August 24, 2010 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Aug 24, 2010

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TODAY: Medvedev appoints new Kaliningrad governor; Nemtsov warns of revolution; Moscow forest fires extinguished; Putin credits Yeltsin with inspiring his current position, is put right by scientist on climate change claims; visa-free travel, violence surges in Dagestan, Viktor Bout.
President Dmitry Medvedev has appointed Nikolai Tsukanov as the new governor of Kaliningrad.  A regional opposition head noted warily, ‘I know nothing about the positive qualities of the candidate.‘  The appointment ‘confirmed [Kaliningrad’s] reputation as the only region in the country where no governor has served more than one term‘.  Canada’s National Post has picked up on Boris Nemtsov’s dramatic comments, following weekend rallies in Moscow and Kaliningrad, that ‘the real danger for [Russia] is that there will be a bloody revolution‘.  There are no forest fires left in the Moscow region, according to the Emergency Situations Ministry.
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