Tag Archives: WTO

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 4, 2012

By Citizen M | Published: December 4, 2012

TODAY: Putin in Turkey slams NATO missile plan; Obama urges renewal of nuclear disarmament partnership; journalist questioned over blog post; cases against opposition members continue; Abramovich to take stake in Norilsk Nickel; WTO membership to affect legal procedure; London embassy row; animator Khitruk dies. In Turkey yesterday on his first trip in two months, President [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: November 22, 2012

TODAY: NGOs targeted; Razvozzhayev charged with 15-year-old robbery; Putin’s WTO pessimism; wind farm plans; Shoigu in China; Rushydro to be recapitalised; OMV reconsiders relationship with Gazprom; Khodorkovsky criticises Dudley; YouTube removed from web blacklist. At least four non-governmental organisations were harassed with graffiti and pickets after the new law, under which foreign-funded NGOs must register [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: August 24, 2012

TODAY: Yabloko backs Chirikova for Khimki Mayor; Russia’s rights ombudsman will challenge Pussy Riot sentence; protesters face jail for May 6 action; Chubais focusing on importing R&D; Ukraine asserts energy independence from Russia with Skifska; Novatek edging out Gazprom; LGBT victory for Vkontakte users. The Yabloko party said it would back renowned environmental activist Yevgenia [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: August 22, 2012

TODAY: Russia enters WTO; on verge of securing oil deal with Syria, Russia promises the former will not use chemical weapons; Putin pumps diesel industry, Gazprom’s exports plummet?  Think-tank says Kremlin is grooming Politburo 2.0; Pussy Riot to trademark name; Gudkov wants warning dropped; would-be Putin assassin’s extradition delayed. Russia has ended its 19-year wait [...]

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

By Citizen M | Published: July 23, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot detention extended to 2013; Alexeyeva criticises Putin on her birthday as the President signs WTO and NGO bills into law; Krasnodar officials face jail; United Russia protester dies; investments from Italy. The detention of political protest and punk group Pussy Riot has been extended for another six months to 2013, prompting a [...]

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Magnitsky Act vs. Jackson-Vanik

By Citizen M | Published: July 16, 2012

The FT weighs in today on the debate over the Magnitsky Act, which would ban Russian officials implicated in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky from entering the U.S.  From Western journalists to Russian journalists to Vladimir Putin, the common line on the Act has been that the U.S. must ensure that no links are made between signing the [...]

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