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October 7, 2011

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist recognized and ultimately punished for her fearless reporting on the Chechen conflict.  Amnesty International has a report on the lack of progress ...
October 7, 2011

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist recognized and ultimately punished for her fearless reporting on the Chechen conflict.  Amnesty International has a report on the lack of progress ...
October 7, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 7, 2011

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has sung the praises of the Orinoco oil belt to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin; the field is currently being exploited by a consortium of Russian oil majors and Petroleos de Venezuela.  Russia’s G...
October 7, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 7, 2011

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has sung the praises of the Orinoco oil belt to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin; the field is currently being exploited by a consortium of Russian oil majors and Petroleos de Venezuela.  Russia’s G...
October 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 7, 2011

TODAY: Amnesty laments lack of progress five years on from murder of Anna Politkovskaya; US pays tribute to slain journalist; Russia takes issue with Washington’s Spanish missile interceptor plans; are CIS nations really keen on idea of Eura...
October 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 7, 2011

TODAY: Amnesty laments lack of progress five years on from murder of Anna Politkovskaya; US pays tribute to slain journalist; Russia takes issue with Washington’s Spanish missile interceptor plans; are CIS nations really keen on idea of Eura...
October 6, 2011

Putin Trades Transparency For Votes

In case you were wondering why Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitri S. Peskov suddenly decided to fess up and reveal that Putin’s amphora discovery was a piece of PR theater, Ellen Barry has some suggestions.  It would seem that mid...
October 6, 2011

Putin Trades Transparency For Votes

In case you were wondering why Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitri S. Peskov suddenly decided to fess up and reveal that Putin’s amphora discovery was a piece of PR theater, Ellen Barry has some suggestions.  It would seem that mid...
October 6, 2011

China Espionage Revelation

Since Russia vetoed the UN sanctions on Syria, prompting an angry Hillary Clinton to accuse Moscow of standing on the ‘wrong side of history’, many assumed that the decision stemmed principally from the lucrative arms trade it enjoys w...
October 6, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 6, 2011

Troubles continue for Poland’s dominant natural-gas supplier, Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA, which claims it is posting losses on imports of the fuel that are not being covered by profit on domestically produced gas.  Gazprom is plann...