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May 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 6, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev cancels Beslan meeting; United Russia ‘poster boy’ quits for A Just Russia; party member calls for Mironov’s resignation; Stepanova’s bank accounts frozen; Khimki activist beaten; Markelov/Baburova killers s...
May 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 6, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev cancels Beslan meeting; United Russia ‘poster boy’ quits for A Just Russia; party member calls for Mironov’s resignation; Stepanova’s bank accounts frozen; Khimki activist beaten; Markelov/Baburova killers s...
May 6, 2011

Ella Pamfilova on Rights and Politics

Since Ella Pamfilova’s resignation from the President’s Human Rights Council, she has turned her attention to NGO work.  RFE/RL catches up with her in a revealing interview that includes insights into her former role, the difficul...
May 5, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 5, 2011

The best independent Russian pollster, Levada Center, published results of its poll concerning attitude of Russian public towards independence of the Russian system. The results are somewhat paradoxical. 58% of those polled believe that the law wi...
May 5, 2011

Energy Blast – May 5, 2011

Domestic fuel supplies have stabilized, after shortages in regional areas caused the government to halt exports – some blame the original shortage on Putin’s February call to cut prices.  Novatek was apparently the only company to...
May 5, 2011

Today in Russian Business – May 5, 2011

On the troubles surrounding Russia’s planned purchased of French Mistral ships.  The head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee discusses the difficulty of rooting out corruption, and says that ‘the truth about who are the cou...
May 5, 2011

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

TODAY: Ella Pamfilova interview; trial looms for music critic; Medvedev signs off bribery punishment bill and approves rule of law policy; Khimki defenders beaten; Romania to host U.S. missile defense site; wood bison, former Miss Russia jailed. R...
May 4, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 4, 2011

As Russian companies aspiring to go public and raise funds on major Western exchanges, the lawyers drafting their IPOs often offer fascinating glimpses of what Western consultants really think about Russian investment climate and Russian legal sys...
May 4, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, May 4, 2011

As Russian companies aspiring to go public and raise funds on major Western exchanges, the lawyers drafting their IPOs often offer fascinating glimpses of what Western consultants really think about Russian investment climate and Russian legal sys...
May 4, 2011

Energy Blast – May 4, 2011

TNK-BP’s first-quarter earnings showed a 91% gain – ‘an insight into why the tycoons refused a $27 billion offer from BP‘.  Winsway Coking, a Chinese coal importer, has agreed to buy a Russian coal deposit fo...