GLOBAL POST: Hidden under a highway overpass in this rustic Sochi suburb miles away from any Olympics venue, the Sochi Games’ specially designated “protest zone” is the last place any out-of-towners would look.
For Russian officials, it was a convenient way of appeasing international pressure over the country’s dismal record on free speech. To critics, it was the shortest of olive branches…
On Tuesday afternoon, the stone-faced 48-year-old stood alone and determined in this leafy, nondescript park nestled next to train tracks, exercising her civic right amid the clacking of train cars and whizzing of traffic… (more)
EDITOR: We might not like what she advocates, but good for her for asserting her and her countrypersons rights.
