Tag Archives: Arctic

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 15, 2013

TODAY: Meteorite shower in Urals injures hundreds; Georgian lawmaker convicted over opposition unrest; CPJ sees decline in Russia; ractopamine issues rile Europe. G20 finance ministers head to Moscow; Russia fails to wow global investors; Rushydro chief under pressure from Putin over dubious deals; Qatar interested in VTB. Rosneft looks for Venezuelan and Arctic deals; Putin’s [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 30, 2012

TODAY: Putin approves Gazprom’s plans to tap Asian market; internal disputes threaten A Just Russia; NYC exhibition on plight of Russia’s gay community; Lavrov discusses human rights with Lukashenko; Dagestan lawyer’s courage praised with award; Putin’s Obama vote. In a ceremony led by Vladimir Putin, Gazprom officially launched production at the Bovanenkovo field on the [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 5, 2012

TODAY: Human Rights Watch decries harassment of rights worker; Politkovskaya remembrance given go-ahead; Kremlin looks to curb tax evasion; Orthodox Church dips into election politics; Russia mulling foreign access to Arctic?  Moscow urges restraint on condemnation of Syria’s deadly Turkish attack; Putin’s birthday. It has been revealed that a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch, Tanya [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 17, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot remain defiant as this morning’s verdict looms, ex-Beatle joins the ranks of the global supporters; Patriarch Kirill in Poland, denies links between church and state; Other Russia member harassed by police; Gazprom plays down Arctic ecology risks; Russia’s vanishing electorate; shake up in space industry continues; extension of lease for Kyrgyzstan base. [...]

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

TODAY: Psychologists question prosecution’s analysis of Pussy Riot, free members pledge to continue protest actions; Orthodox priest’s car crash raises questions about church ethics; prisoners attempt mass suicide; gay asylum seekers; actor to play major role in Right Cause; Russian submarine lurks in U.S. waters. As the Pussy Riot verdict looms, around 100 Russian psychologists [...]

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