  Russian lawyer follows in Julian Assange’s footstepsDecember 7, 2010 - 15:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Blogger and activist, lawyer Alexei Navalny has launched a web site to track corruption in government tenders. The site, designed to resemble a government web site, is called RosPil in a reference to the Russian slang word for the embezzlement of state funds, “raspil” (literally “sawing”). It is operating in test mode at http://rospil.info/ but plans to move to Rospil.net later. The website is tracking online government tenders for proposals that set unrealistic terms or goals, a possible indication of rigged deals, The Moscow Times reported. Partner news  Top stories Microsoft revealed last week that it received 6-7,000 requests implicating 31-32,000 accounts in the last six months. It is believed that Fisa requests typically seek much more information. But it remains unclear how broad the Fisa orders might be. The acquisitions are the latest in a string under Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who is rebuilding the company on the fly. By mid-July, users will get to apply for IDs of their choice, and will find out which one they have got by mid-August.   Partner news |  Latest news Jennifer Lopez joins Antonio Banderas in “The 33”  In the film, 33 miners were trapped for 69 days before they were freed during a rescue operation that received extensive media coverage.Vin Diesel in “Riddick” action sci-fi trailer (video) The film sees Vin Diesel's eponymous anti-hero left for dead on a planet populated by a brutal and deadly alien race.New details on Yuri Gagarin air crash revealed Fellow cosmonaut Alexey Leonov claims an "unauthorised" plane flew too close to Gagarin's fighter jet, sending it into a spin.2 dead as minibus on Yerevan-Aleppo route hits taxi in Turkey Armenian citizen Tila Papikyan was taken to Yerevan-based Erebuni medical center; those injured were offered medical help on site. |
