Month: May 2011

May 30, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 30, 2011

TODAY: Gay rights parade in Moscow leads to attacks and arrests; Obama appoints McFaul as new Russia adviser; prison for police; Abkhazia President dies; lie detectors in Kazan; Khodorkovsky to appeal for parole. An unsanctioned gay rights parade ...
May 30, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 30, 2011

TODAY: Gay rights parade in Moscow leads to attacks and arrests; Obama appoints McFaul as new Russia adviser; prison for police; Abkhazia President dies; lie detectors in Kazan; Khodorkovsky to appeal for parole. An unsanctioned gay rights parade ...
May 29, 2011

Protect Yourself from Russian Corruption

Very interesting interview with Alexei Navalny in the Los Angeles Times. Last November you made a report to the U.S. Helsinki Commission about corruption in Russia. What were your recommendations and what was the reaction? I said that U.S. authori...
May 29, 2011

Protect Yourself from Russian Corruption

Very interesting interview with Alexei Navalny in the Los Angeles Times. Last November you made a report to the U.S. Helsinki Commission about corruption in Russia. What were your recommendations and what was the reaction? I said that U.S. authori...
May 27, 2011

Energy Blast – May 27, 2011

‘Has Russia missed the chance to strike a lucrative partnership with China over energy resources?‘  A rise in prices has boosted Lukoil’s first quarter income, although production has dropped 5.1%.  Rosatom wants to rev...
May 27, 2011

Energy Blast – May 27, 2011

‘Has Russia missed the chance to strike a lucrative partnership with China over energy resources?‘  A rise in prices has boosted Lukoil’s first quarter income, although production has dropped 5.1%.  Rosatom wants to rev...
May 27, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 27, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev ordered ministers to quit their roles at state firms, but Sberbank board member and central bank governor Sergei Ignatyev wants to keep his seat: ‘If there will be an order from President (to remove central ban...
May 27, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 27, 2011

President Dmitry Medvedev ordered ministers to quit their roles at state firms, but Sberbank board member and central bank governor Sergei Ignatyev wants to keep his seat: ‘If there will be an order from President (to remove central ban...
May 27, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 27, 2011

TODAY: G8 Summit commences, missile defense stalemate, WTO accession, Libya; Saakashvili blames Russia for demonstrations; Yabloko leader arrested; Navalny sues over fraud case; Khodorkovsky cell-mate describes forced attack; Islamic Cultural Cent...
May 27, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 27, 2011

TODAY: G8 Summit commences, missile defense stalemate, WTO accession, Libya; Saakashvili blames Russia for demonstrations; Yabloko leader arrested; Navalny sues over fraud case; Khodorkovsky cell-mate describes forced attack; Islamic Cultural Cent...