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March 11, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 11, 2011

TODAY: Biden lukewarm on abolishing visas; Nemtsov and Alexeyeva praise Biden’s attention to rights and democracy issues; missile defense; regional elections to be held on Sunday; growing number of Russian claims filed with EU Court of Human...
March 10, 2011

Biden’s Blind Eye

US Vice President Joe Biden’s praise of President Dmitry Medvedev for his ‘personal leadership‘ really makes it look as though a new leaf has been turned over in the book of US-Russia relations.  Biden’s words, of...
March 10, 2011

Biden’s Blind Eye

US Vice President Joe Biden’s praise of President Dmitry Medvedev for his ‘personal leadership‘ really makes it look as though a new leaf has been turned over in the book of US-Russia relations.  Biden’s words, of...
March 10, 2011

Energy Blast – March 10, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has apparently ordered Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko to build a plant that could transform natural gas into a form in which it could be transported via tanker.  Would such a plan make the South Stream pipeline o...
March 10, 2011

Energy Blast – March 10, 2011

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has apparently ordered Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko to build a plant that could transform natural gas into a form in which it could be transported via tanker.  Would such a plan make the South Stream pipeline o...
March 10, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 10, 2011

The number of billionaires in Russia, China, and Brazil has increased since last year, according to data compiled from Forbes’ latest rich list (click here for Forbes’ billionaires page). RFE/RL analyzes the Russian contingent, pointin...
March 10, 2011

Today in Russian Business – March 10, 2011

The number of billionaires in Russia, China, and Brazil has increased since last year, according to data compiled from Forbes’ latest rich list (click here for Forbes’ billionaires page). RFE/RL analyzes the Russian contingent, pointin...
March 10, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 10, 2011

TODAY: Biden in Moscow for continuing ‘reset’ talks, praises Medvedev’s ‘personal leadership’, Putin wants visa-free US-Russia travel; Egiazaryan may seek US asylum; Putin charity concert scandal continues; ...
March 10, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 10, 2011

TODAY: Biden in Moscow for continuing ‘reset’ talks, praises Medvedev’s ‘personal leadership’, Putin wants visa-free US-Russia travel; Egiazaryan may seek US asylum; Putin charity concert scandal continues; ...
March 9, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Putin’s Peak

I wouldn’t be the first one to point out the absurdity of the Kyrgyz government’s decision to name a mountain peak after his holiness Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, but given that the U.S. State Department just happened to pass along an...