Russia News Blast

January 11, 2017

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

TODAY: Hacking allegations continue; anonymous and likely unsupportable documents allege kompromat and years of ties between Russia and Trump; anti-Russia sanctions likely to continue after Obama administration; Southern Gas Corridor halfway to co...
January 10, 2017

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

TODAY: German government examining proliferation of fake news, points finger at Russia; Peskov says Russia is tired of the witch-hunt over hacking as several pieces discredit U.S. intelligence report; Lithuania says barred data center construction...
January 9, 2017

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

TODAY: Russia dismisses new U.S. intelligence ‘assessment’ of its election hacking, Trump accepts report; U.S. adds to Eastern Europe military buildup; Russia offers U.S. almost no support on Islamic State, says official; jailed activist Dadin con...
January 6, 2017

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

TODAY: Russia begins to reduce forces in Syria; military upgrades underway; intercepted communications reveal senior officials ebullient at results of U.S. presidential elections; Director of U.S. national intelligence asserts Russia clearly inter...
January 5, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 5, 2017

TODAY: Defence Ministry blames Syria destruction on U.S.; Russia offers weapons to Philippines in exchange for friendship; promised oil output cuts may be meaningless given how much production increased last year; Secretary of State-in-waiting Til...
January 4, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 4, 2017

TODAY: Russia interested in naval exercises with the Philippines; Putin’s habitual lateness; Gazprom Neft to have at shale oil alone; a brief history of Rosneft and Otkritie; Russia leads inequality index; sources argue over existence of Russia ha...
January 3, 2017

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

TODAY: Russian stocks eagerly anticipated for this year; Trump aide suggests current sanctions against Russia are disproportionate; oil and gas production at record highs; Defence Ministry posts ‘liberated’ Aleppo pictures, France urging Russia to...
January 2, 2017

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

TODAY: Russian diplomats leave U.S. as Putin vows not to retaliate, wishes Obama Happy New Year, Trump takes to Twitter to praise the move; Putin congratulates Russians on a year of progress; anti-racism NGO listed as ‘foreign agent’; Russian hack...
December 30, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 30, 2016

TODAY: Russia closes Anglo-American school in retaliation after Obama reveals extended anti-Russia sanctions as punishment for election hacking; Putin’s internet adviser suggests Russian web could cut itself off from the world; ruble outperforms i...
December 29, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 29, 2016

TODAY: RUSADA backtracks on state-sponsored doping report; Duma wants new law for dissenters in wake of Charlie Hebdo response to military plane crash; Trump on Russia election hacking: ‘we need to move on’; Turkey and Russia working on Syria ceas...