russia politics

January 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 25, 2011

TODAY: Terrorist bomb explosion at Moscow’s busiest airport kills at least 35; Islamic militants seen to be likely perpetrators; Twitter fills gaps in media coverage; Medvedev postpones arrival in Davos. Final START vote expected today; Russ...
January 24, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 24, 2011

TODAY: Voina artist in hiding; the sinister side of social media; Memorial fears for safety of Muslims in Moscow; Blue Buckets group incensed over traffic accident. Georgia fighting Russian influence with English?  Bout trial date set; Khodor...
January 14, 2011

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

TODAY: Tusk speaks out on crash report; Lavrov conveys solidarity with Poland; says no further nuclear reductions in immediate future; Russian anger at treatment of Bout’s wife; OSCE steps up pressure on Belarus; Gibbs vs ITAR-TASS; Murder c...
January 13, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 13, 2011

TODAY: Polish anger at presidential plane crash report; Freedom House sees decline in Russia democracy; Slavic Force leader arrested; St Petersburg gives the go ahead to ultra-nationalist rally; Limonov and Nemtsov lose appeals.  Norway-Russi...
January 12, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 12, 2011

TODAY: Ultra-nationalist rally averted in Moscow; Nemtsov to appeal against arrest in EU Court of Human Rights; Gryzlov cautions against talks of Khodorkovsky-prompted sanctions; 2011 to be year of ecological activism? Kasparov offers bleak vision...
January 11, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 11, 2011

TODAY: Pro-Kremlin youth group approach Boris Nemtsov; negative outlook for demonstrations; eyes turn to Belarus as government threatens to separate opposition family; EU considers sanctions. Viktor Bout’s wife claims to have been pressured ...
January 10, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 10, 2011

TODAY: Disillusion in Siberia; Strasbourg to discuss Khodorkovsky case; new film out on the Yukos trial; Viktor Bout trial to unlock Russian secrets?  Lyudmila Alexeyeva asserts the need for protest to be legal; two activists jailed; Medvedev...
January 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 7, 2011

TODAY: Russia blasts US for criticisms of dissent crackdown; another two dozen detained as protests continue; Ilya Yashin released.  Tupolev-154s to be grounded?  Amendments for START; icebreakers continue rescue efforts; winning hockey ...
January 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 6, 2011

TODAY: Protests against jail time for Nemtsov dispersed, more activists arrested; US senators add to chorus of disapproval; the single person picket phenomenon; ‘creeping censorship’.  Medvedev to visit Palestinian territories; Po...
January 5, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Jan 5, 2011

TODAY: How the Kremlin employs cyber control; Nashi involved in protest thwarting; further detentions of protesters in Moscow; Belarus releases some detainees; US and Russia enjoy anti-hijacking exercise; Shmatko recommends forest-razing to deal w...