Tiger (
Russian
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ТИГР, short for Товарищество Инициативных Граждан России, Fellowship of Proactive Citizens of Russia) is a
Russia
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n-based opposition
pressure group
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formed in 2008 in order to resist government implementation of higher car
import taxes.
[''Thousands of Russians march in protest over Vladimir Putin and the economy'']
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History
Tiger was set up in the eastern city of Vladivostok
Vladivostok ( ; , ) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia. It is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan, covering an area o ...
in December 2008 in response to Russian government actions raising import taxes for cars. Its activities have since spread to other areas of eastern Russia.[
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Activities
Tiger has been involved in a series of demonstrations that have taken place in December 2008 and January 2009. It also publishes a web-based newspaper ''Plamya'' (''The Flame''). According to The Times
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, it has called for "the resignation of Mr. Putin, the restoration of free speech
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and government respect for the constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
When these pri ...
".
In response, the "authorities responded forcefully, shutting down Tiger's website, arresting two prominent members and sending the feared FSB, the KGB
The Committee for State Security (, ), abbreviated as KGB (, ; ) was the main security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1991. It was the direct successor of preceding Soviet secret police agencies including the Cheka, Joint State Polit ...
's successor, to interrogate youngsters who had posted messages on the organisation's website."[
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References
External links
''Plamja'' (''The Flame'') web-newspaper published by TigerOrganisation's web-forum
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Political organizations based in Russia