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July 5, 2012

Human Rights Watch Urges Russia To Abandon NGO Law

The latest prong in the Kremlin’s attack on civil society is the introduction of a new bill which would class NGOs as ‘foreign agents’, essentially implying that these institutions which are, for the most part, attempting to impr...
July 5, 2012

Energy Blast – July 5, 2012

‘I cannot say that we reached some sort of breakthrough or achieved decisive progress […] But we are not losing heart or thinking that the Istanbul meeting of experts was a failure’ was deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Ryab...
July 5, 2012

Energy Blast – July 5, 2012

‘I cannot say that we reached some sort of breakthrough or achieved decisive progress […] But we are not losing heart or thinking that the Istanbul meeting of experts was a failure’ was deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Ryab...
July 5, 2012

Today in Russian Business – July 5, 2012

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Russian government will make provisions for a steep drop in oil prices (to as low as $60 a barrel) in its budgetary plans for 2013.  That’s just as well, this article argues, since ‘Russia is li...
July 5, 2012

Today in Russian Business – July 5, 2012

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Russian government will make provisions for a steep drop in oil prices (to as low as $60 a barrel) in its budgetary plans for 2013.  That’s just as well, this article argues, since ‘Russia is li...
July 5, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 5, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot start hunger strike as judge rules defense must speed up; HRW decries new law to brand NGOs foreign agents; travel ban being mulled for authors of said bill; the future of the Kremlin Rights Council; Orlov acquitted.  St Petersbu...
July 5, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 5, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot start hunger strike as judge rules defense must speed up; HRW decries new law to brand NGOs foreign agents; travel ban being mulled for authors of said bill; the future of the Kremlin Rights Council; Orlov acquitted.  St Petersbu...
July 4, 2012

Sobchak’s Conversion

Ksenia Sobchak has proved an inscrutable figure in Russia, both for the authorities, to whom she is linked by family and fortune, and the opposition, to whom she is linked thanks to her own efforts as a self-styled anti-Kremlin figurehead.  As has...
July 4, 2012

Sobchak’s Conversion

Ksenia Sobchak has proved an inscrutable figure in Russia, both for the authorities, to whom she is linked by family and fortune, and the opposition, to whom she is linked thanks to her own efforts as a self-styled anti-Kremlin figurehead.  As has...
July 4, 2012

Energy Blast – July 4, 2012

Germany’s largest utility, EON, has raised its profit forecast after reaching an agreement with Gazprom on a natural-gas price cut.  Will this prompt other customers to seek a discount?  The deal could signal an increase in Russian gas sales to Ge...