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January 16, 2013

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

TODAY: Duma debates adoption ban as adoptive families remain caught in uncertainty; Kadyrov to appear on Magnitsky List; $1 billion to Bangladesh for arms purchases; Polonsky probe ongoing; Yuriev switches to U.S. market; private energy companies ...
January 16, 2013

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

TODAY: Duma debates adoption ban as adoptive families remain caught in uncertainty; Kadyrov to appear on Magnitsky List; $1 billion to Bangladesh for arms purchases; Polonsky probe ongoing; Yuriev switches to U.S. market; private energy companies ...
January 14, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 14, 2013

TODAY: Adoption march draws thousands, Peskov defends Kremlin’s adoption ban; Serdyukov may face questioning as a suspect; Lavrov says Assad’s exit cannot be precondition for a crisis deal; Depardieu weighs in on Russia’s opposition; Polonsky to b...
January 14, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 14, 2013

TODAY: Adoption march draws thousands, Peskov defends Kremlin’s adoption ban; Serdyukov may face questioning as a suspect; Lavrov says Assad’s exit cannot be precondition for a crisis deal; Depardieu weighs in on Russia’s opposition; Polonsky to b...
January 12, 2013

Yuri Schmidt, A Hero for Human Rights

To describe this man as a legend in his field would barely do justice to the intelligence, compassion, and courage he displayed on a daily basis, tirelessly working for his beliefs long after it would have been more comfortable to relent and conform.
January 11, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 11, 2013

TODAY: Adoptions ban to remain in place until 2014; opposition activist says beating is political; United Russia would support ban on electoral blocs; Novatek and Gazprom LNG deal; navy’s new subs; bank forecasts; Serdyukov questioned; Duma deputy...
January 11, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 11, 2013

TODAY: Adoptions ban to remain in place until 2014; opposition activist says beating is political; United Russia would support ban on electoral blocs; Novatek and Gazprom LNG deal; navy’s new subs; bank forecasts; Serdyukov questioned; Duma deputy...
January 10, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 10, 2013

TODAY: Razvozzhayev transferred to Siberian detention centre; adoption ban protest approved; extremists target Kremlin; Russians worried about housing issues; match-fixers to face seven years; Syria talks tomorrow; resorts under scrutiny after tra...
January 10, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 10, 2013

TODAY: Razvozzhayev transferred to Siberian detention centre; adoption ban protest approved; extremists target Kremlin; Russians worried about housing issues; match-fixers to face seven years; Syria talks tomorrow; resorts under scrutiny after tra...
January 9, 2013

The 2013 Resource Nationalism Checklist

The list is our attempt to respond to what we see as a relatively underdeveloped marketplace of ideas when it comes to scenario planning for expropriation, unfair regulatory intervention, nationalizations, and resource nationalism events that have...