Russia

March 28, 2011

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

TODAY: Yakemenko to protest Kashin claims in court; hazing rises by 16% year-on-year; Rogozin criticizes U.N. operation; Chirikova’s family threatened; Putin think-tank releases pro-Putin report; daylights savings forever; missile defense, A...
March 28, 2011

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

TODAY: Yakemenko to protest Kashin claims in court; hazing rises by 16% year-on-year; Rogozin criticizes U.N. operation; Chirikova’s family threatened; Putin think-tank releases pro-Putin report; daylights savings forever; missile defense, A...
March 25, 2011

BP/Rosneft: Dudley Takes the Rap

So, Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR), the Russian shareholders in TNK-BP, have got their wish, after it was announced that an arbitration panel in Stockholm voted to block BP from forming an alliance with Rosneft.  Or have they?  If Deputy Prime...
March 25, 2011

BP/Rosneft: Dudley Takes the Rap

So, Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR), the Russian shareholders in TNK-BP, have got their wish, after it was announced that an arbitration panel in Stockholm voted to block BP from forming an alliance with Rosneft.  Or have they?  If Deputy Prime...
March 25, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 25, 2011

TODAY: Other Russia member threatened by authorities; Medvedev says progress on Kashin case; BBC’s Russia service ends today; perestroika-era newspaper to return; metro chief investigation; Putin’s approval rating drops; Obama supports...
March 24, 2011

Grigory Pasko: Questions to Rouse Russians from Apathy

Against the background of the seemingly unending revolutionary uprisings across the Arab world, the nervous reaction of the Kremlin to these events have become particularly noticeable. Если Вы хотите прочитать оригинал данной статьи на русском язы...
March 24, 2011

RA’s Daily Russian News Blast – March 24, 2011

TODAY: Putin’s journalist foe is beaten; Gates finds Putin curious; Duma votes overwhelmingly for Libya ceasefire; human bots and ‘extremism’-monitoring software; Belarus and Kyrgyzstan need Russia; new law will limit independent...
March 23, 2011

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

TODAY: Putin says Medvedev has final say; Gates visit sees disagreements over Libya; Voina donates to political prisoners; Alexeyeva’s half of the Strategy 31 protests to be permitted; bill to reduce prisoners could cause criminal nightmare;...
March 22, 2011

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

TODAY: Putin and Medvedev row over Libya; Putin talks about childhood, plays with leopards; problem with Pirate Party registration; Gates pushes on missile defense; police generals dismissed after lie-detector tests? Population set to shrink, sugg...
March 22, 2011

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

TODAY: Putin and Medvedev row over Libya; Putin talks about childhood, plays with leopards; problem with Pirate Party registration; Gates pushes on missile defense; police generals dismissed after lie-detector tests? Population set to shrink, sugg...