Russia

April 20, 2018

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 20, 2018

TODAY: Lavrov considering supplying air defense missiles to Syria; Washington castigates Moscow for attempt to remove traces of chemical weapons attack; can the Kremlin really stop Telegram? Sberbank and VTB poised to make major Croatian investmen...
April 5, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 5, 2018

TODAY: Naryshkin and Shoigu decry return to Cold War; OPCW denies Russia’s request for joint Skripal inquiry; NATO says not trying to isolate Russia; Latvia and Sweden alarmed by Russian Baltic Sea missile testing; half of Russian PhDs want to emi...
April 4, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – April 4, 2018

TODAY: UK military research centre has not yet verified that Skripal nerve agent came from Russia, Kremlin demands apology for “idiocy”; Gazprom and EU to settle antitrust case; 96% of state tenders uncompetitive; Navalny to create new political p...
March 28, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 28, 2018

TODAY: Day of Mourning declared for Kemerovo mall fire victims, Putin visiting region; Russia and OPEC could extend alliance 20 more years; Russia using UN to weaken human rights? Germany issues Nord Stream permit. 
March 26, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 26, 2018

TODAY: Putin thanks voters, promises various improvements for new term; Putin relative appointed to Gazprom board; US tariffs could cost Russian metals producers $3bn; ethics committee failure to indict Slutsky leads to media boycott; protests ove...
March 23, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 23, 2018

TODAY: EU recalls its ambassador from Moscow as Europe closes ranks over spy poisoning; European Council concurs with British verdict on Russian involvement; Russian ambassador to London suggests channelling Agatha Christie to solve the complex ca...
March 22, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 22, 2018

TODAY: Trump, Macron, Merkel keep pressure on Kremlin over Skripal, Poland says Russia seeking destabilisation of Europe; no protests mark new Putin term. Slutsky cleared of wrongdoing by Duma ethics committee; OFC Bank gets a Central Bank interve...
March 12, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 12, 2018

TODAY: Putin talks to NBC news, says Syria chemical weapons attacks “boring”, “doesn’t care” about election interference, blames it on “Jews”; Putin’s grandfather was a cook for Stalin; missile test launch successful; Kremlin seeks to draw voters ...
March 5, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 5, 2018

TODAY: Putin rally draws 130,000, says state news, others report coerced attendance; Trump extends Russia sanctions for one more year; Kremlin rejects US allegations of weapons systems development; Peskov denies that Russia seeks an arms race; Put...
March 2, 2018

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 2, 2018

TODAY: Putin annual address promises big spending, talks up nuclear capabilities, plays animated videos of new weapons; Slutsky denies harassment claims, Moscow journalist union head says they are too late; US claims Russia used social media to st...