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October 31, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 31, 2013

TODAY: Putin named most powerful person, leaves enemies out of history books; 200 Kremlin officials fired over income declarations at anti-corruption meeting; Sochi waste threatening water contamination and coastal erosion; LNG exports open up; Ro...
October 30, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 30, 2013

TODAY: Gas war feared with Ukraine; new theft charges filed against Navalny; gay rights activist loses job; Russia breaks ‘Zero Waste’ Olympics pledge with 100 days to go; Rosneft sells TNK-BP stake. Gazprom is demanding that Ukraine pay its overd...
October 30, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 30, 2013

TODAY: Gas war feared with Ukraine; new theft charges filed against Navalny; gay rights activist loses job; Russia breaks ‘Zero Waste’ Olympics pledge with 100 days to go; Rosneft sells TNK-BP stake. Gazprom is demanding that Ukraine pay its overd...
October 29, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 29, 2013

TODAY: Putin says gays welcome at Olympics; IOC head praises Russia’s Games prep; Georgia to move towards EU, Lavrov warns Ukraine over closer ties; Belarus extends potash investigation; Fifa calls for assurances over racism; easier to do business...
October 29, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 29, 2013

TODAY: Putin says gays welcome at Olympics; IOC head praises Russia’s Games prep; Georgia to move towards EU, Lavrov warns Ukraine over closer ties; Belarus extends potash investigation; Fifa calls for assurances over racism; easier to do business...
October 28, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 28, 2013

TODAY: Thousands march for ‘political prisoners’; solidarity events held for Khodorkovsky; Vkontakte charges cleared; Medvedev wants Russians to trust courts; women’s rights lagging; Georgia elects Russia-friendly president; mobile companies to wa...
October 28, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 28, 2013

TODAY: Thousands march for ‘political prisoners’; solidarity events held for Khodorkovsky; Vkontakte charges cleared; Medvedev wants Russians to trust courts; women’s rights lagging; Georgia elects Russia-friendly president; mobile companies to wa...
October 28, 2013

Khodorkovsky Arrest Marked Beginning of Authoritarianism

An insightful piece by Victor Davidoff in the Moscow Times this weekend connects the jailing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ten years ago with certain aspects of Russia’s decline, noting in particular that Yukos, before its demise, was in the habit...
October 28, 2013

Khodorkovsky Arrest Marked Beginning of Authoritarianism

An insightful piece by Victor Davidoff in the Moscow Times this weekend connects the jailing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ten years ago with certain aspects of Russia’s decline, noting in particular that Yukos, before its demise, was in the habit...
October 25, 2013

Khodorkovsky: Ten Years in Prison

In the ten years since Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested and imprisoned, it’s not just his young family members that have changed.  Russia’s economic and social landscapes have also changed, and not for the better.  Writing in the New ...