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March 29, 2012

Energy Blast – March 29, 2012

After lengthy prevarications, Bulgaria has apparently finally abandoned joint plans with Russia to build the 2,000 megawatt Belene nuclear power plant on the Danube River.  It has been said that the EU member state will build a new gas power plant...
March 29, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 29, 2012

A ‘defiant’ tone has apparently been noted at the current BRICS summit, where Brazil’s Trade and Industry Minister Fernando Pimentel has expressed hopes for a communique from the emerging market leaders which will denounce what t...
March 29, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 29, 2012

TODAY: Family of Pussy Riot member threatened as third woman detained; Patriarch Kirill’s p influence under scrutiny; the path from protest to politics; registration of parties to become simpler.  Police brutality in Siberia and elsewhere; b...
March 29, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 29, 2012

TODAY: Family of Pussy Riot member threatened as third woman detained; Patriarch Kirill’s p influence under scrutiny; the path from protest to politics; registration of parties to become simpler.  Police brutality in Siberia and elsewhere; b...
March 28, 2012

Energy Blast – March 28, 2012

French oil giant Total has admitted, according to Bloomberg, that an emergency well may be needed to stem the leak at its North Sea Elgin platform, an operation that would take at least six months.  Presidents Obama, Medvedev, and Nazarbaev of the...
March 28, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 28, 2012

President Medvedev has arrived in New Delhi for the two-day BRICS summit, at which the leadership of the IMF and World Bank will be discussed, amongst other matters.  The Washington Post reports that the BRICS are in fact considering creating thei...
March 28, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 28, 2012

President Medvedev has arrived in New Delhi for the two-day BRICS summit, at which the leadership of the IMF and World Bank will be discussed, amongst other matters.  The Washington Post reports that the BRICS are in fact considering creating thei...
March 28, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 28, 2012

TODAY: Medvedev says Romney comments smack of ‘Hollywood’; Obama defends ‘flexibility’ on missile defense; but is flexibility with Putin the real problem, wonder some observers; the perils of swapping Jackson Vanik amendmen...
March 28, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 28, 2012

TODAY: Medvedev says Romney comments smack of ‘Hollywood’; Obama defends ‘flexibility’ on missile defense; but is flexibility with Putin the real problem, wonder some observers; the perils of swapping Jackson Vanik amendmen...
March 27, 2012

Remembering Marina Salye

On March 21, long-term Putin adversary Marina Salye passed away at the age of 77.  The origins of the one-time St Petersburg councillor’s battle with Putin can be traced back to 1990s when Salye attempted to expose the then deputy mayor̵...