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November 20, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 20, 2012

TODAY: Russia clashes with U.S. over Israel, calls for end to attacks; Soyuz space capsule lands safely; rights leaders promise to boycott foreign agent law; Bout List in retaliation for Magnitsky List? Pussy Riot lawyers leave their clients; Puti...
November 16, 2012

Obama’s Tertiary Strategy in Asia

The United States, thank goodness, appears willing to recognize that there are more than just China and Japan in Asia. Let’s hope they keep up, and can develop relations in Southeast Asia that aren’t just designed to thumb the nose at ...
November 16, 2012

Usmanov, Megafon, and Business Diplomacy

Alisher Usmanov is an Uzbek businessman worth $18 billion with somewhat contradictory interests in social media investments and defamation lawsuits.  But this bit from the Financial Times is just sooo good. “Usmanov is known as a person able to re...
November 16, 2012

How to Make Friends and Push a Russia Bill through Congress

My sincere congratulations to my friend, Bill Browder, on this historic achievement to memorialize the life of Sergei Magnitsky and other victims of injustice in Russia. Also my congratulations to the city of Washington DC, who now get to enjoy th...
November 15, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 15, 2012

TODAY: Putin allows new treason laws to pass, amid criticism; Internet laws also criticised; Lavrov condemns Syria bloodshed; Magnitsky Bill progressing in U.S. Senate, Stepanova implicated in second case; all eyes on Merkel; MegaFon’s London list...
November 14, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 14, 2012

TODAY: Media watchdog may backtrack on blocked websites; Russian Railways fined for manipulating market; Medvedev denies Putin’s ill health, says he backs current development; Daghestani lawyer wins rights prize; BP and AAR end litigations; Gazpro...
November 14, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 14, 2012

TODAY: Media watchdog may backtrack on blocked websites; Russian Railways fined for manipulating market; Medvedev denies Putin’s ill health, says he backs current development; Daghestani lawyer wins rights prize; BP and AAR end litigations; Gazpro...
November 13, 2012

Arkady Rotenberg in Hot Water?

Not that long ago, Gazprom was feared as an unstoppable titan of the energy industry, with expansion plans to nearly all continents.  But lately, performance has not kept pace with expectations.  It’s interesting to see the Financial Times i...
November 13, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 13, 2012

TODAY: Putin expands rights council; two popular websites shut down under new Internet rules; Razvozzhayev confession mentions Georgia; Ivanov says he knew about space embezzlement; Rosneft head released on bail. President Vladimir Putin’s h...