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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 24, 2013

TODAY: Navalny trial reopens, is adjourned; independent investigation blames police for Bolotnaya Square unrest; Syria chemical weapons reports offer chance for U.S.-Russia cooperation; Novosibirsk journalists attacked; Putin wants growth proposals; Rosneft unveils giant production plans; Navalny’s request for Rosneft disclosure is denied; Boston bombers; Abramovich is top philanthropist. The trial against anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny reopened today [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 6, 2012

TODAY: Protesters turn to party politics; small group marches to mark anniversary of December 5 protests; Kudrin teaming up with Navalny; Perepelichnyy linked to Litvinenko suspect; Russia low on corruption index; Credit Suisse to close Moscow arm; Pussy Riot penalty could be used to block parole.  Members of the public are turning away from protest [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 17, 2012

TODAY: Sergei Udaltsov charged with mass disorder, faces jail, other protesters investigated; Politkovskaya preliminary investigation closed; United Russia deputy denies unlawful business activity accusations; Putin wants crackdown on terror; TNK-BP expecting cash offers by tomorrow morning; Sberbank wins massive loan.   The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against Sergei Udaltsov, who will be charged [...]

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

TODAY: United Russia lashes out at U.S. State Department, new bill could further limit NGOs; BP proposes to buy more Rosneft stock, appoint Russian director, after exiting TNK-BP; Kudrin says Russia is stagnating; Promsvyazbank plans IPO; Chechen campaign leader dies; time to rebrand the President?; no reduced sentence for Lebedev. United Russia has denied ‘groundless [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 19, 2012

TODAY: Kremlin forces USAID office to close; Putin slams officials, Medvedev; Russia to forgive 90% of North Korea debt; YouTube could be blocked over extremist video; deputies resigning from business positions in wake of Gudkov’s ouster; Pussy Riot priest supporter defrocked; Sberbank sale raises $5.1bn. At the Kremlin’s request, the United States will close its [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 18, 2012

TODAY: Duma says it will investigate other deputies for conflicts of interest; North Korea signs debt deal with Russia; Putin says military must improve its defences; interest in Sberbank sale is strong, MegaFon deal to go ahead within weeks; Russian companies boost dividends; Madonna sued in St Petersburg; Church continues to rent land for free. [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 17, 2012

TODAY: Duma ousts Gudkov, tens of thousands attend opposition rally in Moscow; Kudrin speaks out against Kremlin’s anti-opposition moves; Sberbank launches share sale; E.U. Energy Commissioner says Gazprom must comply; Duma moves to criminalise blasphemy; Masha Gessen. The State Duma, in a United Russia-backed vote, stripped Kremlin critic Gennady Gudkov of his seat on Friday, [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 20, 2012

TODAY: U.S. condemns latest Syria veto, Rosboronexport dropped from U.S. defence budget; Putin expresses caution over more open laws; Central Bank shift away from privatization; RDIF gets U.S. help; Sobchak seeks return of seized cash in court; Tatarstan religious killings. The U.S. has condemned Russia and China’s latest veto of Syria sanctions (their third) as [...]

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