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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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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 25, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 25, 2013

TODAY: Navalny calls trial ‘political revenge’; golden parachutes not restricted in state monopolies; rights groups issue scathing reports; Putin to hold Q&A today; corruption revealed in connection with Angolan debt; U.S. officials travel to Dagestan over Boston bombing. Alexei Navalny, the anticorruption blogger who once branded United Russia as ‘the party of crooks and thieves’, [...]

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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 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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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 3, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 3, 2013

TODAY: Putin issues three-month disclosure deadline, reverses Medvedev’s gubernatorial election reform; NGO inspection reaches Voronezh; Nizhny Novgorod fraud; Moscow may not sign new UN treaty on arms; orphanages report; Gazprom losing value despite export boom; Polonsky released. President Vladimir Putin has issued a three-month deadline to Russian officials to close their foreign bank accounts if [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 29, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: March 29, 2013

TODAY: Washington likens NGO searches to witch hunt; Putin defends raids, but suggests caution; Lev Ponomaryov faces charges; President attempts reinvigoration of All-Russia People’s Front. Surprise naval exercises in Black Sea; military hardware delivered to Venezuela; suspicions remain over Berezovsky’s death.  Vladimir Putin has described the latest spate of raids on NGOs as ‘routine measures‘, whilst noting that [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 27, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: March 27, 2013

TODAY: Germany warns Moscow on NGO raids; senator quits in citizenship scandal; urban election transparency. Berezovsky remembered; teenage Russian orphan claims abuse at hands of American adoptive parents; Hermitage Russia fund to close. BRICS meeting sees deals on nuclear and helicopters; development bank in the works. Another branch of the Memorial rights organization in Moscow has [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 19, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: March 19, 2013

TODAY: Proposed Cyprus bank levy prompts criticism from Putin; President’s judo partner going for gold (of a kind) at Sochi Olympics; economic growth looking sluggish. Max Shatto’s parents will not face charges in adopted son’s death; Foreign Ministry concerned about Washington’s missile defence system; hate crimes report; Ultra Orthodox group take on Yabloko and Darwin.  A [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: March 8, 2013

TODAY: 100th anniversary of Women’s Day in Russia vs gender inequality; corruption language ban; Mikheyev charged with fraud; Putin promises bank surprise; 25% of crude to go East by 2015; Lukoil’s record profits; Filin attacker denied bail; Tolokonnikova seeking parole. This year marks the 100th year of International Women’s Day in Russia, and will be [...]

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