Russia

September 12, 2011

RA’s Daily News Blast – Sept 12, 2011

TODAY: All eyes on British PM’s visit to Russia; Kremlin proposes new flight safety measures; Medvedev’s Yaroslavl speech disappoints; Yabloko founder to return for Duma elections; Kremlin criticises Kadyrov. The Kremlin is trying to dumb down ant...
September 9, 2011

Prokhorov Gets a Reminder of His Limits

The Financial Times is reporting that Mikhail Prokhorov’s bank has just gotten the BP treatment: Masked police on Thursday entered the Moscow headquarters of a bank part-owned by a billionaire oligarch and leader of a liberal political party...
September 9, 2011

Prokhorov Gets a Reminder of His Limits

The Financial Times is reporting that Mikhail Prokhorov’s bank has just gotten the BP treatment: Masked police on Thursday entered the Moscow headquarters of a bank part-owned by a billionaire oligarch and leader of a liberal political party...
September 9, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 9, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev vows reforms to airline industry following hockey team crash; sporting community remains in state of shock; international political forum goes ahead in Yaroslavl stadium despite calamity.  Medvedev warns against xenophobia on polit...
September 9, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 9, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev vows reforms to airline industry following hockey team crash; sporting community remains in state of shock; international political forum goes ahead in Yaroslavl stadium despite calamity.  Medvedev warns against xenophobia on polit...
September 8, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 8, 2011

TODAY: Hockey world reels as Russia plane crash wipes out top team; attention turns to poor flight safety record. Oleg Kashin receives German media award; prison doctors instructed to monitor prisoners’ health; opposition activists seek atte...
September 8, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 8, 2011

TODAY: Hockey world reels as Russia plane crash wipes out top team; attention turns to poor flight safety record. Oleg Kashin receives German media award; prison doctors instructed to monitor prisoners’ health; opposition activists seek atte...
September 7, 2011

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

TODAY: Magnitsky relatives plea for tax evasion case closure; Nurgaliyev takes tough stance on police implicated in lawyer’s death; the Russian tradition of prison correspondence; state Duma kicks off fall session noisily.  Medvedev – ...
September 7, 2011

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

TODAY: Magnitsky relatives plea for tax evasion case closure; Nurgaliyev takes tough stance on police implicated in lawyer’s death; the Russian tradition of prison correspondence; state Duma kicks off fall session noisily.  Medvedev – ...
September 6, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – Sept 6, 2011

TODAY: Police receive permission to use ‘non-lethal weapons’ on protestors; Politkovskaya murder trial proceeds in camera; insight into Khimki forest beating case; ex-Tula governor arrested on corruption charges.  Young Socialists pres...