Russia

April 5, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 5, 2012

TODAY: Orthodox Church backing for Putin a ‘gamble’? Former judge denounces legal system; anarchist expelled; private tv channel raided; dissonance moving to provinces; Medvedev shuffles governors; Lavrov warns West on selling weapons to Syrian re...
April 4, 2012

Today in Russian Business – April 4, 2012

UTair Aviation has suspended all flights of its ATR 72-200 aircraft until it finds the cause of Monday’s deadly crash – engine failure has been ruled out.  Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin is calling for cuts to military and security sp...
April 3, 2012

A Tale of Two Cities

It has often been said that one of the more disquieting features of Moscow is the disparity between the rich and the poor.  This divide, a facet of modern Russian society evidenced throughout the country, is perhaps crystallized most clearly in th...
April 3, 2012

A Tale of Two Cities

It has often been said that one of the more disquieting features of Moscow is the disparity between the rich and the poor.  This divide, a facet of modern Russian society evidenced throughout the country, is perhaps crystallized most clearly in th...
March 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 30, 2012

TODAY: US ambassador to Russia suggests his phone may be wiretapped; further police arrests for abuse of power; anti-gay law for Novosibirsk submitted to Duma; no journalists elected to new Ekho Moskvy board.  Shuvalov’s offshore business de...
March 30, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 30, 2012

TODAY: US ambassador to Russia suggests his phone may be wiretapped; further police arrests for abuse of power; anti-gay law for Novosibirsk submitted to Duma; no journalists elected to new Ekho Moskvy board.  Shuvalov’s offshore business de...
March 29, 2012

New Challenges For Journalists

A few days ago, Jonathan Earle in the Moscow Times wrote about the difficulties currently faced by opposition journalists. Earle discussed how the new momentum of the protest movement has ushered certain reporters into organizational duties which ...
March 29, 2012

New Challenges For Journalists

A few days ago, Jonathan Earle in the Moscow Times wrote about the difficulties currently faced by opposition journalists. Earle discussed how the new momentum of the protest movement has ushered certain reporters into organizational duties which ...
March 29, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 29, 2012

TODAY: Family of Pussy Riot member threatened as third woman detained; Patriarch Kirill’s p influence under scrutiny; the path from protest to politics; registration of parties to become simpler.  Police brutality in Siberia and elsewhere; b...
March 29, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 29, 2012

TODAY: Family of Pussy Riot member threatened as third woman detained; Patriarch Kirill’s p influence under scrutiny; the path from protest to politics; registration of parties to become simpler.  Police brutality in Siberia and elsewhere; b...