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April 26, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 26, 2013

TODAY: Navaly questions key witness; Udaltsov ally sentenced; Golos fined $10,000; fire at Moscow hospital kills 38; Russia and others increasingly policing Internet; Pussy Riot early release considered today; pro-Kremlin anti-drugs vigilantes; ca...
April 26, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 26, 2013

TODAY: Navaly questions key witness; Udaltsov ally sentenced; Golos fined $10,000; fire at Moscow hospital kills 38; Russia and others increasingly policing Internet; Pussy Riot early release considered today; pro-Kremlin anti-drugs vigilantes; ca...
April 24, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 24, 2013

TODAY: Navalny trial reopens, is adjourned; independent investigation blames police for Bolotnaya Square unrest; Syria chemical weapons reports offer chance for U.S.-Russia cooperation; Novosibirsk journalists attacked; Putin wants growth proposal...
April 23, 2013

The Boston Bombers’ “Russia” Connection

In the wake of the Boston bombing, which killed three people last week, a number of Western news sources have been quick to make the Russia connection. The Huffington Post admitted and corrected its intial reporting of the brothers Dzhokhar and Ta...
April 23, 2013

The Boston Bombers’ “Russia” Connection

In the wake of the Boston bombing, which killed three people last week, a number of Western news sources have been quick to make the Russia connection. The Huffington Post admitted and corrected its intial reporting of the brothers Dzhokhar and Ta...
April 23, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 23, 2013

TODAY: Upcoming Putin Q&A pulls half a million questions; Putin calls for urgent economic stimulus; opposition trials this week; Peskov laments lack of opposition; Russia to support nuclear Egypt; Gazprom to split? Boston bombers Russia links....
April 23, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 23, 2013

TODAY: Upcoming Putin Q&A pulls half a million questions; Putin calls for urgent economic stimulus; opposition trials this week; Peskov laments lack of opposition; Russia to support nuclear Egypt; Gazprom to split? Boston bombers Russia links....
April 19, 2013

Alexei Navalny: Inevitable Martyrdom?

As the new fraud charge against Alexei Navalny brings the total charges against him to five, The Economist argues that Navalny might not have been persecuted in this way had he acted on his popularity sooner.  It’s an interesting angle – it ...
April 19, 2013

Alexei Navalny: Inevitable Martyrdom?

As the new fraud charge against Alexei Navalny brings the total charges against him to five, The Economist argues that Navalny might not have been persecuted in this way had he acted on his popularity sooner.  It’s an interesting angle – it ...
April 19, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 19, 2013

TODAY: Politkovskaya suspects probe ends; Medvedev’s Skolkovo raided; U.S. Senator meets Magnitsky family, pushes human rights factor; Vkontakte bought by Kremlin allies; Putin to choose next Dagestan governor; Sechin makes Time list; nurses sough...