Russia

August 3, 2012

Behind Bastrykin’s Scandals

Brian Whitmore and the team at RFE/RL are doing a fantastic job with their weekly podcasts, bringing a bright spot to your Friday afternoons.  This week’s edition explores some of the possible reasons for the two big scandals which have erup...
August 2, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 2, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot’s call for extra time on charges rejected, British politicians add their support to the cause; Putin to watch judo, discuss Syria with Cameron in London; President sees flaws in NATO Afghanistan withdrawal plans; deputies p...
August 2, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – August 2, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot’s call for extra time on charges rejected, British politicians add their support to the cause; Putin to watch judo, discuss Syria with Cameron in London; President sees flaws in NATO Afghanistan withdrawal plans; deputies p...
July 27, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 27, 2012

TODAY: Activists protest in Moscow against rally-related detentions; Navalny calls Bastrykin a ‘foreign agent’; Sobchak money will not be returned; Olympics committee head slams Lukashenko ban; harvest forecasts will suffer; Russian journalist bar...
July 27, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 27, 2012

TODAY: Activists protest in Moscow against rally-related detentions; Navalny calls Bastrykin a ‘foreign agent’; Sobchak money will not be returned; Olympics committee head slams Lukashenko ban; harvest forecasts will suffer; Russian journalist bar...
July 25, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 25, 2012

TODAY: Public television reflecting state pressure? Khodorkovsky wins review of appeal; Moscow blocks Syrian use of chemical weapons; Rosneft in negotiations over TNK-BP stake; Magnit expansion. Ksenia Sobchak is being ‘sidelined’ by all the major...
July 25, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 25, 2012

TODAY: Public television reflecting state pressure? Khodorkovsky wins review of appeal; Moscow blocks Syrian use of chemical weapons; Rosneft in negotiations over TNK-BP stake; Magnit expansion. Ksenia Sobchak is being ‘sidelined’ by all the major...
July 24, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 24, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot trial to begin July 30 as Western musicians draw attention to the case; Emergency Ministries journalists say critical coverage lost them their jobs; observers call fraud at Kasimov elections; Putin vows to keep euros stockpile, d...
July 24, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 24, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot trial to begin July 30 as Western musicians draw attention to the case; Emergency Ministries journalists say critical coverage lost them their jobs; observers call fraud at Kasimov elections; Putin vows to keep euros stockpile, d...
July 23, 2012

Pussy Riot Detention Extended to 2013

It’s official.  If the extension of the imprisonment of political protest group Pussy Riot is anything to go by, Vladimir Putin is scared.  Is that why the court today rejected a call for him to testify in their case? ‘Draconian justice in R...