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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 8, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 8, 2013

TODAY: Russia and U.S. put differences aside to discuss Syria; agree on calling international conference on the problem state; Kerry meets rights activists; three more added to foreign agent list. Putin attacks cabinet performance; corruption looms over Russia’s economy; Alexander Lebedev granted London visit; prison break. Following talks during which U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry [...]

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Digital Gitmo

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 7, 2013
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There is a prevailing attitude in Washington today that the rights of certain people and businesses can be suspended at their choosing. This weakens rule of law and creates huge risks for our future. Megaupload may be a well known victim, but it will not be the last.

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Megaupload: A Case Based on a Law That Doesn’t Exist

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 7, 2013

And here goes an excerpt of the coverage on The Next Web. The legal team supporting Kim Dotcom argue that Megaupload was used to share a “spectrum of content” including family photographs, academic coursework and files, including videos and music, that was purchased through legal means. It admits that some of these files including potentially [...]

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Prime Minister of New Zealand Misled by U.S. Government

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 7, 2013

Here goes some of the initial coverage of the Kim Dotcom white paper in the New Zealand Herald: Kim Dotcom has called for an investigation into the FBI case against Megaupload in a legal review which accuses Prime Minister John Key of being misled by the United States. The “White Paper” released by Mr Dotcom [...]

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The Kim Dotcom / Megaupload White Paper

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: May 7, 2013
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Today we are proud to announce the launch of the White Paper “Megaupload, the Copyright Lobby, and the Future of Digital Rights: The United States vs. You (and Kim Dotcom).

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 17, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 17, 2013

TODAY: Navalny trial adjourned at request of defense; comparisons with Khodorkovsky trial abound; Pekhtin lands on feet despite foreign assets controversy. Raid on social network; another NGO under pressure; new amendments to electoral procedures to favour Kremlin. Putin expresses sympathy over Boston bombings; abuse of adoptees in both Russia and U.S. The head judge in [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: April 15, 2013

TODAY: 18 U.S. officials banned from entering Moscow after Magnitsky blacklist published; battle of the lists rages as U.S. negotiator arrives in Moscow; Alexei Navalny embezzlement trial kicks off. Nationalists rally, as do anti-Putin protestors; Putin’s sky high hopes for space programme; Peskov’s pay slip. Following Washington’s publication of the blacklist of Russian officials who [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast- April 12, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 12, 2013

TODAY: ‘Irreplaceable’ reporter Mikhail Beketov laid to rest; NGOs hit back at Putin over foreign funding claims; COE joins in criticism of the ‘foreign agents’ law; Kremlin considers legislation to protect religious sentiments. Moscow renews commitment to Baikonur cosmodrome; heavy losses in steel sector; Rosneft and Exxonmobil unveil LNG project; warming ties with Georgia Activist Yevgenia [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 11, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 11, 2013

TODAY: Graft business is booming, say government stats; former deputy agricultural minister held for embezzlement; beleaguered sports official Akhmed Bilalov faces charges; concerns about the state of Russia’s economy grow. Foreign Ministry asserts that U.S. and Russia agree on North Korea; move to ban advertisement of pregnancy termination gains ground; Putin’s popularity dwindling? The perils of [...]

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Cyprus and Putin’s Slavophile Pivot

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: March 31, 2013

The worsening banking crisis in Cyprus has proven to be an interesting measuring stick of many assumptions. Sullied by its reputation as a haven for wealthy Russians and the dark arts of tax avoidance, Cyprus has not received the sort of sympathy over the suffering of its completely innocent citizens like in cases such as [...]

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