Obama talks spur rights call by Russian activists

[Swede]

Source: Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rights groups and opposition parties called on Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday to step up the fight against corruption and build a freer society after they met U.S. President Barack Obama this week.

Boris Nemtsov, head of the pro-Western "Solidarity" party, told Reuters the meeting with Obama had given them new hope.

"Now (Prime Minister Vladimir) Putin and Medvedev will realize that there is more than just them in the political arena. We demand free political competition," he said.


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[SkyDaddy7]

1. Excellent News!

I just hope this will not spur another round of political assassinations or mass arrest of opposition leaders that seem to be common in Russia.

What makes me mad as hell is Russia, like many other countries in the world, helped us in the months following 9/11 only to be ignored and shit upon by the Cheney/Bush foreign policy! We had the world on our side following 9/11 and so much could have been done but instead the NeoCons used everyone including the American People to bully the world!