Russia News Blast

August 25, 2017

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

TODAY: Navalny’s Kazan campaign head detained and Moscow team evicted from headquarters; Udaltsov seeks to unite the left following release; final Bolotnaya Square prisoner released; capital flight equal to collective Russian wealth; Moscow ...
August 24, 2017

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

TODAY: Director Serebrennikov placed under house arrest, protesters gather in his defence, one detained; engineer released from prison after 2 years for sharing social media post about Crimea; Putin praises dialogue with Vatican; Rosneft wins $2.3...
August 23, 2017

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

TODAY: Liberal theatre director Serebrennikov detained, accused of fraud; Bolotnaya Square prisoner held in solitary ahead of release; activist declared political prisoner over pretrial detention; media outlets fined for reposting rap battle; Indo...
August 22, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 22, 2017

TODAY: Putin announces US-hardliner Anatoly Antonov to replace Kislyak as Deputy Foreign Minister; US slashes visa services for ordinary Russians in tit-for-tat move, Lavrov says Russia won’t reciprocate; Kostin sues Vedomosti for causing “moral s...
August 21, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 21, 2017

TODAY: Islamic State claims Siberian stabbing attack; Putin says artists should self-regulate if they want to reduce state censorship; Assad thanks Russia for defending his rule; Rosneft completes acquisition of India’s Essar; PDVSA praises relati...
August 18, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 18, 2017

TODAY: Media regulator suspends domain of US neo-Nazi site; Alexei Navalny sheds light on luxurious life of Peskov’s son; feminist camp forced to close; Russian consumer confidence increasing; Sobibor commemoration spat continues; almost hal...
August 17, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 17, 2017

TODAY: Ulyukayev bribe hearings begin; Moscow planning a Soviet memorial; Russian Railways will not let Crimea dispute affect its relationship with Siemens; Putin appears in public, ending rumours; report says religious freedom in Russia on par wi...
August 16, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 16, 2017

TODAY: Police agree to investigate assault on LGBT protestors in St Petersburg; Udaltsov is back on the opposition scene, but to what end? Oliver Stone attacks what he views as US Russophobia; the Armed Forces will be re-armed, asserts Putin; Ukra...
August 15, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 15, 2017

TODAY: Feminists in Krasnodar deemed a security threat; Gulag victim commemorator facing prosecution; fantasy novelist decries changes to LGBT storyline in Russian edit of her novel; Moscow seeking to mediate between North Korea and the US in new ...
August 14, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 14, 2017

TODAY: Gay Pride in St Petersburg gathers a hundred activists; five years of NGO constraints; renowned theater director’s passport confiscated; women to be accepted into Air Force; Snapchat finds itself registered with Russian regulator unaw...