Russia

October 28, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 28, 2013

TODAY: Thousands march for ‘political prisoners’; solidarity events held for Khodorkovsky; Vkontakte charges cleared; Medvedev wants Russians to trust courts; women’s rights lagging; Georgia elects Russia-friendly president; mobile companies to wa...
October 28, 2013

Khodorkovsky Arrest Marked Beginning of Authoritarianism

An insightful piece by Victor Davidoff in the Moscow Times this weekend connects the jailing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ten years ago with certain aspects of Russia’s decline, noting in particular that Yukos, before its demise, was in the habit...
October 28, 2013

Khodorkovsky Arrest Marked Beginning of Authoritarianism

An insightful piece by Victor Davidoff in the Moscow Times this weekend connects the jailing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky ten years ago with certain aspects of Russia’s decline, noting in particular that Yukos, before its demise, was in the habit...
October 25, 2013

Khodorkovsky: Ten Years in Prison

In the ten years since Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested and imprisoned, it’s not just his young family members that have changed.  Russia’s economic and social landscapes have also changed, and not for the better.  Writing in the New ...
October 25, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2013

TODAY: EEC summit sees Russia rigid on barring Ukraine from Customs Union; LGBT writers plan to release ‘underground’ book; U.S. espionage accusations dismissed; tenth anniversary of imprisonment of former Yukos head; Kremlin wants Rosneft money; ...
October 25, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2013

TODAY: EEC summit sees Russia rigid on barring Ukraine from Customs Union; LGBT writers plan to release ‘underground’ book; U.S. espionage accusations dismissed; tenth anniversary of imprisonment of former Yukos head; Kremlin wants Rosneft money; ...
October 24, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 24, 2013

TODAY: Greenpeace charges softened; migration official proposes harsher penalties for employers of migrants; Putin to meet with Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts; health official made Medvedev aide; Pichugin sentence ruled lawful; Rusal oppose...
October 24, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 24, 2013

TODAY: Greenpeace charges softened; migration official proposes harsher penalties for employers of migrants; Putin to meet with Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts; health official made Medvedev aide; Pichugin sentence ruled lawful; Rusal oppose...
October 22, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 22, 2013

TODAY: FSB plotting new surveillance; EU court throws out Katyn case; Netherlands files lawsuit; Belarus wants compensation from Uralkali; Putin and Singh sign agreements; gay parenting bill withdrawn, for now; gay rights protesters try new Olympi...
October 22, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 22, 2013

TODAY: FSB plotting new surveillance; EU court throws out Katyn case; Netherlands files lawsuit; Belarus wants compensation from Uralkali; Putin and Singh sign agreements; gay parenting bill withdrawn, for now; gay rights protesters try new Olympi...