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

By Citizen M | Published: May 25, 2012

TODAY: Navalny vows prison threat will not deter anti-Putin struggle; opposition walk out of meeting on new protest fine bill; US criticizes Russia’s rights record; is Putinism an anachronism?  Black Sea dolphin deaths shock ecologists; Russia sees dirty tricks behind Sukhoi superjet crash; 4 Russian bikers arrested in Iraq ‘They won’t scare us with iron [...]

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The Unfortunate Gift of Foresight

By Citizen M | Published: May 24, 2012

In popular culture the year 2012 is charged with impending apocalypse, largely thanks to its apocryphal significance in the Mayan calendar.  Could this be the year that sees Putinism lurch towards a grizzly end?  A new report today from the Moscow-based Center for Strategic Research portends doom and gloom: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 24, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 24, 2012

TODAY: Putin refuses to veto new bill raising protest fines; Navalny and Udaltsov released from jail but faces new pressures; Russia test fires ICBM successfully; military jet crashes; Russia’s new health minister Kremlin human rights council head Mikhail Fedotov has been scolded by President Putin for publicly criticizing the new bill raising fines for protests, [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 23, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 23, 2012

TODAY: ‘Energy tsar’ Sechin regains to directorship of Rosneft; Putin draws ex-ministers into presidential circle; bill on greater fines for protestors tentatively approed; Moscow city authorities start turf war with protestors; Poland cautions Russia on NATO’s European defense plans; population growth It has been reported that Prime Minister Medvedev has signed a decree to appoint [...]

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Putin’s Cabinet of Cronies

By Citizen M | Published: May 22, 2012

Vladimir Putin has announced his new Cabinet, stuffed with long-term loyalists.  Igor Shuvalov is second-in-command.  Arkady Dvorkovich is the new deputy prime minister, replacing Igor Sechin.  Vladislav Surkov, Dmitry Kozak, Dmitry Rogozin and Alexander Khloponin all keep their existing positions as deputies.  Here’s a selection of what various sources are saying about the Cabinet of [...]

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Russia to Outgrow EU Economies

By Citizen M | Published: May 22, 2012

Mark Adomanis at Forbes calls out the Economist for repeatedly making news out of Poland’s economic performance, and pulls up some figures indicating that in fact it is Russia that looks to be the star performer this year.  Even by its own estimates, the country is on track to outgrow every European economy in 2012.  [...]

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Today in Russian Business – May 22, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 22, 2012

Russia’s unemployment rates, at 5.8% for April, are at their lowest since 2008.  Foreign investors have welcomed news of Vladimir Putin’s new cabinet as evidence of economic stability, but noted Vladimir Putin’s dominance. ‘We never expected a particularly reformist government, and nor do we have one.’  Bidzina Ivanishvili’s sale of his four development properties leaves [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 22, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 22, 2012

TODAY: Putin announces new Cabinet of loyalists; Medvedev to join United Russia; Yabloko leader detained at Duma picket; Nashi to form political party; Russia slams Chicago/Montreal Occupy arrests; ministry spokesman slams outside interference into Magnitsky case. President Vladimir Putin announced his new Cabinet yesterday, replacing three-quarters of the previous ministers, offering ‘no concessions to opposition [...]

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Today in Russian Business – May 21, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 21, 2012

46-year-old furniture magnate, Mikhail Kravchenko, head of one of Europe’s largest furniture holdings, has been shot dead by unknown attackers.  The Moscow Times profiles Alisher Usmanov, forecasting a lucrative year for the ‘politically-connected’ ‘visionary’.  Chinese infrastructure investors are putting money into the ‘empty’ Russian market.  Sberbank says it sees certainty over a privatization sale after [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 21, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: May 21, 2012

TODAY: Medvedev and Obama have informal meeting on G8 sidelines as Medvedev organises his cabinet; Putin’s new government dominated by those loyal to his project; Kremlin compiles dossier of its Public Chamber members’ fidelity; police arrest dozens at Moscow camps; NATO says missile defence shield up and running; blue lights of privilege on cars to [...]

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