Tag Archives: Ilya Ponomaryov

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 7, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: May 7, 2013

TODAY: Tens of thousands gather for opposition rally, few detained; opposition volunteer killed; Levada Centre told to register as ‘foreign agent’; Kerry visits Moscow to discuss Syria; Lebedev trial begins; Beltyukov suspended. An estimated 20,000 people gathered in Moscow’s Bolotnaya Square yesterday, calling for the release of political prisoners being held for participating in opposition [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 1, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: May 1, 2013

TODAY: May Day demonstrations planned; Agora claims 267 rights organisations subjected to raids; Surgutneftegas and transparency; Skolkovo sues Ilya Ponomaryov; Ukraine and Putin; Gazprom and Europe; U.S. praises cooperation; flights suspended over Syria; Perm blaze owner sentenced. Roughly 1.7 million people are planning to take part in May Day demonstrations today in over 1,000 Russian [...]

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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 21, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: March 21, 2013

TODAY: Cyprus and Russia fail to reach bailout deal, talks continue; funds for assets deal mulled. Bolshoi ‘brothel’ claims rejected; Kremlin’s internal opposition to U.S. adoption ban; campaign against Dmitry Gudkov continues; Pussy Riot appeal rejected; new Amnesty report decries intimidation against lawyers in North Caucasus. Talks in Moscow between Cypriot finance minister, Michael Sarris, and [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 16, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: January 16, 2013

TODAY: Duma debates adoption ban as adoptive families remain caught in uncertainty; Kadyrov to appear on Magnitsky List; $1 billion to Bangladesh for arms purchases; Polonsky probe ongoing; Yuriev switches to U.S. market; private energy companies could be given access to continental shelf; Russian Railways suing Apple; moon, spies, domestic violence. The Duma has returned [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: October 25, 2012

TODAY: Rights groups outraged at Razvozzhayev’s account of psychological torture, Duma deputy to seek his asylum in Europe; Kudrin think tank says Russians now believe in possibility of revolution; migrants offended by brochure; Rosneft deal shows Sechin’s rise; pension directors in bid to save funds; easyJet wins Moscow flights. Rights groups and opposition members, including [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 1, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: October 1, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot appeal today, Church suggests would support lighter sentence if group ‘repent’; Ponomaryov banned from speaking in the Duma for a month; lawmakers push for strong Internet controls; Georgian opposition candidate suspected of Russia links; USAID ceases operations; AAR hires bank for TNK-BP bid; pensions and World Cup finance. A Moscow court is [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 25, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: September 25, 2012

TODAY: United Russia chooses media committee head, punishes critic; Radio Liberty to end radio broadcasts under new foreign agent rules, appoints Masha Gessen as head of its Russia service; AAR could make BP an offer for its entire TNK-BP stake; Gazprom says E.C. must deal directly with Kremlin over pricing dispute; YouTube blocked in Daghestan, [...]

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