Working from the space

Pussy Riot, interviewed in the New York Times:

“It’s an art group, not a musical group — this is very important,” Fara said. They are multimedia, site-specific, activist performers. “We work from the space or the problem,” she explained.

Tsarnaevs' News Conference: a Transcript

The New York Times has published a transcript of the news conference given yesterday in Makhachkala, Dagestan, by the parents of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Opposition activist assassinated in Russia

Earlier today, the Ingush rights activist Maksharip Aushev was killed by automatic gunfire near Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkariya. The New York Times has a report.

No deal

The NY Times/Washington Post "secret deal" story appears to have been yet another bit of media noise raised by Washington lobbyists pressing for a softer U.S. policy on Russia, led by those who, like Senator Charles Schumer, would like to see a return to the past. At all events, the "deal" has now been denied by the person who is supposed to have offered it.

See also: Obama's Schumer problem