Russia

November 29, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 29, 2011

TODAY: Kremlin accused of censorship; CEC establishes opposition TV ban; talk of potential fraud abounds; opposition activist sentenced.  Magnitsky beaten to death says new report; Tomsk cracks down on religious extremism.  Lavrov rejects idea of ...
November 29, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 29, 2011

TODAY: Kremlin accused of censorship; CEC establishes opposition TV ban; talk of potential fraud abounds; opposition activist sentenced.  Magnitsky beaten to death says new report; Tomsk cracks down on religious extremism.  Lavrov rejects idea of ...
November 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 25, 2011

TODAY: Presidential election date set; Putin sees power vertical as antidote to recession; United Russia’s waning popularity; the booing phenomenon.  Date extended on Magnitsky investigation; Sobyanin maintains anti-gay parade stance; Kirov&...
November 24, 2011

Legal Threat To Gay Rights

Protecting LGB rights in Russia has long been an uphill struggle. A climate of intolerance, hostile rhetoric from mainstream politicians and the repeated quashing of pride parades has now found its judicial corollary in a particularly pernicious p...
November 24, 2011

Medvedev On The Warpath

Yesterday President Medvedev put rather a damper on Washington’s Thanksgiving celebrations with the announcement that Russia would not tolerate the White House’s long-planned missile defense shield in Europe.  The Kremlin has always ma...
November 23, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 23, 2011

TODAY: Prison whistle-blower punished; Left Front member jailed; France castigates the Kremlin for Magnitsky case; ailing entrepreneur escapes pre-trial detention thanks to European Rights Court; policing Russia’s army.  Putin put off public...
November 23, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Nov 23, 2011

TODAY: Prison whistle-blower punished; Left Front member jailed; France castigates the Kremlin for Magnitsky case; ailing entrepreneur escapes pre-trial detention thanks to European Rights Court; policing Russia’s army.  Putin put off public...
November 22, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 22, 2011

Tax arrears accrued before 2009 will be written off in the second quarter of next year, says Vladimir Putin, who also defended Russia’s flat-rate income tax.  Russia may be forced to ‘pre-emptively’ cut interest rates by half a percentage point in...
November 22, 2011

Today in Russian Business – Nov 22, 2011

Tax arrears accrued before 2009 will be written off in the second quarter of next year, says Vladimir Putin, who also defended Russia’s flat-rate income tax.  Russia may be forced to ‘pre-emptively’ cut interest rates by half a percentage point in...
November 22, 2011

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 22, 2011

TODAY: Election parties summary, Communists defend Stalin propaganda, Putin to delay annual call until after the vote; Medvedev praises Georgian war again; Russia opposes Iran sanctions; prison reforms not happening; missiles in Belarus? Phobos-Gr...