Russia News Blast

August 6, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 6, 2018

TODAY: VAT hike signed into law; explosion at pension building amid unpopular pensions reform plans; Ryabkov speaks out against sanctions; Best Western pulls out of Crimea; Navalny compensated over fraud case; 25 detained at pro-LGBT rally; man he...
August 3, 2018

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

TODAY: New US bill seeks harder sanctions for Russia; Deripaska says sanctions demands unacceptable; lessening of Russian anti-Americanism since Helsinki summit; Europe’s Nemtsov case rapporteur banned from Russia; Amnesty access to Oleg Senstov b...
August 2, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 2, 2018

TODAY: More Russians willing to protest now than since 1999; Pussy Riot members released; Ukraine to sue Russia for Crimea damages; journalists killed in CAR funded by Khodorkovsky; Moscow journalist found dead; space rocket trade continues with US.
August 1, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 1, 2018

TODAY: Facebook suspends Russia-linked accounts; United Russia approval ratings plummet; Putin creates patriotic army directorate; EU adds 6 companies to sanctions list over Kerch Strait bridge; US Treasury extends Rusal shareholder deadline; Japa...
July 31, 2018

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

TODAY: Pussy Riot activists detained immediately on release; Ukraine legal dispute loses ground at WTO; Supreme Court rejects Browder case settlement; MMK postpones Turkish project; Pentagon working to prevent sale of Russian software; initial Cri...
July 30, 2018

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

TODAY: Tens of thousands protest pension reforms, some chanting anti-Putin slogans, United Russia deputy facing calls to resign after failing to support it; 100,000 gather for Navy Day parade; Putin attends ceremony marking adoption of Christianit...
July 27, 2018

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

TODAY: Russia seeks better BRICS business, discusses nuclear with South Africa; BRICS reaffirm support for open world economy; sixth prison guard detained over Yaroslavl torture; Foreign Ministry demands release of “political prisoner” Butina; aer...
July 26, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 26, 2018

TODAY: Yaroslavl prison guards plead guilty to prison torture, Fedotov calls for higher prison wages, UN demands Russia act on more widespread allegations; meme-poster faces 6-year sentence; Femen founder found dead; Pussy Riot members fined for W...
July 25, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 25, 2018

TODAY: Nizhny Novgorod journalist found dead; federal investigation into regional prisons, Bryansk guard detained; Siberian miners unpaid wages strike; VAT to be raised to 20%; Orthodox Church unhappy about stadium beer sales; Kremlin’s non-respon...
July 24, 2018

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

TODAY: Rosneft files claim against Exxon; Russia’s 800,000 slaves; cartel activity hitting a share of GDP; US sanctions hitting unwitting victims; prison employees arrested following torture video leak; Roscosmos researcher charged with treason; F...