Russia News Blast

April 29, 2016

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

TODAY: Security conference sees Russia blaming terrorism on the West; Lithuania upping defence budget over Russia fears; second rocket launch attempt successful; no more chance of pre-election coalition between Navalny and Kasyanov; Gazprom 2015 p...
April 28, 2016

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

TODAY: Panama Papers leak links Roldugin with Magnitsky; names of senior officials are being removed from public records, activists say; Putin lambasts space officials after rocket launch is called off; Labour Minister denies that there are any po...
April 27, 2016

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

TODAY: Parnas youth leader kidnapped in Moscow; censorship bosses to meet with China Internet mastermind; Russia in talks to supply Syria with more military equipment; Russia says bleak immediate outlook for relations with Turkey; ECHR orders Russ...
April 26, 2016

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

TODAY: Interior Ministry purchasing new psychoacoustic crowd dispersing technology; Syria and Russia sign infrastructure rebuild deals worth hundreds of millions of euros; Prosecutor General once again lobbying to have Khodorkovsky put on internat...
April 25, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 25, 2016

TODAY: New human rights ombudsman is former police general; new National Guard created to stave off post-election unrest, says former military intelligence official; Kremlin denies attacks on Israeli jets in Syria; Onexim Group denies possible sal...
April 22, 2016

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

TODAY: Duma wants National Guard to be given crowd-shooting powers; Russia attempting to rebuild reputation ahead of Summer Olympics; Pamfilova says she will resign if election is not fair; Karelia moving towards reinstatement of mayoral elections...
April 21, 2016

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

TODAY: Dutch court overturns $50bn Yukos payment order in victory for Kremlin; NATO and Russia reaffirm their mutual loathing; CEC votes to overturn disputed Barvikha early voting results; blogger charged with inciting hatred; case opened against ...
April 20, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 20, 2016

TODAY: NATO to raise issue of dangerous military stunts with Russia later today; Constitutional Court rejects its first ECHR ruling; Medvedev says economic reform is necessary but not about to happen; Anti-Corruption Foundation candidates withdraw...
April 19, 2016

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

TODAY: Russian fighter jets graze US planes twice in one week, so much for Putin’s cosy rhetoric; Russia is only country that wants Trump; Bastrykin slams US ‘hybrid war’; Novak not worried about OPEC failure, Venezuela blames US; Abramovich to in...
April 18, 2016

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

TODAY: Putin call-in solves a few regional disasters; President’s official income declared; Putin praises inflow of young foreign scientists; Kremlin apologises to Goldman Sachs and Panama Papers German newspaper; Judge fired for accepting anti-Pu...