Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Chelyabinsk Workers Hope Bringing Back Serfdom will Improve Their Position

October 16, 2019

Russia Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Chelyabinsk Workers Hope Bringing Back Serfdom will Improve Their Position Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Serious Prison Reform Could Boost the Russian Economy, Gallyamov Says Voice of America - English: Catalans March on Barcelona After 2 Nights of Violence Europe: A Norwegian man is on trial for employing undocumented migrants. He’s thrilled. "turkish coup 2016 and russia" - Google News: Turkey's invasion sparks NATO crisis, but eviction is unlikely - Stars and Stripes Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Chelyabinsk Workers Hope Bringing Back Serfdom will Improve Their Position 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, October 13 – A group of union workers in Chelyabinsk have launched an appeal to officially restore serfdom in Russia. They say that in fact serfdom exists but that its official restoration will give them benefits that they do not now enjoy and lead factory owners to treat them better than they are doing now. Read More Window on Eurasia -- New Series: Serious Prison Reform Could Boost the Russian Economy, Gallyamov Says 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, October 13 – If conditions in Russian prisons were significantly improved, Abbas Gallyamov says, such a development could lead to an improvement in the investment climate because businessmen, risk takers by their nature, would not be constrained as many are now by the fear that they could be confined in horrific conditions. Read More Voice of America - English: Catalans March on Barcelona After 2 Nights of Violence 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) BARCELONA, SPAIN - Spain’s government said Wednesday it would do whatever it takes to stamp out violence in Catalonia, where clashes between regional independence supporters and police have injured more than 200 people in two days. Read More Europe: A Norwegian man is on trial for employing undocumented migrants. He’s thrilled. 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Viste had sought to trigger legal action by hiring 70 undocumented migrants, reporting himself to the police and updating authorities on a regular basis. Now that he’s gotten the trial he’s been waiting for, he hopes it will force Norway to reconsider its policy denying legal employment to migrants living in limbo — those who have been rejected for asylum but who cannot be deported. Read More "turkish coup 2016 and russia" - Google News: Turkey's invasion sparks NATO crisis, but eviction is unlikely - Stars and Stripes 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Turkey's invasion sparks NATO crisis, but eviction is unlikely BRUSSELS — Turkey's invasion of northern Syria — along with the criticism and threats of sanctions brandished by fellow NATO members at Ankara over the offensive — is close to sparking a crisis at the world's biggest military alliance. Read More

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