Monday’s opposition protest led to Russian stocks taking a nosedive yesterday, wiping out election gains. Sberbank’s January and February profits show a 17% increase on the same period last year, but the bank is also dealing with its biggest shar...
TODAY: Opposition fears further crackdowns as arrests divide opinion; Putin dismisses protest link with election fraud, Gorbachev calls for the possibility of new vote; Irina Prokhorova interview; Pussy Riot members on hunger strike in custody; Sy...
A great bit of investigative journalism from Newsnight’s Tim Whewell today, who reported for the BBC on various hidden aspects of the voting process: Tim and his crew followed an alleged ‘carousel’ bus of health-worker voters and confronted ...
Stephen Holmes writes in today’s Guardian about the predicament facing protesters in Russia, who came out in their thousands last night to share their views on the re-election of Vladimir Putin to the presidency. The absence of any plausible...
The stock market rallied in immediate response to Vladimir Putin’s election win, but the general reaction to the news is cautious, with analysts waiting ‘to see what the opposition is going to do’ and ‘what the leadership’s response to the opposit...
The stock market rallied in immediate response to Vladimir Putin’s election win, but the general reaction to the news is cautious, with analysts waiting ‘to see what the opposition is going to do’ and ‘what the leadership’s response to the opposit...
TODAY: 20,000 gather in Moscow to protest election results, hundreds detained as further rally is planned; international reactions; more allegations of voting fraud; Peskov says Putin’s tears caused by wind; activist group Femen sentenced. Katya Z...
From The Independent: “For eight years we had Putin, then we had Medvedev, and now Putin again. Who after that: Medvedev?” asks Alexander Yurov in a third-class car where barracks-like bunks crowd both sides of a narrow walkway. “...
From The Independent: “For eight years we had Putin, then we had Medvedev, and now Putin again. Who after that: Medvedev?” asks Alexander Yurov in a third-class car where barracks-like bunks crowd both sides of a narrow walkway. “...
Vladimir Putin’s brainchild of installing hundreds of thousands of webcams in polling stations across the country may not have stopped voting fraud, but the move did provide a fascinating insight into Russian life, says Luke Harding. The Mo...
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