Russia News Blast

August 19, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 19, 2016

TODAY: Ukrainian President makes stark warning on threat from Russia; disagrees with CIS plans to send election monitors to Crimea; rights lawyer barred from leaving Russia; McCain backed NGO added to undesirable list; Sechin to sue Novaya Gazeta ...
August 18, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 18, 2016

TODAY: U.S. suggests Iran deployment to Syria might have flouted U.N. Security Council resolution; Russia disagrees; Iraq opens its airspace to Russian fighter jets; postponement of Bashneft privatisation will hasten the depletion of the Reserve F...
August 17, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 17, 2016

TODAY: Medvedev announces surprise postponement of widely anticipated Bashneft privatisation; HRW accuses Russia of using banned weapons in Syria; Russia now bombing Syria from Iranian base; Ukraine rhetoric seen as being more about diplomacy than...
August 16, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 16, 2016

TODAY: Lavrov says Kremlin has evidence of alleged Ukrainian incursions and ‘sabotage’ in Crimea; Putin’s high-level firings raise suspicions; MICEX hits record high; Russia in oil talks with Saudi Arabia; nothing exists to formally ban Rosneft fr...
August 15, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 15, 2016

TODAY: Last remaining track athlete Klishina banned from Rio Olympics at last minute, appeals, wins appeal; Putin fires chief of staff Ivanov, installs younger and unknown replacement; Sberbank no longer working with AmEx; diplomatic ties with Kie...
August 12, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 12, 2016

TODAY: Foreign Ministry sends out warning to West of consequences for Ukraine’s incursion into Crimea (which it denies making); Poroshenko puts troops on combat alert; first Russian charged under Yarovaya Laws; Pelosi refers to Russian web breach ...
August 11, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 11, 2016

TODAY: Putin condemns Ukraine’s ‘terror’ following FSB report of thwarted incursion into Crimea, abandons plans for peace talks; FSB to provide wiretaps to telecoms companies to implement new laws; no one eats off of Putin and Erdogan plates; PARN...
August 10, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 10, 2016

TODAY: Putin holds friendly meetings with Turkey, vowing to amend ties; British army would not defeat Russian army, says leaked report, as May and Putin plan to meet in person; Efimova wins Olympic swim medal, to chagrin of fellow competitors; hun...
August 9, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 9, 2016

TODAY: IOC distinguishes between Paralympic and Olympic rulings as Kremlin prepares to sue; unusual build up of military hardware in Crimea, Foreign Ministry concerned about violence in Ukraine; FAS opens case against Apple; Turkey reinstates Sput...
August 8, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Aug 8, 2016

TODAY: Entire Paralympian team banned from Rio 2016 games; petition calling for Medvedev’s resignation gains momentum; corruption measures ineffectual, says Transparency International; workers on bridge to Crimea complain of slavery-like con...