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January 26, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 26, 2011

TODAY: Putin vows tough stance on those responsible for deadly airport bomb; Medvedev attacks Domodedovo officials for security ‘chaos’; conjecture as to perpetrators continues; FSB getting off lightly? IOC rebuffs fears for Olympic sa...
January 25, 2011

A Day after the Domodedovo Attacks, Anger

The reactions are pouring in across the social media sphere.  From AFP: “Putin received practically unlimited power,” wrote blogger Mikhail Maglov, “he limited media freedoms… he took our right to vote for governors...
January 25, 2011

A Day after the Domodedovo Attacks, Anger

The reactions are pouring in across the social media sphere.  From AFP: “Putin received practically unlimited power,” wrote blogger Mikhail Maglov, “he limited media freedoms… he took our right to vote for governors...
January 25, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, Jan. 25, 2011

The Highest Arbitrazh court has announced today that it will hear the final appeal in the famous case of Domodedovo airport v. Vnukovo airport on March 15, 2011. Domodedovo airport has been successful in recovery of more than 350 million rubles ($...
January 25, 2011

Energy Blast – Jan 25, 2011

In the wake of failed six-party talks with Iran, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has said his organization cannot be certain that the regime is not working on nuclear arms in a clandestine manner.  The New York Times explai...
January 25, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Jan 25, 2011

In a Washington Post video interview with Vlad Milev, the Metzler Payden analyst suggests that yesterday’s Moscow airport bombing should not affect investor confidence in the economy.  Central bank chairman Sergei Ignatyev has apparentl...
January 25, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Jan 25, 2011

In a Washington Post video interview with Vlad Milev, the Metzler Payden analyst suggests that yesterday’s Moscow airport bombing should not affect investor confidence in the economy.  Central bank chairman Sergei Ignatyev has apparentl...
January 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 25, 2011

TODAY: Terrorist bomb explosion at Moscow’s busiest airport kills at least 35; Islamic militants seen to be likely perpetrators; Twitter fills gaps in media coverage; Medvedev postpones arrival in Davos. Final START vote expected today; Russ...
January 24, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, Jan. 24, 2011

The Highest Arbitrazh Court has just published its guidelines (a resolution of its plenum) adopted on December 23, 2010 concerning application by the lower courts of the Law on Compensations due to delays in the administration of justice. The Law,...
January 24, 2011

Russia Legal News Blast, Jan. 24, 2011

The Highest Arbitrazh Court has just published its guidelines (a resolution of its plenum) adopted on December 23, 2010 concerning application by the lower courts of the Law on Compensations due to delays in the administration of justice. The Law,...