Russia

September 27, 2011

EU Considers Magnitsky Sanctions

Thanks to the impetus of Senators Benjamin L. Cardin and John McCain, the US has already established a visa blacklist on 6o Russian officials who were believed to be implicated in the death in custody of Hermitage Lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in Novemb...
September 26, 2011

Did You Miss Him?

Yup, he’s back. Not that he ever went away of course. Out of the dozens of articles examining Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he will be running for President, Julia Ioffe’s piece in Foreign Policy is particularly insightful. ...
September 26, 2011

Did You Miss Him?

Yup, he’s back. Not that he ever went away of course. Out of the dozens of articles examining Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he will be running for President, Julia Ioffe’s piece in Foreign Policy is particularly insightful. ...
September 26, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 26, 2011

TODAY:  Vladimir Putin announces he will stand for President, ending months of conjecture; could remain in power until 2024; fears of stagnation, repression abound.  Medvedev tipped for PM post; Alexei Kudrin vows to quit if such is the case.  Rea...
September 23, 2011

Rogozin’s Idea Of A “United” Russia

Dmitry Rogozin has never shied away from inflammatory statements.  As Russia’s envoy to NATO, though tucked away in a neutral corner of Brussels, he frequently made headlines, whether branding Republican senators ‘monsters‘, lamb...
September 23, 2011

Rogozin’s Idea Of A “United” Russia

Dmitry Rogozin has never shied away from inflammatory statements.  As Russia’s envoy to NATO, though tucked away in a neutral corner of Brussels, he frequently made headlines, whether branding Republican senators ‘monsters‘, lamb...
September 23, 2011

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

TODAY: United Russia Congress begins; expectation mounts that Putin will announce his plans; Prokhorov spin doctors claim unpaid wages. Chechens in Istanbul killed on Kremlin orders?  Russia plans sea-based missile defense; defends its conduct in ...
September 22, 2011

Burnt By The Sun Sparks Oscar Battle

Nikita Mikhalov’s Burnt By The Sun won best foreign film at the 1994 Oscars, the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival and was feted internationally for its epic portrayal of a Red Army Officer struggling through the Great Purges of the 193...
September 22, 2011

Burnt By The Sun Sparks Oscar Battle

Nikita Mikhalov’s Burnt By The Sun won best foreign film at the 1994 Oscars, the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival and was feted internationally for its epic portrayal of a Red Army Officer struggling through the Great Purges of the 193...
September 22, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 22, 2011

TODAY: Putin takes verbal swipe at Alexander Lebedev; the ascent of Valentina Matviyenko; Mikhail Gorbachev asserts need for free elections; how Yabloko may stand to profit from the fracture of Right Cause.  Russia on losing team in Arab Spring?  ...