Russia

October 7, 2011

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist recognized and ultimately punished for her fearless reporting on the Chechen conflict.  Amnesty International has a report on the lack of progress ...
October 7, 2011

Remembering Anna Politkovskaya

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist recognized and ultimately punished for her fearless reporting on the Chechen conflict.  Amnesty International has a report on the lack of progress ...
October 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 7, 2011

TODAY: Amnesty laments lack of progress five years on from murder of Anna Politkovskaya; US pays tribute to slain journalist; Russia takes issue with Washington’s Spanish missile interceptor plans; are CIS nations really keen on idea of Eura...
October 7, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Oct 7, 2011

TODAY: Amnesty laments lack of progress five years on from murder of Anna Politkovskaya; US pays tribute to slain journalist; Russia takes issue with Washington’s Spanish missile interceptor plans; are CIS nations really keen on idea of Eura...
October 6, 2011

Putin Trades Transparency For Votes

In case you were wondering why Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitri S. Peskov suddenly decided to fess up and reveal that Putin’s amphora discovery was a piece of PR theater, Ellen Barry has some suggestions.  It would seem that mid...
October 6, 2011

Putin Trades Transparency For Votes

In case you were wondering why Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitri S. Peskov suddenly decided to fess up and reveal that Putin’s amphora discovery was a piece of PR theater, Ellen Barry has some suggestions.  It would seem that mid...
October 6, 2011

China Espionage Revelation

Since Russia vetoed the UN sanctions on Syria, prompting an angry Hillary Clinton to accuse Moscow of standing on the ‘wrong side of history’, many assumed that the decision stemmed principally from the lucrative arms trade it enjoys w...
October 5, 2011

Indiana Putin Admits Deception

He lied to us!  Who’d have thought the Prime Minister was not really capable of identifying a pair of sixth century vases whilst deep sea diving.  The truth is out.  From the New York Times, Vladimir V. Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri S. Pes...
October 5, 2011

Indiana Putin Admits Deception

He lied to us!  Who’d have thought the Prime Minister was not really capable of identifying a pair of sixth century vases whilst deep sea diving.  The truth is out.  From the New York Times, Vladimir V. Putin’s press secretary, Dmitri S. Pes...