Russia

April 7, 2011

Artists’ Antitstate Antics Anger Authorities

RFE/RL today considers the question of why artists from the Voina collective seem to have received harsher treatment than their protesting associates in St Petersburg last week – three of them receiving charges, and one of them – Oleg ...
April 7, 2011

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

TODAY: Livejournal hacked; police department praises latest reforms; Whitmore & FT on the tandem; Posner fails to deliver on promise; Albright on nuclear risk; Minsk needs Moscow; Federal Tax Service under investigation; Soyuz docks; history o...
April 6, 2011

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

TODAY: Ivanov in the U.S.; political apathy on the rise; LiveJournal hacked; Libya campaign could backfire, say Russian ministers; Roskosmos head stepping down, speculation over embarrassment; Investigative Committee reprimands employee over leak;...
April 6, 2011

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

TODAY: Ivanov in the U.S.; political apathy on the rise; LiveJournal hacked; Libya campaign could backfire, say Russian ministers; Roskosmos head stepping down, speculation over embarrassment; Investigative Committee reprimands employee over leak;...
April 5, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 5, 2011

TODAY: Soyuz spaceship blasts off; police official fired for assault on female journalist; Russia wants U.S. guarantees; Kashin sued by alleged attacker; army will continue to use conscripts; wildfires in Siberia; Fashion Week. The Soyuz spaceship...
April 5, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 5, 2011

TODAY: Soyuz spaceship blasts off; police official fired for assault on female journalist; Russia wants U.S. guarantees; Kashin sued by alleged attacker; army will continue to use conscripts; wildfires in Siberia; Fashion Week. The Soyuz spaceship...
April 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 4, 2011

TODAY: St Petersburg march draws officials; Voina activists beaten, says lawyer; vendors on hunger strike; U.N. throws out Georgia case; Medvedev mediates on Investigative Committee / Prosecutor General row; reporter’s book on corruption sei...
April 4, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – April 4, 2011

TODAY: St Petersburg march draws officials; Voina activists beaten, says lawyer; vendors on hunger strike; U.N. throws out Georgia case; Medvedev mediates on Investigative Committee / Prosecutor General row; reporter’s book on corruption sei...
April 1, 2011

Masha Lipman on the Status Quo

Masha Lipman paints a grim portrait of contemporary Russia in today’s Moscow Times, saying that, at best, consistently high approval ratings for Vladimir Putin over the years represent apathy rather than active choice. Russian leaders&#...
April 1, 2011

Masha Lipman on the Status Quo

Masha Lipman paints a grim portrait of contemporary Russia in today’s Moscow Times, saying that, at best, consistently high approval ratings for Vladimir Putin over the years represent apathy rather than active choice. Russian leaders&#...