Russia

April 23, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 23, 2013

TODAY: Upcoming Putin Q&A pulls half a million questions; Putin calls for urgent economic stimulus; opposition trials this week; Peskov laments lack of opposition; Russia to support nuclear Egypt; Gazprom to split? Boston bombers Russia links....
April 19, 2013

Alexei Navalny: Inevitable Martyrdom?

As the new fraud charge against Alexei Navalny brings the total charges against him to five, The Economist argues that Navalny might not have been persecuted in this way had he acted on his popularity sooner.  It’s an interesting angle – it ...
April 19, 2013

Alexei Navalny: Inevitable Martyrdom?

As the new fraud charge against Alexei Navalny brings the total charges against him to five, The Economist argues that Navalny might not have been persecuted in this way had he acted on his popularity sooner.  It’s an interesting angle – it ...
April 19, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 19, 2013

TODAY: Politkovskaya suspects probe ends; Medvedev’s Skolkovo raided; U.S. Senator meets Magnitsky family, pushes human rights factor; Vkontakte bought by Kremlin allies; Putin to choose next Dagestan governor; Sechin makes Time list; nurses sough...
April 19, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 19, 2013

TODAY: Politkovskaya suspects probe ends; Medvedev’s Skolkovo raided; U.S. Senator meets Magnitsky family, pushes human rights factor; Vkontakte bought by Kremlin allies; Putin to choose next Dagestan governor; Sechin makes Time list; nurses sough...
April 16, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 16, 2013

TODAY: Navalny expects a guilty verdict, Prokhorov slams comments by investigation spokesman; Peskov applauds competence of Magnitsky investigators; diplomatic tensions with U.S. to be addressed by Putin and Obama meetings, relationship with Germa...
April 10, 2013

Russia’s Archaic Grasp of Women’s Roles

Vladimir Putin managed to offend advocates of both women’s and gay rights with comments made in response to the Femen protest in Hanover earlier this week, at which he was accosted by four topless women, their bodies scrawled with curses of “...
April 8, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 8, 2013

TODAY: NGO crackdown protesters welcome Putin to Germany, Merkel calls on Russia to give NGOs a chance; protesters rally against May 6 arrests; Kudrin report says authorities hamper development; Magnitsky lawyer asks to be removed from ‘illegal’ c...
April 4, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 4, 2013

TODAY: Navalny trial announced; new law to protect procurement; Putin orders Gazprom to revisit Yamal pipeline plan in potential blow to Ukraine; Pussy Riot Alyokhina to be transferred; prison guard given suspended sentence for murder; VTB’s Tele2...
April 2, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 2, 2013

TODAY: Prokhorov calls for Zhukovsky revote; Kozak dismisses Greenpeace complaints about Sochi waste; NGO raids storm continues; sources dispute nature of Berezovsky’s death; Udaltsov house arrest extended. Billionaire businessman and politician M...