Russia News Blast

November 3, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 3, 2017

TODAY: Dozhd evaluates Shelomov earnings; Kremlin denies interfering with Navalny campaign; schools to photograph students who rally; Yukons shareholders withdraw Belgium lawsuit; Venezuela crisis benefits Russia; Turkey buying $2bn worth of Russi...
November 2, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 2, 2017

TODAY: Putin meets Iranian and Azerbaijani counterparts, praises cooperation and progress in Syria; Rosneft signs $30bln deal with Iran’s national oil company; Gazprom affiliate spent $1m protecting Nord Stream 2; Russia launches channel in China;...
November 1, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 1, 2017

TODAY: Navalny’s Moscow campaign head given no reason for his detention; businessman who helped Navalny finds decapitated head in office; political prison numbers on the rise, says Memorial; Kremlin says foreign agents are collecting Russian DNA; ...
October 31, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 31, 2017

TODAY: Putin attends Human Rights Council meeting, then unveils Wall of Grief, to criticism; ECHR accepts Levada Center lawsuit; Felgengauer thanks supporters as state television continues to taunt Ekho Moskvy; Telegram lawsuit filed by journalist...
October 30, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 30, 2017

TODAY: Ekho Moskvy producer flees Russia after attack; Navalny’s presidential campaign head detained in Moscow; Putin and Kirill to honour victims of political repression; hundreds gather for anniversary of Great Terror; Rosneft as political tool;...
October 27, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 27, 2017

TODAY: Kremlin minimises celebration of 100th anniversary of revolution, edits word “annexation” out of German President’s Crimea speech; Novaya Gazeta to arm its journalists; Putin calls for crackdown on internet extremism; Twitter drops RT and S...
October 26, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 26, 2017

TODAY: New report claims wealth of Putin’s inner circle totals $24bn; Sobchak raises ire with Crimea comments; Navalny supporters jailed; journalists to sue FSB over encryption key demands; German President urges mending of ties with Russia; activ...
October 25, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2017

TODAY: Russia vetoes chemical weapons resolution; Putin moves to regulate, possibly ban, bitcoin; Russia is China’s top crude supplier; NotPetya strikes again with BadRabbit; Sobchak gives press conference about presidential bid, declines to criti...
October 24, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 24, 2017

TODAY: Ekho Moskvy journalist stabbed at work, many blame state television and combative political climate; Kaspersky Lab seeks to regain trust; Deripaska prepares London IPO for EN+; 100th anniversary of Russian Revolution.
October 23, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 23, 2017

TODAY: Navalny released, promptly attends rally; Afghanistan accuses Russia of arming Taliban; Russian navy donating weapons to Philippines; Browder placed on Interpol list; Putin attends 30,000-strong youth gathering in Sochi; election meddling p...