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October 5, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 5, 2011

TODAY: Rights activists call Aleksanyan death ‘murder’; dozens detained at rally; United Russia’s ‘charm’ offensive to gain middle class vote; Communist will play nationalist card.  The Eurasian Union and Putin’...
October 4, 2011

The Murder of Vasily Alexanyan

From Catherine Belton’s Financial Times coverage of yesterday’s death of Yukos lawyer Vasily Alexanyan, who, like Sergei Magnitsky, was denied urgent medical treatment while unlawfully jailed by the Russian government. “He would still ...
October 4, 2011

The Murder of Vasily Alexanyan

From Catherine Belton’s Financial Times coverage of yesterday’s death of Yukos lawyer Vasily Alexanyan, who, like Sergei Magnitsky, was denied urgent medical treatment while unlawfully jailed by the Russian government. “He would still ...
October 4, 2011

Russia’s Anti-Terror Ops in Turkey

Prof. Mark Galeotti (NYU) has an interesting piece in The Moscow News about the recent revenge killings of expatriate Chechens living in Turkey, raising troubling questions over the extra-territorial activity of state security services (and natura...
October 4, 2011

Russia’s Anti-Terror Ops in Turkey

Prof. Mark Galeotti (NYU) has an interesting piece in The Moscow News about the recent revenge killings of expatriate Chechens living in Turkey, raising troubling questions over the extra-territorial activity of state security services (and natura...
October 4, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Business as a Battlefield

After reading a petition, my friend called me and said that the story of Vitaly Arkhangelsky, a businessman from St Petersburg, is of the same nature as the examples provided on the site. Please be reminded: the authors of the petition believe tha...
October 3, 2011

Energy Blast – Oct 3, 2011

Following reports of price issues at the end of last week, Turkey has decided to sever its gas contract with Gazprom under which it bought 6 billion cubic meters of gas annually.  Since the state pipeline company Botas announced the decision, Russ...
October 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 3, 2011

Ford has marked the start of a new venture with Sollers to produce Explorer SUVs in Tatarstan.  The U.S. carmaker is reportedly confident that sales growth in Russia will continue despite economic turbulence.  Norilsk Nickel may borrow as much as ...
October 3, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Oct 3, 2011

Ford has marked the start of a new venture with Sollers to produce Explorer SUVs in Tatarstan.  The U.S. carmaker is reportedly confident that sales growth in Russia will continue despite economic turbulence.  Norilsk Nickel may borrow as much as ...
October 3, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 3, 2011

TODAY: 40 detained at Moscow gay rights rally; whether the arrested were participants or opponents remains unclear; the activities of art’s enfants terribles Voina; Britain’s secret Magnitsky blacklist; FSB authorized to kill abroad, s...