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January 19, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 19, 2012

TODAY: New League of Voters snubbed by furious Putin; Shuvalov links unrest with economic prosperity; Gudkov and Ryzhkov claim phones are tapped; Navalny meets with Orthodox representatives; gay rights protest request denied; Britain admits to spy...
January 19, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 19, 2012

TODAY: New League of Voters snubbed by furious Putin; Shuvalov links unrest with economic prosperity; Gudkov and Ryzhkov claim phones are tapped; Navalny meets with Orthodox representatives; gay rights protest request denied; Britain admits to spy...
January 18, 2012

The Countdown Begins

Some analysis of Vladimir Putin’s current position appears in The Economist this week, where author G.F. suggests that Alexei Kudrin is playing turncoat by ‘masquerading‘ as a reformer, and that Putin’s apparent concessions...
January 18, 2012

The Countdown Begins

Some analysis of Vladimir Putin’s current position appears in The Economist this week, where author G.F. suggests that Alexei Kudrin is playing turncoat by ‘masquerading‘ as a reformer, and that Putin’s apparent concessions...
January 18, 2012

The 5 Steps to Democracy

Vladimir Ryzhkov in the Moscow Times today picks apart the accusation (leveled most noisily by Vladimir Putin) that the opposition – or as Ryzhkov has dubbed them, ‘the Decembrists 2.0’ – have no clear platform.  On the contrary, he sa...
January 18, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 18, 2012

Gazprom is fighting to keep its market share in Europe by ‘significantly’ dropping prices in France, Germany, Slovakia, Italy and Austria: good news for companies that have struggled under long-term deals that tied import rate to oil prices.  Does...
January 18, 2012

Energy Blast – Jan 18, 2012

Gazprom is fighting to keep its market share in Europe by ‘significantly’ dropping prices in France, Germany, Slovakia, Italy and Austria: good news for companies that have struggled under long-term deals that tied import rate to oil prices.  Does...
January 18, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Jan 18, 2012

Although the practice is supposedly rare, the National Anti-Corruption Committee says there has been no let-up in bank-related raiding, despite various federal agencies attempting to combat it.  Andrei Borodin and Dmitry Akulinin, two former Bank ...
January 18, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 18, 2012

TODAY: McFaul meets with opposition; youth group head blames Medvedev for current unrest; Zyuganov signs opposition-led platform; NTV journalist fired for political activities; 95 charged with election fraud; Prokhorov suggests premiers; Medvedev ...
January 18, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 18, 2012

TODAY: McFaul meets with opposition; youth group head blames Medvedev for current unrest; Zyuganov signs opposition-led platform; NTV journalist fired for political activities; 95 charged with election fraud; Prokhorov suggests premiers; Medvedev ...