Russia

February 2, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 2, 2012

VTB will issue a loan to travel company Lanta Tour Voyage to ensure that its stranded tourists will be able to get home.  Tax authorities have allegedly frozen three bank accounts belonging to the charity fund Just Assistance – and the chari...
February 2, 2012

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

TODAY: Putin says he is ready for a runoff as polls indicate he has lost the majority; EU chief calls for Yavlinsky to be allowed to run; anti-Putin banner facing the Kremlin is removed; Triumfalnaya Square to re-open to protesters; Orthodox Churc...
February 1, 2012

Stanovaya: Behind the Surkov-Volodin Shuffle

In this exclusive translation, Russian political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya takes a look at the critical cabinet shuffle which saw Vladislav Surkov moved to Deputy Prime Minister and the promotion of long-time Putin loyalist Vyacheslav Volodin to e...
February 1, 2012

Today in Russian Business – Feb 1, 2012

Is the reset doing its job?  A U.S. government agency says it has seen increased demand for assistance by companies wishing to enter Russia in the past year.  The Investigative Committee are scrutinising tour operator Lanta-Tur Voyage amid claims ...
February 1, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 1, 2012

TODAY: U.N. confronts belligerent Russia over Syria; opposition figures agree to Saturday agenda; press ministry shaping pro-Putin rally coverage? Life News lawyer defends publication of Nemtsov tapes; governor sacked for comments against oppositi...
February 1, 2012

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 1, 2012

TODAY: U.N. confronts belligerent Russia over Syria; opposition figures agree to Saturday agenda; press ministry shaping pro-Putin rally coverage? Life News lawyer defends publication of Nemtsov tapes; governor sacked for comments against oppositi...
January 31, 2012

QOTD

“[O]ne of the first things that I did was express my appreciation for the institution-building that’s been taking place in Russia — in Georgia.” (Oops.  U.S. President Barack Obama flubs his territories)
January 31, 2012

QOTD

“[O]ne of the first things that I did was express my appreciation for the institution-building that’s been taking place in Russia — in Georgia.” (Oops.  U.S. President Barack Obama flubs his territories)
January 31, 2012

Syria’s Russian Keys

Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has just criticised the U.N.’s latest draft resolution on Syria as incapable of achieving a compromise, and says that any attempt to push it ‘is a path to civil war‘.  Russia is now Syria&#...