russia politics

February 15, 2011

Court Aide Braves Authorities on Khodorkovsky

Today a dramatic new twist in the Khodorkovsky trial emerged.  Natalya Vasilyeva, a disillusioned court aide to judge Viktor Danilkin, who recently handed down a 14-year sentence to the Yukos founder and business and partner Platon Lebedev, h...
February 15, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 15, 2011

TODAY: Khodorkovsky verdict rigged says judge’s assistant; Guardian seeks clarification on Harding’s status; defamation suit against Putin thrown out of court. Russia-Britain relations under scrutiny as Lavrov prepares to meet Hague; K...
February 14, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 14, 2011

TODAY: Activists held at Moscow protest rally; Luke Harding returns to Moscow; Lavrov begins British visit; son of Khodorkovsky lobbies for father at Grammy awards.  Nemtsov takes on Moscow judge over chair issue; policeman handed down 12 yea...
February 8, 2011

Boris Nemtsov vs. the BBC

Boris Nemtsov appeared on the BBC’s HardTalk last night, delivering a scathing rebuttal to presenter Stephen Sackur’s insistence that Nemtsov’s call for sanctions against Russian leaders was improbable. In his defense, ...
February 8, 2011

Boris Nemtsov vs. the BBC

Boris Nemtsov appeared on the BBC’s HardTalk last night, delivering a scathing rebuttal to presenter Stephen Sackur’s insistence that Nemtsov’s call for sanctions against Russian leaders was improbable. In his defense, ...
February 7, 2011

Wikileaks: ‘Tactical Ad-Hocery’ in Georgia

Here’s an excerpt from another new Wikileak-ed document from 2008, released over the weekend, which contains some opinions from the American Embassy in London regarding Russia’s military involvement in Georgia.  The document,...
February 7, 2011

Television Time for Opposition Leaders?

Did you know that Garry Kasparov has been banned from appearing on Russian television due to state censorship?  Well, that could all be about to change, after Vladimir Posner, the host of the television show Vremena, asked Prime Minister Vlad...
February 7, 2011

Television Time for Opposition Leaders?

Did you know that Garry Kasparov has been banned from appearing on Russian television due to state censorship?  Well, that could all be about to change, after Vladimir Posner, the host of the television show Vremena, asked Prime Minister Vlad...
February 7, 2011

Trident Info Offered in START Deal

The Telegraph is reporting on a new Wikileaks cable (the full text of which is here), suggesting that Russia’s approval for the new START treaty was given on condition that the US release information on the Trident nuclear missiles it had de...
February 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Feb 4, 2011

TODAY: Domodedovo bombing suspects detained; Medvedev and Putin cavil over the case; rights groups fear the ascent of Orthodox Church; Khodorkovsky sentence to shrink by three months? Novaya Gazeta reporter wins case against Finance Ministry; ex-b...