Russia

June 2, 2011

Moskalenko on Khodorkovsky Verdict

In case you missed it, Karinna Moskalenko spoke to the BBC yesterday about the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling on her client’s case (click for video).  ‘We are really happy to have this judgement today.  We regis...
June 1, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Atomic Cunning

The seemingly endless nuclear crisis at Fukushima Dai-Ichi in Japan has raised a series of questions regarding both safety and environmental risk in the nuclear energy sector – questions that of course come back around to Russia and its role...
June 1, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Atomic Cunning

The seemingly endless nuclear crisis at Fukushima Dai-Ichi in Japan has raised a series of questions regarding both safety and environmental risk in the nuclear energy sector – questions that of course come back around to Russia and its role...
June 1, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – June 1, 2011

TODAY: Strategy 31 protesters detained; Politkovskaya suspect arrested; United Russia wants its candidates to head company boards; Khodorkovsky lawyer welcomes EU ruling; Prosecutor General criticizes Magnitsky official sanctions; artist behind te...
May 31, 2011

Khodorkovsky Wins at ECHR, Press Loses

The judgment handed down on Tuesday by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the case of Khodorkovsky vs. Russia (Application 5829/04) represents a clear victory for the plaintiff, as the court ruled in their favor on 8 out of 15 claims, mo...
May 31, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 31, 2011

TODAY: Magnitsky prosecutor off the hook; Khodorkovsy appeals, appears on state TV; comments on Moscow’s thwarted gay pride parade; Georgian journalists detained; G8 misunderstandings; tennis posters removed; police chiefs lose jobs over ref...
May 31, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – May 31, 2011

TODAY: Magnitsky prosecutor off the hook; Khodorkovsy appeals, appears on state TV; comments on Moscow’s thwarted gay pride parade; Georgian journalists detained; G8 misunderstandings; tennis posters removed; police chiefs lose jobs over ref...
May 30, 2011

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

TODAY: Gay rights parade in Moscow leads to attacks and arrests; Obama appoints McFaul as new Russia adviser; prison for police; Abkhazia President dies; lie detectors in Kazan; Khodorkovsky to appeal for parole. An unsanctioned gay rights parade ...
May 30, 2011

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

TODAY: Gay rights parade in Moscow leads to attacks and arrests; Obama appoints McFaul as new Russia adviser; prison for police; Abkhazia President dies; lie detectors in Kazan; Khodorkovsky to appeal for parole. An unsanctioned gay rights parade ...
May 29, 2011

Protect Yourself from Russian Corruption

Very interesting interview with Alexei Navalny in the Los Angeles Times. Last November you made a report to the U.S. Helsinki Commission about corruption in Russia. What were your recommendations and what was the reaction? I said that U.S. authori...