Russia News Blast

June 1, 2017

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

TODAY: Navalny ordered to delete Medvedev corruption allegation video; pressure on those helping his election campaign mounts; court sides with activist over conviction; Amnesty ups pressure on Russia regarding gay purges in Chechnya; Kremlin expe...
May 31, 2017

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

TODAY: John McCain describes Putin as greater threat than ISIS; Russian President maintains that sore loser Democrats fabricated story of hacking; Trump’s lawyer now drawn into investigation into U.S. President’s Moscow links; Saudi Ar...
May 30, 2017

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

TODAY: Putin has ‘frank’ discussion with new French President; Macron lambasts Russian media ‘falsehoods’; Kremlin promises muscular response to expulsion of diplomats from Moldova; Usmanov’s battle with Navalny takes...
May 29, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 29, 2017

TODAY: Kushner proposed secret communications channel with Russia, says new report; Oleg Deripaska may collaborate with U.S. investigation into Trump’s Russia ties; Macron pledges he will be tough with Putin; OPEC and Russia’s producti...
May 26, 2017

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

TODAY: Hackers attempted to leak false information about anti-Kremlin critics last year in a broad campaign; Navalny associate fined for extremism over Internet video share; blogger accused of hurting police during arrest; Siberian newspaper edito...
May 25, 2017

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

TODAY: Protester given 18-month sentence for assaulting a police officer during anti-corruption rally; Bolshoi director complains to Kremlin over detention of filmmaker; Usmanov goads Navalny with second Youtube attack; Russian intelligence was wo...
May 24, 2017

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

TODAY: Popular opposition filmmaker detained after raid on his house and prominent Moscow theatre; this season’s protesters facing threats and prosecution; Transparency International coming under official pressure again; FBK foils extravagant Rosn...
May 23, 2017

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

TODAY: FAS uncovers price-fixing cartel similar to the one exposed by Anti-Corruption Fund last week; investigators detain money laundering syndicate; cyber security report exposes last year’s massive Russian smartphone hack; a quarter of Russians...
May 22, 2017

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

TODAY: Navalny’s ACF publishes new exposé on Putin associate’s alleged cartel; Usmanov’s feud with Navalny only helps the latter’s campaign, observers say; Duma accuse US media of election interference; Russia and Saudi Arabia unite over oil produ...
May 19, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – May 19, 2017

TODAY: Ferry begins route between Russia and North Korea; Putin has first call with Macron; Sechin says Russia needs to extend Saudi cooperation beyond OPEC; Russia threatens Canada with retaliation after it adopts own version of the Magnitsky Act...