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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 8, 2013

TODAY: NGO crackdown protesters welcome Putin to Germany, Merkel calls on Russia to give NGOs a chance; protesters rally against May 6 arrests; Kudrin report says authorities hamper development; Magnitsky lawyer asks to be removed from ‘illegal’ case; Russia wants Shatto’s brother returned. President Vladimir Putin was greeted by ‘several hundred protesters’ on his arrival [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 19, 2012

TODAY: Magnitsky Bill passes in U.S. House, Foreign Ministry promises to respond; Merkel and Putin spar, sign deals; Putin accuses Pussy Riot of anti-Semitism; Moldova blocks expanded formal Russian presence; further arrests made in corruption cases; Pozner on Razvozzhayev.  Backers of the Magnitsky Bill, which would penalise Russians suspected of human rights abuses, are anticipating [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 16, 2012

TODAY: Corruption cases a Kremlin scheme? Protesters gather in support of jailed activists; Politkovskaya suspect case goes to court; Merkel meets Putin today; Gazprom consortium votes to finish South Stream; daylight savings, Putin’s health troubling investors; Mail.ru waiting on VKontakte. The recent emergence of two large-scale official corruption cases and the accusations linked to them [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 15, 2012

TODAY: Putin allows new treason laws to pass, amid criticism; Internet laws also criticised; Lavrov condemns Syria bloodshed; Magnitsky Bill progressing in U.S. Senate, Stepanova implicated in second case; all eyes on Merkel; MegaFon’s London listing. President Vladimir Putin has allowed ‘sweeping’  new amendments to the legal definition of treason to pass, with the new [...]

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