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November 24, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 24, 2009

TODAY: Medvedev meets with his human rights council, but there is nothing to report; Putin promises housing to retired military officers including WW2 veterans; media corruption; Amur tigers dying out; Russia’s misbehaved ‘golden youth...
November 23, 2009

Russia’s China Envy

Vlad Ryzhkov’s latest article over in the Moscow Times is worth a read, as it delves into that familiar and beloved topic of the comparative authoritarian models of Russia and China, and the challenged assumption that democracy is good or ba...
November 23, 2009

Grigory Pasko: Yuri Luzhkov’s Water Grab

Water – the oil and gas of the not-too-distant future What’s news is this: «The world community is hoping that Russia will soon become a supplier to the countries of Europe not only of energy inputs, but of fresh water as well. About t...
November 23, 2009

Who Helps Russia’s Corrupt Get their Money Out?

Despite hearing quite a few nice speeches about the Kremlin’s commitment to fighting corruption, 2009 was most definitely a boom year for graft in Russia. Earlier this month Transparency International released its Corruption Perceptions Inde...
November 23, 2009

Sergei Magnitsky’s Final Petition

Hermitage is sending around another press today with regard to the recent death in Russian custody of their lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.  Apparently five days before his death due to untreated illness, the lawyer had filed a complaint denouncing ...
November 23, 2009

Energy Blast – Nov 23, 2009

Iran began five-day, large-scale air defense war games yesterday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack.  Changes in the permafrost in western Siberia are costing Russian oil companies a reported $1.9 billion every year in dam...
November 23, 2009

Today in Russian Business – Nov 23, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin introduced a cash-for-scrap-cars scheme and mortgage support at Saturday’s United Russia congress, as he forecasted a 2009 GDP decline of 8-8.5%, ‘which would be Russia’s worst result since 1994,R...
November 23, 2009

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 23, 2009

TODAY: Medvedev issues ‘dressing down’ for United Russia at annual congress, Putin doesn’t disagree; funeral held for Sergei Magnitsky, second autopsy request denied; Litvinenko anniversary; Russia’s school for tabloid jour...
November 20, 2009

Grigory Pasko: Journalists Are Fleeing Russia

Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском языке, нажмите сюда. A well-known Russian journalist, head of the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations  Oleg Panfilov in early November moved for permanent residency from Mosco...