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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...
April 18, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 18, 2013

TODAY: Medvedev defends his cabinet against deputies and Putin comments; U.S. and Russia to have regular dialogue on adoptions; HRW calls for activist’s release; William Browder placed on international wanted list; Navalny rally in Moscow, new inv...
April 18, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 18, 2013

TODAY: Medvedev defends his cabinet against deputies and Putin comments; U.S. and Russia to have regular dialogue on adoptions; HRW calls for activist’s release; William Browder placed on international wanted list; Navalny rally in Moscow, new inv...
April 16, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 16, 2013

TODAY: Navalny expects a guilty verdict, Prokhorov slams comments by investigation spokesman; Peskov applauds competence of Magnitsky investigators; diplomatic tensions with U.S. to be addressed by Putin and Obama meetings, relationship with Germa...
April 10, 2013

Russia’s Archaic Grasp of Women’s Roles

Vladimir Putin managed to offend advocates of both women’s and gay rights with comments made in response to the Femen protest in Hanover earlier this week, at which he was accosted by four topless women, their bodies scrawled with curses of “...
April 10, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 9, 2013

TODAY: Kirill says feminism is dangerous; Femen slams Putin protest response; Duma passes reading of blasphemy bill; Golos latest group to come under ‘foreign agent’ fire; criticism upped over North Korea; Poles protest on anniversary of Kaczynski...
April 10, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 9, 2013

TODAY: Kirill says feminism is dangerous; Femen slams Putin protest response; Duma passes reading of blasphemy bill; Golos latest group to come under ‘foreign agent’ fire; criticism upped over North Korea; Poles protest on anniversary of Kaczynski...
April 8, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 8, 2013

TODAY: NGO crackdown protesters welcome Putin to Germany, Merkel calls on Russia to give NGOs a chance; protesters rally against May 6 arrests; Kudrin report says authorities hamper development; Magnitsky lawyer asks to be removed from ‘illegal’ c...
April 4, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 4, 2013

TODAY: Navalny trial announced; new law to protect procurement; Putin orders Gazprom to revisit Yamal pipeline plan in potential blow to Ukraine; Pussy Riot Alyokhina to be transferred; prison guard given suspended sentence for murder; VTB’s Tele2...
April 2, 2013

IPU Issues Historic Resolution on Thailand

Nearly three years after more than 90 pro-democracy protesters were killed by government forces on the streets of Bangkok, Thai Member of Parliament Jatuporn Prompran scored a major victory before a multilateral institution, shedding light on perv...