Russia

July 4, 2012

Sobchak’s Conversion

Ksenia Sobchak has proved an inscrutable figure in Russia, both for the authorities, to whom she is linked by family and fortune, and the opposition, to whom she is linked thanks to her own efforts as a self-styled anti-Kremlin figurehead.  As has...
July 4, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 4, 2012

TODAY: Potential ban on internet extremism dismays Rights Council; Navalny faces graft accusations; Faith No More get behind Pussy Riot; Madonna concert to put spotlight on gay rights issues in St Petersburg. Lavrov sees no volte- face in Geneva a...
July 4, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 4, 2012

TODAY: Potential ban on internet extremism dismays Rights Council; Navalny faces graft accusations; Faith No More get behind Pussy Riot; Madonna concert to put spotlight on gay rights issues in St Petersburg. Lavrov sees no volte- face in Geneva a...
July 3, 2012

Today in Russian Business – July 3, 2012

Russia’s arms exports for the first half of the year have increased 14% since the same period last year.  Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev offered to teach investors ‘how to use their money’, saying that the government will not bear responsibility f...
July 3, 2012

Today in Russian Business – July 3, 2012

Russia’s arms exports for the first half of the year have increased 14% since the same period last year.  Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev offered to teach investors ‘how to use their money’, saying that the government will not bear responsibility f...
July 3, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 3, 2012

TODAY: Poll shows Putin support split between Moscow and rural regions; Alexeyeva interview; opposition leader targeted by police; Serdyukov raps Medvedev; Russia Today bias; Vladivostok unveils world’s longest suspension bridge. A poll newly rele...
July 3, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 3, 2012

TODAY: Poll shows Putin support split between Moscow and rural regions; Alexeyeva interview; opposition leader targeted by police; Serdyukov raps Medvedev; Russia Today bias; Vladivostok unveils world’s longest suspension bridge. A poll newly rele...
July 2, 2012

“Why on earth are they still behind bars?”

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner, Vldimir Lukin, has made the most unequivocal statement by an official to date about the incarceration of three members of the punk protest group Pussy Riot, who have been imprisoned since February after tw...
July 2, 2012

“Why on earth are they still behind bars?”

Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner, Vldimir Lukin, has made the most unequivocal statement by an official to date about the incarceration of three members of the punk protest group Pussy Riot, who have been imprisoned since February after tw...
July 2, 2012

Moscow 2.0

Moscow has doubled its territory overnight.  It was announced yesterday that its borders have been officially extended to cover another 150,000 hectares of land, extending to the southeastwards along the Kaluzhskoye Highway, incorporating the two ...