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July 24, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 24, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot trial to begin July 30 as Western musicians draw attention to the case; Emergency Ministries journalists say critical coverage lost them their jobs; observers call fraud at Kasimov elections; Putin vows to keep euros stockpile, d...
July 23, 2012

Pussy Riot Detention Extended to 2013

It’s official.  If the extension of the imprisonment of political protest group Pussy Riot is anything to go by, Vladimir Putin is scared.  Is that why the court today rejected a call for him to testify in their case? ‘Draconian justice in R...
July 23, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 23, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot detention extended to 2013; Alexeyeva criticises Putin on her birthday as the President signs WTO and NGO bills into law; Krasnodar officials face jail; United Russia protester dies; investments from Italy. The detention of polit...
July 23, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 23, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot detention extended to 2013; Alexeyeva criticises Putin on her birthday as the President signs WTO and NGO bills into law; Krasnodar officials face jail; United Russia protester dies; investments from Italy. The detention of polit...
July 20, 2012

Do As I Say, Not As I Duma

United Russia has prevailed this week, with a slewof draconian measures passed by the State Duma, including new measures for NGOs with foreign donors to register as ‘foreign agents‘ (see Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s interview with the Mo...
July 20, 2012

Do As I Say, Not As I Duma

United Russia has prevailed this week, with a slewof draconian measures passed by the State Duma, including new measures for NGOs with foreign donors to register as ‘foreign agents‘ (see Lyudmila Alexeyeva’s interview with the Mo...
July 20, 2012

Human Rights Watch Condemns Yale-NUS for Ban on Protests

The following press release was published on Human Rights Watch’s website.  You can read Dr. Chee Soon Juan’s open letter to Yale-NUS here. Yale University’s acceptance of Singaporean government restrictions on basic rights at the new ...
July 20, 2012

Human Rights Watch Condemns Yale-NUS for Ban on Protests

The following press release was published on Human Rights Watch’s website.  You can read Dr. Chee Soon Juan’s open letter to Yale-NUS here. Yale University’s acceptance of Singaporean government restrictions on basic rights at the new ...
July 20, 2012

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

TODAY: U.S. condemns latest Syria veto, Rosboronexport dropped from U.S. defence budget; Putin expresses caution over more open laws; Central Bank shift away from privatization; RDIF gets U.S. help; Sobchak seeks return of seized cash in court; Ta...
July 19, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 19, 2012

TODAY: Obama and Putin discuss Syria situation after top ministers killed, Russia blocks proposed sanctions; U.S. Senators approve bill establishing permanent normal trade relations, but Magnitsky Act is attached; NGO ‘foreign agent’ law passed; T...