Tag Archives: Vladimir Zhirinovsky

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 26, 2013

TODAY: Berezovsky death ‘consistent with hanging’, suspicions remain; Amnesty offices searched; Putin backs Cyprus bailout deal; Gazprom firm on Ukraine prices; China’s new energy deals; Zhirinovsky re-elected. According to the postmortem examination, the cause of Boris Berezovsky’s death was ‘consistent with hanging’, and ruled out the possibility of a violent struggle, but as RFE/RL notes, the [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 14, 2013

TODAY: Kremlin’s rights council defends Navalny; A Just Russia ejects the Gudkovs; Razvozzhayev ‘disappears’; Hague criticises Lavrov on handling of Magnitsky case, Russia warns U.K. against arming Syrian rebels; economists analyse Nabiullina nomination; energy projects pending with China and Japan; Putin proposes Soviet-style phys ed. The Kremlin’s human rights council has defended Alexei Navalny, saying [...]

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

TODAY: Udaltsov birthday party ends in police scuffle; posthumous Magnitsky trial begins today; Pakhomov investigation premature; crime against journalists; meteor clean-up, Zhirinovsky blames U.S.; Kerry and Lavrov discuss meeting; Moscow Exchange sells its own shares; investor bear hug. A birthday party outside the Moscow apartment of opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, currently under house arrest on [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 29, 2013

TODAY: Magnitsky hearing planned for Feb 18, deceased lawyer’s mother calls for boycott; Navalny appeals to ECHR; Pozner apologises to ward off threats of tv ban; Putin dismisses leader of Dagestan; Deripaska goes after Central Bank; possible Polyus Gold buyers named; Thais protesting Russian business; Naftogaz, Zhirinovsky, Filin. A Moscow court has set preliminary hearings [...]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 23, 2013

TODAY: Gay rights protest turns violent; May 6 protesters are sentenced, await trial, go on hunger strikes; man charged with slander over church criticism; Lavrov promises retaliation against and a commitment to better ties with U.S.; post Jan 1 adoptions to be granted; Syria evacuation; Medvedev at Davos. Yesterday’s gay rights demonstration against a new [...]

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