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March 23, 2012

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

TODAY: Opposition members join forces as deputies rebel in Moscow; Pussy Riot detainee calls for meeting with Orthodox spokesperson; Russia’s anti-gay stance will stand out at G8; official presses Syria to take first steps; Kudrin to team up with ...
March 22, 2012

Energy Blast – March 22, 2012

China has cut its crude oil imports from Iran to just half of December levels and replaced them with Saudi Arabian purchases, in a move to pressure on Iran over a contract dispute.  Poland’s shale gas reserves could be as much as 85% less than las...
March 22, 2012

Energy Blast – March 22, 2012

China has cut its crude oil imports from Iran to just half of December levels and replaced them with Saudi Arabian purchases, in a move to pressure on Iran over a contract dispute.  Poland’s shale gas reserves could be as much as 85% less than las...
March 22, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 22, 2012

Vladimir Putin met with the President of Kyrgyzstan yesterday to discuss the latter’s possible entry into the Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia customs union.  The Skolkovo center is searching for the best new energy-efficient technologies for housing and...
March 22, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 22, 2012

Vladimir Putin met with the President of Kyrgyzstan yesterday to discuss the latter’s possible entry into the Belarus-Kazakhstan-Russia customs union.  The Skolkovo center is searching for the best new energy-efficient technologies for housing and...
March 22, 2012

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

TODAY: Russia agrees to back U.N. Syria resolution; Gorbachev to help re-form Social-Democratic Party; Moldova uprising? Sports minister vows to fight racism; Kazan protesters demand meeting; bloggers fear crackdown on online expression; NATO hub ...
March 22, 2012

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

TODAY: Russia agrees to back U.N. Syria resolution; Gorbachev to help re-form Social-Democratic Party; Moldova uprising? Sports minister vows to fight racism; Kazan protesters demand meeting; bloggers fear crackdown on online expression; NATO hub ...
March 21, 2012

Repression, Violence, and Backwards Steps

Homosexuality is being recriminalised in Russia.  Homophobic laws are already in place in Arkhangelsk, Kostroma and Ryazan, and St. Petersburg joined these cities last week by passing an anti-homosexual ‘propaganda’ bill, meaning that any non-hete...
March 21, 2012

Repression, Violence, and Backwards Steps

Homosexuality is being recriminalised in Russia.  Homophobic laws are already in place in Arkhangelsk, Kostroma and Ryazan, and St. Petersburg joined these cities last week by passing an anti-homosexual ‘propaganda’ bill, meaning that any non-hete...
March 21, 2012

Energy Blast – March 21, 2012

Vietnam and the Philippines have rejected China’s map of the South China Sea, over most of which China claims ‘indisputable sovereignty’, including blocks currently under exploration by ExxonMobil and Gazprom.  Polish gas monopoly PGNiG is plannin...