{"id":3365,"date":"2012-07-13T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=3365"},"modified":"2014-07-17T18:32:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:32:48","slug":"reading-the-russian-news-opposition-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/reading-the-russian-news-opposition-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the Russian News: Opposition Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u0414\u043e<\/span>\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u0443<\/span>\u0442\u0440\u043e, \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438!<\/strong> [Good morning, dear readers!] \u041a\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c, \u044f \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u044e \u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c<\/strong> [Every morning, I read the news in Russian]. It is a habit I got into last year, when we had to bring a news story to Russian class every day. I am sure I have said this before, but if you are learning Russian, I would highly recommend that you \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/strong> [read the news]. You can learn so much vocabulary from it! Today I will discuss an article I found at one of my favorite news websites: \u041a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u0442\u044a<\/strong> [Kommersant (it means businessman or merchant)]. Note that the paper spells its name with a \u0442\u0432\u0451\u0440\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u043a<\/strong> [hard sign]. Just like pre-Revolutionary Russia, right?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u0421\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0437\u044b\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u00ab\u041c\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u044e\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043f\u0443\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [The article is called “Protests lose their popularity”] and can be found here<\/a>. According to the article: \u0412\u0426\u0418\u041e\u041c \u043e\u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043b \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044b \u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0430 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f<\/span>\u043d \u043e \u0442\u043e\u043c, \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432\u0435\u0440\u043e\u044f<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u044b\u043c\u0438 \u0438\u043c \u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0436\u0443\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u043f\u0430\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0443\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u044f \u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u0438 \u0438 \u0441\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u043d \u0433\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b \u0432 \u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0443\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c<\/strong> [VTsIOM (All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center)<\/em> published the results of a poll of Russian citizens about how likely protests against falling living standards are and how many citizens are prepared to participate]. (Separate question: who can tell me what \u0412\u0426\u0418\u041e\u041c<\/strong> stands for in Russian?)<\/p>\n

30% \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f<\/span>\u043d, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0438 \u0432 \u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0435 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0434\u0430, \u0443\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044b, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432 \u0438\u0445 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0445 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u043c\u043e<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u044b \u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0441\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0435 \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u043b\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u0432 \u043f\u0430\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0443\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u044f \u0436\u0438<\/span>\u0437\u043d\u0438<\/strong> [30% of Russians, as at the beginning of the year, are certain that in their cities mass protests against falling living standards are possible]. I like this sentence because it demonstrates Russian punctuation (which I do not understand sometimes!). The aspect of Russian punctuation that is most different from English is how \u0437\u0430\u043f\u044f\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u044f<\/strong> [a comma] is required before \u0447\u0442\u043e<\/strong>. I believe this is the case all the time \u2013\u00a0though I am not certain, so any native speakers are welcome to weigh in about this matter!<\/p>\n

Anyway, moving on from punctuation, the article goes on to say that there is \u0441\u043d\u0438\u0436\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0447\u0438\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span> \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u043f\u043f\u043e\u0437\u0438<\/span>\u0446\u0438\u0438<\/strong> [a decline in the number of supporters of the opposition] at these rallies. There is also no consensus on who the leaders of the protests are.<\/p>\n

\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0433 \u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u041c\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0438\u043d<\/strong> [Political analyst Aleksei Makarkin] has an explanation for why people have stopped protesting: \u00ab\u041b\u044e<\/span>\u0434\u0438 \u0432\u0438<\/span>\u0434\u044f\u0442, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0438\u043d\u0433\u0438 \u043d\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0433\u043e<\/span> \u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span>\u044e\u0442, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u043a \u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043d\u0435 \u0440\u0435\u0430\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0443\u0435\u0442, \u043f\u043e\u044d<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0440\u0435\u0448\u0430<\/span>\u044e\u0442, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043d\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u043c\u044b<\/span>\u0441\u043b\u0430 \u0432 \u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0443\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [“People see that the protests don’t change anything, that the regime doesn’t react to them in any way, and therefore decide that there is no point in participating in them”].<\/p>\n

Have you been following the protests in Russia? What do you think?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u0414\u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0435 \u0443\u0442\u0440\u043e, \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438! [Good morning, dear readers!] \u041a\u0430\u0436\u0434\u044b\u0439 \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c, \u044f \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u044e \u043d\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0440\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043c [Every morning, I read the news in Russian]. It is a habit I got into last year, when we had to bring a news story to Russian class every day. I am sure I have said this before, but…<\/p>\n

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