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February 29, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb. 29, 2008

TODAY: Russia says that EU mission in Kosovo was “illegal”. The divide beween Russia’s rich and poor is increasing. Head of the electoral commission says coverage has been “unequal but fair”. Voters pressured to turn out on Sunday. Russia has made...
February 28, 2008

Democrats Fumble the Russia Question

For quite a long time, I have lamented the near total lack of any discussion about policy positions toward Russia by the U.S. presidential candidates – and then, when we finally get a question posed by NBC’s Tim Russert to Senators Hil...
February 28, 2008

Russia’s State-Controlled TV Crosses the Line

From an editorial by the Moscow Times: Rossia television has laid to rest any lingering doubts about whether the level of propaganda on state television has returned to record Cold War highs. Konstantin Syomin, an anchor with “Vesti Plus,...
February 28, 2008

Spotlight on Medvedev’s Style

Several stories in the US press today have focused on Dmitry Medvedev. The Wall Street Journal has compiled a series of extracts translated from Medvedev’s campaign appearance in Nizhny Novgorod, together with soundbites from past interviews and s...
February 28, 2008

Russians “Greatly Disappointed” by Obama’s Stance?

It seems that strong US foreign policy rhetoric regarding Russia is not finding itself well received. A reporter at Russian newspaper Kommersant believes that Russians observing the US election debates this week would likely have been “greatly dis...
February 28, 2008

Energy Blast, Feb. 28, 2008

The Russia-Ukraine gas saga continues. Although 2007 gas debts have been paid, Gazprom now says it will cut off supplies next week unless the government signs documents on debt payment and future deliveries. Ukraine refuses to pay some $80 million...
February 28, 2008

Today in Russian Business

Russian electricity producer TGK-13 plans to float new shares in Russia and abroad. Mining firm Norilsk Nickel has been named in a $178 million pollution suit filed by Rosprirodnadzor, Russia’s environment agency, in its largest ever claim a...
February 28, 2008

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb. 28, 2008

TODAY: Medvedev accusing of monopolizing airtime; inflation still a major issue; Russian MBAs increasing in popularity; Natalia Morari refused entry to Russia; billions of dollars to go into boosting Russia’s defense industry. Central Election Com...
February 28, 2008

WSJ on YouTube Censorship

We got a write up in the Wall Street Journal on the YouTube censorship experience – thankfully the Lev Ponomarev video has now been reinstated. See previous coverage here. More commentary is forthcoming. YouTube Restores Video Appearing to S...
February 27, 2008

Audio: Lev Ponomarev Interview

WBEZ in Chicago is running their interview with Lev Ponomarev. Listen here. Lev Ponomarev is with the All-Russian Movement for Human Rights and works with the “The Other Russia” coalition. Lev is a harsh critic of the Putin regime’s repression of ...