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May 3, 2011

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

TODAY: Kremlin responds to bin Laden’s death; Moscow bomb injures 1; information on Navalny supporters extracted from Yandex and leaked; journalist deaths, press freedom; Domodedovo says operations are above board; May Day roundup.  &nb...
May 3, 2011

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

TODAY: Kremlin responds to bin Laden’s death; Moscow bomb injures 1; information on Navalny supporters extracted from Yandex and leaked; journalist deaths, press freedom; Domodedovo says operations are above board; May Day roundup.  &nb...
May 2, 2011

May Day Protests: Extreme Statements

Strange to see the range of characters chosen for persecution this May Day.  The Left Front is credited with the burning of the images of oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Vladimir Potanin (top right), and Roman Abramovich and Viktor Vekselberg (b...
May 2, 2011

May Day Protests: Extreme Statements

Strange to see the range of characters chosen for persecution this May Day.  The Left Front is credited with the burning of the images of oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Vladimir Potanin (top right), and Roman Abramovich and Viktor Vekselberg (b...
May 2, 2011

Energy Blast – May 2, 2011

The Independent’s editorial yesterday called for Bob Dudley to refrain from joining any further negotiations on the fate of TNK-BP.  Oil output last month was only just short of a post-Soviet record, which really brings home the craze f...
May 2, 2011

Energy Blast – May 2, 2011

The Independent’s editorial yesterday called for Bob Dudley to refrain from joining any further negotiations on the fate of TNK-BP.  Oil output last month was only just short of a post-Soviet record, which really brings home the craze f...
May 2, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 2, 2011

TODAY: Duma member slams NATO; May Day demonstrations draw thousands; Medvedev to run next year? Putin’s culture boost; Medvedev on internet regulation; Roskosmos head replaced; Domodedovo needs to come under Russian control; Soviet theme pa...
May 2, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 2, 2011

TODAY: Duma member slams NATO; May Day demonstrations draw thousands; Medvedev to run next year? Putin’s culture boost; Medvedev on internet regulation; Roskosmos head replaced; Domodedovo needs to come under Russian control; Soviet theme pa...
April 29, 2011

Video: Justice for Thailand’s “Black Summer”

We were forwarded this video created by a YouTube user which takes a series of compelling images from the violent dispersal of protesters in April and May of 2010 in Bangkok, along with soundbites from Robert Amsterdam’s press conference in ...
April 29, 2011

Video: Justice for Thailand’s “Black Summer”

We were forwarded this video created by a YouTube user which takes a series of compelling images from the violent dispersal of protesters in April and May of 2010 in Bangkok, along with soundbites from Robert Amsterdam’s press conference in ...