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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 23, 2013

TODAY: Amnesty highlights Russia’s rights failures; Pussy Riot member on hunger strike; witness called by Navalny prosecutors backs his innocence; Rosbank CEO dismissed, assets seized; Council of Europe to expand in Russia; Putin centralising control. Amnesty International’s country-by-country annual human rights report for this year remarks that Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency has curbed freedom [...]

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

TODAY: Navalny trial announced; new law to protect procurement; Putin orders Gazprom to revisit Yamal pipeline plan in potential blow to Ukraine; Pussy Riot Alyokhina to be transferred; prison guard given suspended sentence for murder; VTB’s Tele2 deal approved; Bazhenov. A provincial court has announced that the widely criticised and ‘politically motivated’ trial of Alexei [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 5, 2013

TODAY: Putin and Yanukovych meet, no decision reached on gas price; anniversary of Stalin’s death; Rusal’s plans to shrink output could cause unrest; Putin allies increase wealth; Alyokhina denied suspended sentence; first lesbian magazine published; suspect arrested in Filin attack. Following a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, President Vladimir Putin said that there [...]

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

TODAY: Medvedev wants 5% yearly growth, ministers suggest it isn’t possible; Maria Alyokhina loses appeal; Pussy Riot priest loses post; Ryabykh detained in fraud case; Konovalov’s opposition to NGO law; court overstated Khodorkovsky laundering figures; U.S. court fines Russia over Jewish books. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev pressed the Cabinet to ensure ‘sustainable economic growth of [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 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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