russia politics

January 4, 2011

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

TODAY: Ekho Moskvy correspondent detained for report on Strategy 31 detainees; Dec 31 crackdown draws US criticism; Belarus frees one presidential candidate; Lithuania hopes to intervene on Minsk’s OSCE decision.  Medvedev to put off Is...
January 3, 2011

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

TODAY: 68 people detained at Dec 31 rally including opposition leaders Nemtsov and Limonov; Viktor Bout reportedly rejects ‘plea bargain’; Khodorkovsky’s son speaks of personal vendetta against his father; Belarus continues oppos...
December 31, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 31, 2010

TODAY: Khodorkovsky receives maximum sentence; decision met with flurry of international criticism, talk of court under pressure.  The Kremlin urges calm in Korean peninsula; record drug confiscation; Chapman TV appearance; Strategy 31 protes...
December 30, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 30, 2010

TODAY: Economist Democracy Index sees Russia leaning towards authoritarianism; US acting department spokesman says Khodorkovsky trial will not be detrimental to relations; Putin lauds START as success for Medvedev; highlights cabinet unity.  ...
December 29, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 29, 2010

TODAY: Russia hits back at West on Khodorkovsky comments; judge says Gref’s testimony did little in Yukos founder’s favor; trial by jury suspiciously dismissed in Izmestiev case. Khimki official among 3 arrested for ecologist’s b...
December 28, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 28, 2010

TODAY: International condemnation of Khodorkovsky verdict; Oleg Orlov vs Ramzan Kadyrov; Putin recommends restricting trial by jury; Medvedev and PM’s difference of opinion over ethnic integration model; Russian dissidents living in Germany ...
December 27, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 27, 2010

TODAY: Khodorkovsky and Lebedev found guilty of embezzlement charges; Yukos founder judges Putin to be ‘pitiable’; US cables lament ‘rule-of-law gloss’; uncover deplorable prison conditions. Medvedev in Q+A cautions politic...
December 24, 2010

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

TODAY: US-passed START to reach Duma today? Czech Republic espionage concerns; wife of Belarusian presidential candidate expresses concern over husband’s injuries. Opposition politicians pledge to unmask Putin; ‘managed nationialism...
December 23, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 23, 2010

TODAY: The New York Times reveals disquieting details from official investigation into Magnitsky death;   Moscow police chief blames outsiders for racial tensions; Strategy 31 displeased with rally sanctions; Novaya Gazeta and Wikileaks partn...
December 22, 2010

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Dec 22, 2010

TODAY: START moving forward; Anna Chapman for UR youth role; Britain and Russia in spy expulsions; Putin holds meeting with football fans, indicates possible strengthening of immigration rules; Magnitsky-inspired ruling approved; Belarus crackdown...