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August 19, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 19, 2020

Today in Russia: Belarus opposition "Coordination Council" meets for first time; Tikhanovskaya urges EU not to recognize election results; Putin warns Merkel, other EU leaders not to interfere in Belarus; Trump says he will talk to Putin about Bel...
August 18, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 18, 2020

Today in Russia: "Tikhanovskaya had six times more votes than Lukashenko"; Lukashenko makes vague promise for more elections after he faces booing factory workers; Energy minister Novak contracts coronavirus; Vaccine chief in Russia says West try...
August 17, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 17, 2020

Today in Russia: Largest protest in Belarus' history as 200k march on Minsk, Lukashenko defiant and says he asked Russia for help; Tikhanovskaya says she is ready to be "national leader" in Belarus; How Russia could be drawn into Belarus; Payments...
August 13, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 13, 2020

Today in Russia: Crackdown continues in Belarus; Renowned Russian violinist Spivakov writes blistering open letter and returns award from Lukashenko; Duterte changes his mind on being Russian vaccine “guinea pig”; Yandex shares reach a...
August 5, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 5, 2020

Today in Russia: Devastating blast in Beirut believed to be caused by ammonium nitrate seized from a Russian-owned ship in 2014; Fires rage in Siberia during heat wave; Stranded Central Asian migrants pushed back at border; LDPR head Zhirinovsky s...
August 4, 2020

How suddenly a tiny, invisible thing changed our lives?

COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has drastically changed the routines of our lives. For instance, as a columnist closely following the Middle East, I still cannot focus entirely on my beat because the world’s top agenda is still th...
August 4, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 4, 2020

Today in Russia: Novosibirsk as electoral testing ground; Clear cutting forests around Baikal to modernize railway?; Montenegro opens to Russian tourists; Database of referendum voters appears on darknet; New Great Game in Central Asia post-COVID?...
August 3, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 3, 2020

Today in Russia: Russian mercenaries in Belarus can't keep their story straight; Russia says July oil output in line with OPEC+ deal; Trump didn't believe Russia bounty reports in Afghanistan; Navalny doesn't just have trouble with Putin, he can't...
July 31, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 31, 2020

Today in Russia: EU sanctions for hacking; US ex-marine sentenced, could be part of prisoner swap; 5.5 thousand more COVID-19 cases; Russia reacts furiously to Belarus arrests, ambassador claims the men were en-route to third country; Nine deaths ...
July 30, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 30, 2020

Today in Russia: Belarus-Russia relations in freefall as Wagner Group mercenaries found in Minsk; Belarus pre-election crackdown; Germany asks for Russia's help to track down fugitive Wirecard exec; Russia and China catching up with US on hyperson...