May 3, 2011 By Citizen M

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 3, 2011

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TODAY: Kremlin responds to bin Laden’s death; Moscow bomb injures 1; information on Navalny supporters extracted from Yandex and leaked; journalist deaths, press freedom; Domodedovo says operations are above board; May Day roundup.   
The Foreign Ministry ‘appreciates‘ having been tipped off about the death of Osama bin Laden before President Obama’s official statement.  The Kremlin welcomed the news, with President Dmitry Medvedev calling it a ‘serious success‘ against international terrorism, although public response is less positive: ‘A person in Russia can still become a victim of radical Islamic terrorism […] It does not matter if Bin Laden is alive or dead.‘  The head of Ingushetia says that bin Laden’s death will ‘decrease the activity of international terrorist organizations, including those operating in Russia.‘  A bomb blast in Moscow this morning has injured one policeman.  ‘Medvedev will seek to duplicate Obama’s own campaign as much as possible from start to finish.