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November 25, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 25, 2010

TODAY: Medvedev calls for political parties to diversify, warns of stagnation; Foreign Ministry won’t take Saakashvili seriously until it’s in writing; Romanian minister calls for troops to leave Moldova; friendly NATO relations underm...
November 24, 2010

Medvedev’s Gentle Grumbling

There’s not much to object to in President Dmitry Medvedev’s most recent video blog statement, which is being interpreted as a preview to his address to the Duma next week and a continuation of his ideological development kicked off by...
November 24, 2010

The Russia Today Arrests

Anyone who genuinely cares about freedom of expression and protecting the human rights of journalists should be outraged over the arrests this week in Georgia of journalist Kaelyn Forde and cameraman Jon Conway, employees of the state-owned cable ...
November 24, 2010

Energy Blast – Nov 24, 2010

An agreement on the pricing of natural gas supplies between Russia and China is unlikely to be reached until next year, according to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who sought to assure reporters that the talks were proceeding ‘successfully&#...
November 24, 2010

Today in Russian Business – Nov 24, 2010

President Dmitry Medvedev is predicting a disaster for Russian public utilities which have ‘outlived their service life‘, and is calling for a modernization of infrastructure.  Russia’s poultry import quota is to be halved n...
November 24, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 24, 2010

TODAY: Lavrov warns of Korean peninsula’s ‘colossal danger’; motion to block Magnitsky officials to go to EU Parliament for vote; Nabiullina hopeful on WTO bid; Georgia wants reconciliation; Russia and Serbia, Russia and Belarus;...
November 23, 2010

Russia’s War on Human Rights?

What did Liu Xiaobo ever do to Moscow?  Apparently the Nobel Prize-winning Chinese dissident has somehow offended the leadership residing in the Kremlin, as Russia has made a show out of its refusal to attend the Nobel Prize ceremony, revivin...
November 23, 2010

Putin’s Illegal Flight

The Moscow News has summarized a recent blog posting by Alexei Navalny which has everybody buzzing.  Did Vladimir Putin pull his stunt flight to put out the wildfires without a pilot’s license?  Or did the actual plane never take o...
November 23, 2010

Energy Blast – Nov 23, 2010

China and Russia are signing agreements to expand cooperation in oil, gas, coal, and nuclear power, as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets Russia’s leaders this week.  Here’s an early report on the first day of bilateral energy talks...