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February 21, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 21, 2012

News of a second bailout for Greece caused the ruble to weaken for a fourth day in a row.  The Russian Finance Ministry is scrapping plans to collect tax on corporate Eurobonds.  The U.S. Commercial Service has indicated rising interest in certain...
February 21, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 21, 2012

News of a second bailout for Greece caused the ruble to weaken for a fourth day in a row.  The Russian Finance Ministry is scrapping plans to collect tax on corporate Eurobonds.  The U.S. Commercial Service has indicated rising interest in certain...
February 21, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 21, 2012

TODAY: Pro- and anti-government activists fight for protest space; Medvedev meeting with opposition disappoints; Russia will not send envoy to Syria; gay rights activists paint rainbow on United Russia building; state poll predicts Putin win. Pro-...
February 20, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 20, 2012

US and European officials have ‘cautiously’ welcomed a letter from Iran proposing talks about its nuclear program, says the Washington Post.  IAEA inspectors are on their way to Tehran, hoping for a ‘constructive’ visit to ...
February 20, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 20, 2012

There has been another raid on the bank of tycoon and Kremlin critic Alexander Lebedev, just days after he nominated anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny for the board of airline Aeroflot, in which he owns a stake.  Russia is, according to the ...
February 17, 2012

Death Knell For Nashi?

Nashi, the youth wing of United Russia, has time and time again proved itself an energetic task force for the Putin regime, executing tasks ranging from simple yogic adoration of the party’s leaders at the Seliger summer camp, to actual acts...
February 16, 2012

From Kremlin To Cage, Via Youtube

A faux news broadcast imagining Putin’s arrest and trial might have proved more than just an exercise in video wish fulfillment and sharp use of visual effects.  With two million hits in two days  – it seems to have captured the public...
February 16, 2012

Energy Blast – Feb 16, 2012

‘The era of bullying nations has passed. The arrogant powers cannot monopolize nuclear technology’: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to defy international censure over the Gulf state’s nuclear regime.  Tehran has h...
February 16, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 16, 2012

International ratings agency Standard & Poor has reportedly forecast that Russia’s gross domestic product growth is to slow to 3.5% in 2012, from 4.2% in 2011.  Despite upheavals in exports to long-standing Arab clients and rivalry with ...
February 15, 2012

The Circus Continues

Putin’s pre-election circus is becoming increasingly grotesque, with his supporters attacking free speech on all sides in a bid to secure a criticism-free zone for the Prime Minister ahead of the presidential elections that he will win next month....