Russia & Eurasia

October 19, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 19, 2020

Today in Russia: New COVID-19 record hit, nearly 16k new daily positives; Belarus protests march on despite police threat to open fire; Russia and Saudi Arabia continue oil diplomacy; Yandex-Tinkoff Bank deal ends in tears; EU sanctions on Russian...
October 7, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 7, 2020

Today in Russia: "Russia's neighborhood in flames"; Kamchatka's ecological catastrophe; Merkel "shying away" from actions that could really hurt Putin; Putin says Nagorno-Karabakh fighting is a "catastrophe"; Kremlin says no need for stimulus meas...
October 6, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 6, 2020

Today in Russia: COVID-19 new cases reach near-record; Kyrgyzstan election and protests; "The Kremlin takes on a Resurrected Navalny"; Russia faces imminent surge in bankruptcies; The "unequal triangle" between Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan - a ...
October 1, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 1, 2020

Today in Russia: Navalny accuses Putin of poisoning him, declares his intention to return to Russia, while Duma speaker says Navalny should tank Putin for saving him; Peskov accuses Navalny of working for CIA, Navalny intends to sue Peskov; What i...
September 29, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – September 29, 2020

Today in Russia: Putin declares 'truly allied' relations with Belarus; COVID-19 cases skyrocketing, but renewed lockdown is unlikely; Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting; What Russia doesn't get about Germany; Furgal trial; Why Rosneft has failed to get o...
September 24, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – September 24, 2020

Today in Russia: Michael Calvey's chance at release looks dim as authorities fear embarrassment of about-face; EU to Lukashenko: "so-called president"; Lukashenko's closed-door inauguration leads to more clashes; Russia reports highest COVID-19 sp...
September 23, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – September 23, 2020

Today in Russia: Yandex to buy Tinkoff bank; Navalny discharged from hospital, Kremlin says he is free to return to Russia and wishes him speedy recovery; Lukashenko inaugurated for new term in closed-door ceremony, Tikhanovskaya and 5 EU countrie...
September 22, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – September 22, 2020

Today in Russia: Pompeo says US will respond to Navalny poisoning once "all the the facts are available"; Navalny says Novichok was found "in and on" his body; Zelensky accuses Russia of trying to divide the world; Dmitry Trenin on Russia's relati...
September 21, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – September 21, 2020

Today in Russia: More than 230 detained in Belarus protests; 10th straight Saturday of protest in Khabarovsk; New charges added for Bykov; Aeroflot to sell more shares; FinCEN's leak and the ICIJ report; Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan flights to ...
September 17, 2020

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – September 17, 2020

Today in Russia: Lukashenko says he asked Putin for weapons, Kremlin says it wasn't discussed; Navalny likely poisoned from a bottle of water in his hotel room, not tea in airport as initially thought; Another international body will study Navalny...