Russia News Blast

February 22, 2017

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

TODAY: Kremlin refuses to bend on Trump contact claims; new U.S. national security advisor an unfavourable choice for Russia?  Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash arrested; UK edging closer to a Magnitsky Act of its own; Russia and Libya strengthen ...
February 21, 2017

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

TODAY: Russian ambassador to U.N. dies suddenly; tributes from colleagues pour in; Kremlin defends its decision to recognise passports from Ukraine’s separatist regions; decries Ukrainian peace plan; Trump media coverage in Russia downscaled...
February 20, 2017

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

TODAY: Shaky ceasefire agreed in eastern Ukraine; positivity undermined by reports that Russia will recognise documents from rebel-held territory; Moscow behind plot to kill pro-Western leader of Montenegro, alleges new report; Senator Graham vows...
February 17, 2017

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

TODAY: Putin accuses Ukraine of undermining Minsk agreement; U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis asserts Moscow must play by international rules; Trump lambasts Russia links as ‘fake news’; Manafort’s connections to Kremlin continu...
February 16, 2017

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

TODAY: Russia responds angrily to U.S. suggestions that it return Crimea to Ukraine; pro-Putin nationalist group pickets media for ‘cult of Trump’ coverage; Kremlin dismisses story that Trump had contact with its intelligence all through last year...
February 15, 2017

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

TODAY: White House under pressure over Trump’s Russia ties again after national security adviser Flynn dismissed, Duma officials react angrily, future U.S.-Russia ties now uncertain; Trump wants Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine; Montenegro warns...
February 14, 2017

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

TODAY: French presidential candidates alleges Russian cyber attacks, Kremlin media backs Le Pen; Russians increasingly interested in tourism to Trump’s Russia; locals go after decision to donate iconic St Petersburg cathedral to the Orthodox Churc...
February 13, 2017

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

TODAY: Ekho Moskvy under threat; Navalny will force Kremlin to let him run for President as Kremlin reels out its usual opposition suspects; Constitutional Court wants Dadin’s sentence reviewed; documentary on Ukrainian film maker explains the mes...
February 10, 2017

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

TODAY: Baltics want protection ahead of Russia drills, Lithuania locked down U.S. support before Trump could reverse deployment; Putin not invited to G7 this year; Peskov speaks out against sanctions as U.S. State Department publishes pro-sanction...
February 9, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 9, 2017

TODAY: Navalny convicted of embezzlement, given five-year suspended sentence, says verdict will not block his presidential bid; Putin looks forward to Russia’s future as Amnesty slams Kremlin over domestic violence decriminalisation; watchdog says...