Russia News Blast

August 26, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 26, 2015

TODAY: Ukrainian film-maker sentenced to 20 years in prison; early release of Defence Ministry official jailed for embezzlement raises outcry; MAKS-2015 air show offers opportunities for major defence deals; Economy Ministry slashes GDP forecast; ...
August 25, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 25, 2015

TODAY: Ruble hits new year low after China’s tumble; international court rules Russia must compensate for 2013 damage to Greenpeace ship; Russia cancels ban on Wikipedia; Matviyenko U.S. visa status being disputed; Lavrov expresses hope regarding ...
August 24, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 24, 2015

TODAY: Medvedev visits disputed islands, drawing Japan protest; Kremlin prepares economic measures to boost foreign currency sales; Russia losing Chinese FDI, second gas contract looking unlikely; Poroshenko urges legal action to protect against R...
August 21, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 21, 2015

TODAY: Golos finds electoral funding violations on part of United Russia; worker for the watchdog attacked; hopes to usher in limited media access for ‘foreign agent’ NGOs; defence deals with Iran, Pakistan; Russia and China launch hug...
August 20, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 20, 2015

TODAY: Estonia and EU denounce jailing of security officer labelled ‘spy’; politically-motivated trials as ‘hostage-taking’; Kremlin decries NATO military exercises; Yakunin’s downfall; French supermarket under inspec...
August 19, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 19, 2015

TODAY: LGBT activist attacked in Moscow; police swoop in on contraband cheese making operation; hotline established for denouncing smugglers; unemployment rising; Estonian officer jailed for spying; new radar systems in Arctic Circle; shaman’...
August 18, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 18, 2015

TODAY: Russia and Ukraine trading allegations over plans for new clashes; Putin’s Crimea visit draws suspicion; Yakunin leaving his post at Russian Railways; Peskov accused of big spending on vacation; Russia and U.S. venture defies diplomacy; Put...
August 17, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 17, 2015

TODAY: Orthodox activists destroy sculptures, blame falls on Kremlin laws; watchdog bans Navalny’s critical video about United Russia; Putin in Crimea to discuss tourism; Gazprom to splinter? International airlines cut down on activity in Russia.
August 14, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 14, 2015

TODAY: Four more countries added to import ban list; CEC surprises opposition by allowing Parnas to stand in Kostroma; supermodel’s sister in cafe incident draws attention to plight of the disabled; Lavrov holds talks with Syrian National Co...
August 13, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 13, 2015

TODAY: Dutch flowers up in flames in apparent response to MH17 inquiry; Putin calls meeting over escalating Ukraine violence; ruble tumbles; Probusinessbank loses license; Kremlin establishes human rights prize, activists suspicious; rise in HIV r...