Russia

March 20, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 20, 2012

Some of Moscow’s largest taxpayers (like Gazprom and Rosneft) will transfer their payments to the regions in which they operate this year, following new tax laws that could divert $6.77 billion from Moscow.  Despite this, Moscow City will maintain...
March 20, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 20, 2012

TODAY: Russia backs Red Cross calls for Syria ceasefire as Syria denies reports that Russia is sending troops; gay rights activists call for international ban on officials behind gay propaganda law; United Russia loses mayoral race in Tolyatti; Ya...
March 20, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 20, 2012

TODAY: Russia backs Red Cross calls for Syria ceasefire as Syria denies reports that Russia is sending troops; gay rights activists call for international ban on officials behind gay propaganda law; United Russia loses mayoral race in Tolyatti; Ya...
March 19, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 19, 2012

A group of advisers are recommending that Vladimir Putin implement new economic programs targeting the emergent middle class as a way of driving development.  Sberbank is recommending dividend payments of 15.3% for 2011, and has outlined plans to ...
March 19, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 19, 2012

TODAY: State-television slander of opposition sparks immediate protest in Moscow and up to 100 detentions; Esquire editor fined; less than half of Russians believe election results; Astrakhan hunger strike; Obama administration to boost funding fo...
March 16, 2012

Kremlin Crackdown Begins

It’s not just opposition figures Sergei Udaltsov, three members of punk band Pussy Riot, and Alexei Kozlov that the Kremlin have cracked down on with jail time this month (Kozlov’s shocking five-year sentence taking an hour to read aloud in ...
March 16, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 16, 2012

Sberbank is beginning to raise interest ahead of its planned $6 billion government stake sale.  Sergei Mavrodi, the founder of the MMM pyramid scheme, has been sent to jail for five days for failing to pay a small fine.  Mavrodi says his aim in st...
March 16, 2012

Today in Russian Business – March 16, 2012

Sberbank is beginning to raise interest ahead of its planned $6 billion government stake sale.  Sergei Mavrodi, the founder of the MMM pyramid scheme, has been sent to jail for five days for failing to pay a small fine.  Mavrodi says his aim in st...
March 16, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 16, 2012

TODAY: E.U. asks Putin to ‘tone down’ anti-protester rhetoric; police in Nazarov attack blame their superior, who has been fired; Krasnodar refuses to register gay rights group; environmentalists detained, further member of Pussy Riot detained, Ud...
March 15, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 15, 2012

TODAY: Pussy Riot will remain in jail; picket in support of band set upon by Orthodox protestors; four demonstrators arrested in Moscow heritage protest; Siberian netizen charged with extremism; Sochi says no to gay rights.  Alexei Navalny lay out...