Russia News Blast

September 3, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 3, 2018

TODAY: Thousands march across Russia against pension reforms; Nord Stream 2 on schedule despite opposition; Vkontakte to give users privacy control; FBI tried to flip Deripaska; Babchenko murder plot coordinator jailed. 
August 31, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 31, 2018

TODAY: Russia holds talks with Syrian leaders, planned Idlib offensive worries UN; Russia blocking UN North Korea report of sanctions violations; Macron wants updated Russia-EU relations; Lukoil begins share buyback; Pension Fund Director owns a l...
August 30, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 30, 2018

TODAY: Putin gives televised address on pension reform, reduces female age hike, asks for compliance, Siluanov reveals implementation costs of $7.3bn; Russia’s stagnant economy; Telegram is unblockable; InDriver gaining ground; US accuses Russia o...
August 29, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 29, 2018

TODAY: Putin will speak on pension reforms, hints at softer measures; “power lobby” growing in Duma; Russia increases Mediterranean naval presence, plans 300,000-strong war games; Telegram unveils new privacy policy; US-based environmental g...
August 28, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 28, 2018

TODAY: Kremlin biding its time on new US sanctions retaliation; McCain death prompts reflections on Russia; Orthodox programs in children’s summer camps anger parents; West seeking Russian support in safeguarding Syria; Moscow postpones Afghan pea...
August 27, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 27, 2018

TODAY: Kremlin aide proposes forced investments for big companies; have US sanctions gone as far as they can? Commercial banks raising interest rates; Navalny detained ahead of pension reform protest; hunger-striking Udaltsov hospitalised again; d...
August 24, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 24, 2018

TODAY: US sanctions will not halt Russia sale of rocket engines or titanium to US; push to suspend dollar in global trade; Lavrov slams unhelpful US approach to relations; Merkel promoting Nord Stream 2; Putin commemorates Battle of Kursk; feminis...
August 23, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 23, 2018

TODAY: Putin in Finland defends NATO response, says US sanctions are counterproductive; latest sanctions “negligible” but Russia bracing for next measures; Serebrennikov now detained for a year; Taliban agrees to Russia talks, US and Afghanistan r...
August 22, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 22, 2018

TODAY: Foreign Ministry says Microsoft hack claims are part of witch hunt; US threatens further sanctions, adds some new companies in wake of North Korea oil deliveries; Central Bank ups its gold reserves; Russia signs military cooperation with CA...
August 21, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 21, 2018

TODAY: Microsoft thwarts new Russia political hacks on US; Syria refugees obstructed by lack of US cooperation; Russia will not be the first to put weapons in space; sanctions hurting emerging markets, Putin hopes for better ties, UK pushing for f...