Russia

January 11, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 11, 2013

TODAY: Adoptions ban to remain in place until 2014; opposition activist says beating is political; United Russia would support ban on electoral blocs; Novatek and Gazprom LNG deal; navy’s new subs; bank forecasts; Serdyukov questioned; Duma deputy...
January 10, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 10, 2013

TODAY: Razvozzhayev transferred to Siberian detention centre; adoption ban protest approved; extremists target Kremlin; Russians worried about housing issues; match-fixers to face seven years; Syria talks tomorrow; resorts under scrutiny after tra...
January 10, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 10, 2013

TODAY: Razvozzhayev transferred to Siberian detention centre; adoption ban protest approved; extremists target Kremlin; Russians worried about housing issues; match-fixers to face seven years; Syria talks tomorrow; resorts under scrutiny after tra...
January 9, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 9, 2013

TODAY: Markets re-open on a high; EEU creating pressure among potential members; Polonsky could be detained until end of month; tax on screenings of foreign films; cosmonauts and the space industry; new radar stations; wolf hunt. Russian markets r...
January 8, 2013

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

TODAY: Snowballers detained and lectured; U.S. warns Russia on Syrian banks; adoption cases; economic growth, Skolkovo; speakers’ corner delayed; Depardieu offered culture minister post. Police detained several people in St. Petersburg yesterday f...
January 8, 2013

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

TODAY: Snowballers detained and lectured; U.S. warns Russia on Syrian banks; adoption cases; economic growth, Skolkovo; speakers’ corner delayed; Depardieu offered culture minister post. Police detained several people in St. Petersburg yesterday f...
January 7, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 7, 2013

TODAY: Putin marks Orthodox Christmas; Patriarch Kirill urges citizen adoptions and Kremlin clemency; Ukraine wary of customs union; beer laws receive mixed response; Radio Free Europe President explains changes; Polonsky arrested in Cambodia.  Pr...
January 7, 2013

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 7, 2013

TODAY: Putin marks Orthodox Christmas; Patriarch Kirill urges citizen adoptions and Kremlin clemency; Ukraine wary of customs union; beer laws receive mixed response; Radio Free Europe President explains changes; Polonsky arrested in Cambodia.  Pr...
January 4, 2013

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

TODAY: Putin named most influential politician; Duma to consider nation-wide homosexuality ban; Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship; adoption ban continues to draw ire; militant robots. Foreign Policy magazine has named President Vladimir...
January 4, 2013

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

TODAY: Putin named most influential politician; Duma to consider nation-wide homosexuality ban; Gerard Depardieu granted Russian citizenship; adoption ban continues to draw ire; militant robots. Foreign Policy magazine has named President Vladimir...