Month: January 2011

January 20, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 20, 2011

TODAY: 21 arrested at Markelov/Baburova memorial; Solidarity activists fined over leaflets; Medvedev meets Oleg Kashin; visa-free travel between Russia and Chile; Smolensk crash transcripts released; education reforms will cut curriculum in favor ...
January 19, 2011

Russia Begs Ikea to Return

At least that’s the message I take away from Medvedev’s well-timed decision to award the Order of Friendship to Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad.  It seems somewhat absurd to talk about the company’s “contribution to Swedis...
January 19, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Will the West Help?

The book and film starring Ostap Bender, the fictional adventurer of the 1920s conceived by the writers Ilf and Petrov, remains popular in Russia to this day. In one of the chapters of the book, Bender exclaims “The West will help us!”...
January 19, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Will the West Help?

The book and film starring Ostap Bender, the fictional adventurer of the 1920s conceived by the writers Ilf and Petrov, remains popular in Russia to this day. In one of the chapters of the book, Bender exclaims “The West will help us!”...
January 19, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, Jan. 19, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev continues to face problems relating to an order he signed pertaining to areas of land near Russia’s borders that foreigners are not allowed to own. According to an article in Vedomosti, the Ukase also affects foreig...
January 19, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, Jan. 19, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev continues to face problems relating to an order he signed pertaining to areas of land near Russia’s borders that foreigners are not allowed to own. According to an article in Vedomosti, the Ukase also affects foreig...
January 19, 2011

Energy Blast – Jan 19, 2011

Rosneft would like a favorable ‘new tax regime‘ for its Kara Sea oil and gas project in the Arctic, ‘based on profit‘ and ensuring that the project is ‘economically sound‘.  Reuters explains the high cost o...
January 19, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Jan 19, 2011

Four Russian members of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being investigated for corruption by Britain and Russia, and have had their diplomatic immunity removed as part of the inquiry.  Whistleblower Alexei Nava...
January 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 19, 2011

TODAY: Poland blames Russia for Smolensk; psychiatrist dies after detention; journalist released from prison; Nemtsov describe attack; church says drunk women are to blame for attacks; Medvedev reiterates support for independent Palestine; Russia ...
January 19, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 19, 2011

TODAY: Poland blames Russia for Smolensk; psychiatrist dies after detention; journalist released from prison; Nemtsov describe attack; church says drunk women are to blame for attacks; Medvedev reiterates support for independent Palestine; Russia ...