Tag Archives: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 6, 2013

TODAY: Protesters gear up for May 6 anniversary march; poll says Russians believe Navalny trial is corrupt; Putin praises Kirill as 4 million gather for Easter mass; bird group branded ‘foreign agent’; Moscow official shot dead; missing plane found. As some protesters await trial and others remain under house arrest for taking part in protests on [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 30, 2013

TODAY: Russia may suspend flights after alleged Syrian airspace hostilities; U.S.-Russia relations improve after bombing; Japan and Russia pledge to solve territorial dispute; Tajiks claim intolerance; cash-rich Surgutneftegas; suspects detained over Caspian Highway embezzlement; opposition trials. Aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia is urging Russia’s airlines to suspend its flights over countries caught in military conflicts, after reported [...]

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

TODAY: HRW slams Russia for worst human rights year since Soviet times; Russia welcomes new U.S. Secretary of State; Pussy Riot member sent to hospital; central bank rejects Putin’s calls to ease monetary policy; Ukraine says it will settle with Gazprom according to the terms of its contract; temporary return of ‘Stalingrad’ draws criticism. The Foreign [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 3, 2012

TODAY: Putin praises Stalin’s modernisation during Borodini re-enactment; Orthodox youth movement on the way; Strategy 31 demonstrators arrested; Britain implements Magnitsky list; Gudkov faces ousting; oil extraction at new post-Soviet record; Otkritie takes Nomos Bank; Berezovsky humiliated; Tolokonnikova interview. An estimated 100,000-200,000 people attended a re-enactment of the 1812 Battle of Borodino in Moscow, at [...]

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