Russia News Blast

April 20, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 20, 2017

TODAY: US says Putin-led think-tank provided plan for influencing of US presidential election; ExxonMobil seeking sanctions waiver to work with Rosneft; Russia pushing for more Arctic drilling; journalist Nikolai Andrushchenko dies following attac...
April 19, 2017

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

TODAY: US military intercepts Russian bombers near Alaska; Duma lawmaker says US news organs are part of anti-Russia pressure system; Kremlin will not pay any special attention to UK snap election; St Petersburg bomber says he was unwitting accomp...
April 18, 2017

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

TODAY: Russia hopes US will not act unilaterally against North Korea; Kiselyov says Trump more dangerous than Kim Jong-Un; Russia unveils striking Arctic military base; Google antitrust case settled at $7.8m; Chechnya investigating reports of gay ...
April 14, 2017

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

TODAY: Kremlin slams ECHR ruling that Russia was at fault in 2003 terror attack; Prokhorov to sell RBC; Novaya Gazeta receives threats for covering Chechnya’s persecution of gay men; Mexican journalists accuses Russia of political meddling; Wikile...
April 13, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 13, 2017

TODAY: Putin and Lavrov meet with Tillerson, declare relations to be at a low, worse since Trump took office; Trump reverses position on NATO; Navalny calls for second round of Russia-wide protests; Russia uses UN veto on Syria chemical attack res...
April 12, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 12, 2017

TODAY: Irkutsk protest organisers detained by National Guard; Navalny to continue organising protests, says poverty makes people brave; Volodin as Putin successor? UK says Russia interfered in Brexit vote; no G7 sanctions for Russia; Chechen men s...
April 11, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 11, 2017

TODAY: Navalny released from jail, moved to a different location at last minute; Usmanov to sue Navalny for libel over Medvedev allegations; poll says Russians are keen on protests but less so on Navalny; teacher arrested over online calls to prot...
April 10, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 10, 2017

TODAY: Tillerson slams Russia for Syria chemical attack, blames it for US strike on Syria; Duma speaker warns of consequences for US; NATO says Russian naval activity exceeds Cold War levels; what is Russia up to in Nicaragua? Medvedev slams Trump...
April 7, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 7, 2017

TODAY: Thousands march in Moscow in honour of St Petersburg bomb victims; journalist accuses pro-Kremlin activists of “grief factory” actions; FSB says defuses third bomb, 8 arrested so far; European Parliament condemns arrest and detention of Nav...
April 6, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 6, 2017

TODAY: Medvedev’s approval ratings fall 10% in wake of fraud allegations; LGBT network receives appeals from men in Chechnya under persecution; Putin well accustomed to brushing off vulgarities; Jehovah’s Witnesses may be outlawed in Russia entire...