April 28, 2008 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 28, 2008

280408.jpgTODAY: Deripaska in the spotlight; Iran tries to defuse nuclear row with Russia; talks with Japan, tensions with Abkhazia; Russian Easter; Gorbachev criticizes Russian democracy; football final threatens visa nightmare. Oleg Deripaska, has said he is convinced Vladimir Putin will remain fully in charge of Russia until 2020. Read an interview with Deripaska here. Iran is apparently trying to defuse a nuclear row with Russia by offering a “package of proposals”. It is being reported that Russian military reinforcements were being deployed in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia over the weekend. Japanese Prime Minister Jasuo Fukuda has agreed with Putin to begin talks to resolve a territorial dispute over the Kuril islands.