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May 6, 2010

Grigory Pasko: The Parades of the Hussars

Hurrah! Joint training for the military parade has begun outside Moscow! It’s quite a sight – military parades. Koz’ma Prutkov is recalled right away : «Want to be beautiful – join the hussars». Parades on Red Square –...
May 6, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 6, 2010

TODAY: Alexeyeva attacker given suspended sentence; calls for Trifonova judge to be dismissed; gay activists seek loophole for pride parade; celebrity lawyer speaks out on adoptions.  Lukashenko interview; Kokoity visit; alien encounter; GenP...
May 5, 2010

Out With The Old

It seems hardly surprising that the same day that the income of Yelena Baturina, the wife of the Moscow Mayor, is scrutinized by the media (see Business Week), a spate of articles appear pointing to the endangering of Moscow’s architectural ...
May 5, 2010

Lukashenko Gambling

Reuters today features an interview with the apparently omni-disgruntled Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, who seems to be exuberantly alienating old allies and potential new ones, with trenchant criticism of both Russia and the West. &#...
May 5, 2010

Propeller Heads

The weekend’s Blue Bucket Society protests reflect the burgeoning discontent among Moscow’s motorists, or least of those who do not have the pecuniary means to blaze their way through traffic with a glaring migalka.  This article ...
May 5, 2010

Energy Blast – May 5, 2010

Russian environmentalists are warning homegrown companies to tighten safety measures if they wish to avoid a similar ecological catastrophe to that currently besieging the Gulf of Mexico.  Transeft’s dogged determination to press on wit...
May 5, 2010

Today in Russian Business – May 5, 2010

According to the Moscow Times, Russia spent $11.97 billion from its oil wealth funds in April to shore up the budget deficit and fill in gaps in pensions.  Russian Technologies will reportedly not become an Aeroflot shareholder as part of pla...
May 5, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 5, 2010

TODAY: Governors reluctant on income transparency; official fired in Trifonova case, calls for prison reform redouble; Putin rebuffs Reports Without Borders criticisms.  Kyrgyzstan to investigate Manas fuel supplies; Georgian opposition membe...
May 4, 2010

No Panacea for Ukraine Gas Trade

There appear to be two counter-opposing narratives circulating out there in response the latest natural gas agreement between Russia and Ukraine, as well as Vladimir Putin’s provocative suggestion that Gazprom could swallow up Naftogaz. ...
May 4, 2010

Official Fired Over Prison Death

Reports in from Ria-Novosti state that one official has been dismissed over the death in prison of real estate agent Vera Trifonova, who died of kidney failure whilst held on fraud charges.  Trifonova died in the same jail where Hermitage law...