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June 23, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 23, 2011

TODAY: Party of People’s Freedom denied registration; OSCE request to send hundreds of observers to Duma elections; Chaika re-appointed; rights activists call for action on Belarus; Kremlin angered over Sofia vandalism; Karelia death toll ri...
June 22, 2011

‘Pilot Error’ or Time to Scrap Tupolev Fleet?

Russian officials are eagerly towing the line that ‘pilot error‘ was to blame for the plane crash in Karelia that killed 44 of its 52 passengers yesterday – just as they did following the Smolensk plane crash that killed Polish P...
June 22, 2011

‘Pilot Error’ or Time to Scrap Tupolev Fleet?

Russian officials are eagerly towing the line that ‘pilot error‘ was to blame for the plane crash in Karelia that killed 44 of its 52 passengers yesterday – just as they did following the Smolensk plane crash that killed Polish P...
June 22, 2011

Energy Blast – June 22, 2011

‘Mongolia’s growing dependence on Russia and China for fuel and power poses a major risk to its booming mining sector,‘ says Reuters – the country needs its own refinery.  Under new rules, Russian companies working on ...
June 22, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 22, 2011

Inter RAO will delay cutting off power supplies to Belarus until next week; the cash-strapped country apparently owes Inter RAO $1.5 billion.  Belarus receives only 10% of its electricity from Russia, but the threat of being cut off is ‘...
June 22, 2011

Today in Russian Business – June 22, 2011

Inter RAO will delay cutting off power supplies to Belarus until next week; the cash-strapped country apparently owes Inter RAO $1.5 billion.  Belarus receives only 10% of its electricity from Russia, but the threat of being cut off is ‘...
June 22, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 22, 2011

TODAY: Kashin cleared of defamation charges; Russia blames pilot of Karelia crash, sources imply Tupolev fleet is to blame; 4-day Khimki occupation; 2,000-strong Rubtsovsk utilities protest; Putin reiterates joint project with Medvedev; Russia out...
June 22, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 22, 2011

TODAY: Kashin cleared of defamation charges; Russia blames pilot of Karelia crash, sources imply Tupolev fleet is to blame; 4-day Khimki occupation; 2,000-strong Rubtsovsk utilities protest; Putin reiterates joint project with Medvedev; Russia out...
June 21, 2011

Energy Blast – June 21, 2011

The European Investment Bank says it believes Germany will be able to fund its plan to replace nuclear reactors with renewable energy stations by 2022.  Russia and China have not given up on the possibility of finalizing a deal on gas pipelin...
June 21, 2011

Energy Blast – June 21, 2011

The European Investment Bank says it believes Germany will be able to fund its plan to replace nuclear reactors with renewable energy stations by 2022.  Russia and China have not given up on the possibility of finalizing a deal on gas pipelin...