Russia News Blast

October 4, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 4, 2016

TODAY: Putin suspends nuclear deal with US made in 2000, citing ‘unfriendly actions’ as US cuts off Syria dialogue with Russia, Foreign Ministry says US is to blame for current situation; Western coverage of Syria wildly different to Russia’s vers...
October 3, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – October 3, 2016

TODAY: Russia continues to bomb Aleppo whilst warning US to stay out, increases airforce presence in Syria; children’s cot designed to look like a missile; FAS concludes that Russia is a capitalism of state monopolies; Kremlin announces U-turn on ...
September 30, 2016

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

TODAY: US and Russia continue to lock horns over Syria and nuclear weapons; Merkel presses Putin on Syria and Ukraine; Rosneft sues RBC for libel; new OPEC limits are unlikely to alter Russia’s production; former Yukos head funding media startups;...
September 29, 2016

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

TODAY: US threatens to end Syria diplomacy with Russia over ‘barbaric’ Aleppo attacks; criminal investigation team says Russia was behind downing of MH-17; Putin unveils hopes for new budget as oil production continues to hit post-Soviet highs; an...
September 28, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 28, 2016

TODAY: Reporter Grigory Pasko attacked in Barnaul; journalist who attempted to expose election fraud charged with it himself; Patriarch Krill hardens abortion stance; anti-Kremlin protester arrested once more; Putin linked to Gunvor in Dozhd TV br...
September 27, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 27, 2016

TODAY: Russia hits back against West’s accusations of war crimes in Syria; Iceland voices concerns over fighter jet activity; Investigative Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin tenders his resignation; ballot stuffing investigated; art galler...
September 26, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 26, 2016

TODAY: Russia faces accusations of war crimes in Syria at UN Security Council; Washington calls Moscow’s bombardment of Aleppo ‘barbarism’; Sergey Kirilenko poised to become first deputy chief of staff; Finance Ministry advocates...
September 23, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 23, 2016

TODAY: Putin announces ally as new head of Foreign Intelligence Service; opposition deputies take less than a third of new Duma seats; election data indicates number of Russian troops in Syria; Finance Ministry proposes $1.25bn of new borrowing; r...
September 22, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 22, 2016

TODAY: Kerry says Russia living in a parallel universe over Syria attack, Churkin says US distorting events; Putin’s ‘grey cardinal’, Investigative Committee spokesman both resign; Rosneft strategy makes OPEC reduction look unlikely; Medvedev anno...
September 21, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 21, 2016

TODAY: CIA head says Putin will run in 2018, increase stronghold on society; founder of art collective Voina arrested in Czech Republic; NATO rejects Russian air safety proposal as a distraction; UN suspends aid to Syria after US alleges Russia at...