Tag Archives: U.S.

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – June 18, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: June 18, 2013

TODAY: G20 spy allegations provoke uneasy relations with U.S. and U.K.; Russia on its own on Syria at G8; Navalny takes witness stand; Freedom House sees worsening oppression in Eurasia; Alfa Group sets up London vehicle for $20 billion energy investment; Kremlin pulls reins on privatisation program.   New allegations leaked by Edward Snowden, that the [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 2, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: May 2, 2013

TODAY: Tens of thousands join pro-Kremlin May Day celebrations, Putin hands out Soviet-style awards; media freedom at a ten-year low; U.S. pushing for support on Syria; former Duma deputy charged with attacking a police officer; Olympic champion loses medal over doping. In what was supposed to be ‘a demonstration of Putin’s power’, yesterday’s May Day celebrations [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: 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 – April 22, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 22, 2013

TODAY: Boston bombers raise spectre of Chechen terror as ministers disassociate Russia from the attack; Moscow protesters detained; Fedotov wants NGO law scrapped; Egypt wants $2 billion Russia loan; Usmanov tops rich list; Polish minister fired over Gazprom dealings. The naming of the Boston bombers as brothers of Chechen origin has sparked new fears of [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 19, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: April 19, 2013

TODAY: Politkovskaya suspects probe ends; Medvedev’s Skolkovo raided; U.S. Senator meets Magnitsky family, pushes human rights factor; Vkontakte bought by Kremlin allies; Putin to choose next Dagestan governor; Sechin makes Time list; nurses sought in orphan beating. Investigators have ended their probe of the five suspects implicated in the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya, sending [...]

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NGOs: Bureaucratic Pressure and the Balance of Power

By Citizen M | Published: April 1, 2013

For the second time this year, a Kremlin official has slammed the United States for ‘undisguised interference’ in relation to foreign funding for Russia-based NGOs.  Aleksandr Lukashevich made these statements in response to the U.S. reasserting its intentions to continue funding such NGOs through third-country mediators, which, says Lukashevich, is an attempt to circumvent Russian laws [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 12, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: February 12, 2013

TODAY: Russia says ban on U.S. meat is long term; Kremlin blacklists critical blog hosting site; coal mine death toll reaches 18; Skolkovo embezzling; new probe in Navalny case; Gudkov hearing begins; new death penalty debate; Kremlin challenges ECHR over Yukos; Rosneft to raise over $14 billion in loans; journalists respond to communications minister. The [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 28, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: January 28, 2013

TODAY: Preliminary hearing in Magnitsky trial delayed; contrary to Medvedev’s statements, business elites unhappy about Magnitsky fallout; Prime Minister defends adoption law; Naftogaz gets $7 billion bill; U.S. withdraws from joint commission; U.S. families appeal to European Court over adoption law; organised crime crackdown. The preliminary hearing in the posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky, which [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 3, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: January 3, 2013

TODAY: Putin’s new laws increase service age for government officials, change parliamentary election rules, increase business visa limits, fine ticket touts; Russia outperformed Saudi Arabia in oil last year thanks to Rosneft; no ban on grain exports; new Cold War with U.S.? Rasputin. Reversing an attempt by former President Dmitry Medvedev to impose mandatory retirement [...]

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