticize it)

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