Tag Archives: Vladimir Putin

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 – June 17, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: June 17, 2013

TODAY: Navalny wins PARNAS backing for Moscow mayoral race; Putin meets Cameron in London, discusses Syria; Golos fine upheld as Putin indicates willingness to change ‘foreign agent’ law; Putin denies stealing Super Bowl ring as Kraft passes off accusations as a joke; Tereshkova space anniversary.  Kremlin critic and anti-corruption campaigner, Alexei Navalny, won the PARNAS [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – June 13, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: June 13, 2013

TODAY: Thousands march against Kremlin as Putin ‘elected’ head of People’s Front; Sobyanin wants tougher penalties for migrant workers, prepares for election; Germany slams new anti-gay law, Russia unswayed; Rosneft teaming up with ExxonMobil on Arctic; BP cuts Russia reserves estimate. Thousands of opposition activists marched in Moscow yesterday for Russia Day, calling for an [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: June 12, 2013

TODAY: Nationwide ban on ‘gay propaganda’ passes, anti-blasphemy law passes; gay rights protesters arrested and beaten by counter-protesters in Moscow; Putin slams U.S. interference during ‘soft’ Russia Today interview; Moscow mayor campaigns begin; police to patrol Russia Day; Foreign Ministry extends asylum application to Snowden. The State Duma yesterday unanimously (436-0) passed a law that [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – June 10, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: June 10, 2013

TODAY: Navalny to run for Moscow Mayor; snap elections are pro-democracy, says Sobyanin; TV show pulled following Putin divorce joke; Gazprom and RWE dispute talks fail; the mismanagement of Gazprom; Rogozin brags of missile defense shield; Pussy Riot, Bolotnaya Square, monks, Perepilichny. Vladimir Putin’s move to call snap elections in Moscow for the mayoral post [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – June 7, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: June 7, 2013

TODAY: Bolotnaya Square protesters’ detentions extended; Putin and wife announce divorce; Kasparov’s exile snubbed by Investigative Committee; Medvedev says E.U. blocking Gazprom Nord Stream access; Central Bank to hold interest rates; Communists want Elton John to dress down. The trial against the 12 Bolotnaya Square protesters, charged with violence against police and participation in alleged [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: June 4, 2013

TODAY: Politkovskaya suspects on trial again; gay rights activist calls for tolerance in wake of murders; Moscow mayor may run for early re-election;  Labour Code restricts outsourcing; E.U.-Russia Summit begins; Gazprom courting local providers. The second trial of five men suspected of involvement in the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya six years ago began in [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 31, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: May 31, 2013

TODAY: Guriev discusses political pressure, says he will not return; fears of liberal brain drain; academics fear ‘foreign agent’ label will damage economic research; Levada Center refusing foreign grants; Belousov chosen as new Putin adviser; Lavrov slams Syrian rebels, confusion over reports of Russia sending missile defence to Assad government; FSB makes migrant allegations; hackers [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: May 28, 2013

TODAY: VKontakte ordered to remove group pages; population decline reversing? Nabucco pipeline threatened by South Stream; Borodin money-laundering case; anti-corruption wishlist; Putin in Bishkek for CTSO meetings; Olympic conference convenes; Arctic research platform; crane collapse.  Social network VKontakte has been ordered by the federal communications watchdog to remove all references to children’s fashion from its [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 27, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: May 27, 2013

TODAY: Gay rights activists arrested in Moscow; Memorial appeals rejected by court; tolerance, protest, anti-Semitism; Medvedev says relationship with Putin guarantees his political career; VKontakte banned ‘by mistake’; Russia’s Browder request denied by Interpol; Kyrgyzgas goes to Gazprom.  30 gay rights activists were arrested at a rally outside the Duma in Moscow on Saturday, and [...]

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