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The article focuses on the decision of Moscow's Tver Court to sentence eight National Bolshevik Party activists to three and a half years for causing a disturbance in the reception office of the president's staff in Russia. The activists were charged with property damage, vandalism, and violent seizure of power of the Russian Criminal Code but were withdrawn and instead filed a new charge, participation in a mass disturbance. The author discusses the highlights of the court proceedings. Party leader Eduard Limonov contends that the trial was a sham to intimidate opposition parties.

An excerpt from the article "March of Dissent Is Checked for Extremism," by Yekaterina Savina and Andrei Salnikov in the December 13, 2006 issue of "Kommersant," is presented.

The article reports that about 40 National Bolsheviks took over the Finance Ministry building demanding that the Russian government refund to its citizens the bank deposits they lost in 1991 to 1992. The protesters shouted and made leaflets asking for the money they lost to a total of 216 rubles and that the obligation to recognize such savings be prioritized. Moreover, authorities arrived and arrested some of the protesters, the author inferred.

Reports on the protest march organized by several leftist youth groups in Moscow, Russia. Number of activists who participated in the demonstration; Occurrence of provocation during the protest rally.

Reports on a wave of rallies that swept across Russia in March 2005. Call for resignation of the government and president; Call for the cancellation of the monetization of benefits and freedom of speech; Implications on Russian economics and politics and government.

Reports that civilian employees of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation picketed the Defense Ministry building in February 2005 demanding pay increases. Details of the striker's demand; Reaction of the government to the demands.