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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 4, 2013

TODAY: Putin named most influential politician; Duma to consider nation-wide homosexuality ban; Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship; adoption ban continues to draw ire; militant robots. Foreign Policy magazine has named President Vladimir Putin the most influential political, business, and social figure in the world.  The Duma is planning to consider imposing a national ban on [...]

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

TODAY: Gubernatorial elections close, United Russia candidates win in all regions; Chirikova comes second in Khimki mayoral race; Human Rights Watch accuses Syria of using Russian cluster bombs, urges authorities to investigate homophobic attack. Gubernatorial election polls closed yesterday in five regions, with United Russia candidates expected to win all of them.  Opponents accused the [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 11, 2012

TODAY: One Pussy Riot member freed; homophobic criteria for joining Moscow business program; Turkey grounds and searches Russian passenger plane; isolationist policy shows split with U.S.; Canadian pleads guilty to espionage; Goldman Sachs pulls out of MegaFon IPO. One of the three Pussy Riot activists has been released following yesterday’s appeal.  Yekaterina Samutsevich has walked [...]

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Repression, Violence, and Backwards Steps

Homosexuality is being recriminalised in Russia.  Homophobic laws are already in place in Arkhangelsk, Kostroma and Ryazan, and St. Petersburg joined these cities last week by passing an anti-homosexual ‘propaganda’ bill, meaning that any non-heterosexual couple caught in a public display of affection can be fined up to $170 – all under the umbrella of [...]

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