Month: May 2011

May 9, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 9, 2011

TODAY: Moscow marks Victory Day with parade; Khimki demonstrators arrested after clashes; forest fires; tandem split, Putin calls for Russian front to broaden popular support; nationalist coalition meets.  A military parade was held in Red Sq...
May 9, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 9, 2011

TODAY: Moscow marks Victory Day with parade; Khimki demonstrators arrested after clashes; forest fires; tandem split, Putin calls for Russian front to broaden popular support; nationalist coalition meets.  A military parade was held in Red Sq...
May 6, 2011

Energy Blast – May 6, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused oil companies of conspiring to force up gasoline prices, lambasting Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin for suggesting that higher prices were caused by a lack of products on the Russian market. ‘It...
May 6, 2011

Energy Blast – May 6, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused oil companies of conspiring to force up gasoline prices, lambasting Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin for suggesting that higher prices were caused by a lack of products on the Russian market. ‘It...
May 6, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 6, 2011

Bureaucracy and ‘defective institutions‘ are to blame for high prices of food, communications and real estate, says new analysis on Russia’s competitiveness.  Is the current attack on Domodedovo airport a backlash against th...
May 6, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 6, 2011

Bureaucracy and ‘defective institutions‘ are to blame for high prices of food, communications and real estate, says new analysis on Russia’s competitiveness.  Is the current attack on Domodedovo airport a backlash against th...
May 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 6, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev cancels Beslan meeting; United Russia ‘poster boy’ quits for A Just Russia; party member calls for Mironov’s resignation; Stepanova’s bank accounts frozen; Khimki activist beaten; Markelov/Baburova killers s...
May 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 6, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev cancels Beslan meeting; United Russia ‘poster boy’ quits for A Just Russia; party member calls for Mironov’s resignation; Stepanova’s bank accounts frozen; Khimki activist beaten; Markelov/Baburova killers s...
May 6, 2011

Ella Pamfilova on Rights and Politics

Since Ella Pamfilova’s resignation from the President’s Human Rights Council, she has turned her attention to NGO work.  RFE/RL catches up with her in a revealing interview that includes insights into her former role, the difficul...
May 5, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 5, 2011

The best independent Russian pollster, Levada Center, published results of its poll concerning attitude of Russian public towards independence of the Russian system. The results are somewhat paradoxical. 58% of those polled believe that the law wi...