Russia

June 30, 2011

The Vampire Protection Society

So everybody knows that Vladimir Milov’s opposition party PARNAS was recently denied the right to compete in Duma elections, as the electoral authorities claimed that there were errors on the registration paperwork.  So even if the libe...
June 30, 2011

The Vampire Protection Society

So everybody knows that Vladimir Milov’s opposition party PARNAS was recently denied the right to compete in Duma elections, as the electoral authorities claimed that there were errors on the registration paperwork.  So even if the libe...
June 30, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 30, 2011

TODAY: Foreign Ministry proposes tit-for-tat; rights violations at Matrosskaya Tishina; Russia’s role in Belarus’ meltdown; Kaczynski report blames Russia for Smolensk; Petrozavodsk transcripts completed; Medvedev’s driving gaffe...
June 29, 2011

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

TODAY: Matviyenko accepts Federation Council seat; envoy calls for end to violence in Syria; North Korea abandons Russia talks; government still accuses dissidents of insanity; Interior Ministry wants to pay witnesses; managed pluralism; Georgia s...
June 29, 2011

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

TODAY: Matviyenko accepts Federation Council seat; envoy calls for end to violence in Syria; North Korea abandons Russia talks; government still accuses dissidents of insanity; Interior Ministry wants to pay witnesses; managed pluralism; Georgia s...
June 28, 2011

Goodbye to European Justice?

The European Court of Human Rights is more or less the sole entity that has any power to correct some of the more egregious failings of the Russian justice system.  Although international leaders frequently criticize Russian events from the s...
June 28, 2011

Goodbye to European Justice?

The European Court of Human Rights is more or less the sole entity that has any power to correct some of the more egregious failings of the Russian justice system.  Although international leaders frequently criticize Russian events from the s...
June 28, 2011

Karelia Coincidence & Conspiracy

Here’s an odd fact.  Five of the passengers killed in the Karelia plane crash on June 20 were nuclear specialists at power plant construction company Gidropress, all of whom had worked on Iran’s Bushehr power plant. A source at Ru...
June 28, 2011

Karelia Coincidence & Conspiracy

Here’s an odd fact.  Five of the passengers killed in the Karelia plane crash on June 20 were nuclear specialists at power plant construction company Gidropress, all of whom had worked on Iran’s Bushehr power plant. A source at Ru...
June 28, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 28, 2011

TODAY: Medvedev praises Prokhorov; rights group says it receives threats; legislation could create break with European Court; union snubs All-Russia People’s Front as Mironov slams ‘rebranded’ United Russia; middle-class emigrati...