Russia’s Housing Crisis A Driver of Public Discontent
People protest for many different reasons. In Russia, could the dire housing situation be the next major cause of public discontent with Vladimir Putin?
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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 6, 2013
TODAY: United Russia’s liberal platform seen as a trick; Belykh could lose his post; Medvedev ‘clinging to job’; no closure of children’s hospital in St. Petersburg; resentment in Sochi; preservationists detained; Razvozzhayev’s lawyer detained; G...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 6, 2013
TODAY: United Russia’s liberal platform seen as a trick; Belykh could lose his post; Medvedev ‘clinging to job’; no closure of children’s hospital in St. Petersburg; resentment in Sochi; preservationists detained; Razvozzhayev’s lawyer detained; G...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 5, 2013
TODAY: Kremlin hires Goldman Sachs to boost investment image; Gozman accuses Investigative Committee of involvement in a vendetta against Navanly; Biden to work with Lavrov on Syrian chemical weapons? Pessimistic outlook for the U.S.-Russia reset;...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 4, 2013
TODAY: Opposition called for questioning in Navalny case; Putin says Church should have more control; Stalingrad celebrations; Kremlin’s rights council blames police for May violence; St Petersburg hospital protest; Biden comments on U.S.-Russia d...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 4, 2013
TODAY: Opposition called for questioning in Navalny case; Putin says Church should have more control; Stalingrad celebrations; Kremlin’s rights council blames police for May violence; St Petersburg hospital protest; Biden comments on U.S.-Russia d...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 1, 2013
TODAY: HRW slams Russia for worst human rights year since Soviet times; Russia welcomes new U.S. Secretary of State; Pussy Riot member sent to hospital; central bank rejects Putin’s calls to ease monetary policy; Ukraine says it will settle with G...
RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 1, 2013
TODAY: HRW slams Russia for worst human rights year since Soviet times; Russia welcomes new U.S. Secretary of State; Pussy Riot member sent to hospital; central bank rejects Putin’s calls to ease monetary policy; Ukraine says it will settle with G...
Russia’s Economic Outlook Tightens
Recently released economic data shows that Russia’s GDP fell short of expectations last year, while the federal budget required oil prices to maintain at $117 a barrel in order to balance out spending. Maybe Vladimir Putin should have let Dm...
Russia’s Economic Outlook Tightens
Recently released economic data shows that Russia’s GDP fell short of expectations last year, while the federal budget required oil prices to maintain at $117 a barrel in order to balance out spending. Maybe Vladimir Putin should have let Dm...