Russia

March 2, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 2, 2017

TODAY: Putin denies state-sponsored doping, blames storage conditions for incriminating test results; Krasnoyarsk imports snow for Putin visit; Europe pushing for Syrian opposition to have a bigger role in reconstruction; libel fine against RBC fo...
February 27, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 27, 2017

TODAY: 15,000 estimated at Nemtsov memorial march, PARNAS leader attacked; activist Dadin released after sentence quashed; Power publishes tribute to Churkin; U.S. wants Russia to adhere to Ukraine ceasefire; Trump administration says FBI dismisse...
February 24, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 24, 2017

TODAY: Organiser of march to commemorate murder of Boris Nemtsov receives official warning; deputy takes to usual measures to underscore parliamentarians’ apathy; Foreign Ministry’s ‘fake news’ fight lampooned; interim UN a...
February 23, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 23, 2017

TODAY: Foreign Ministry tackles ‘fake news’; Defence Ministry to work on information war too; Putin takes aim at Internet service providers; Kremlin looks to energy companies for positive spin; military theme park will build replica of Reichstag; ...
February 22, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 22, 2017

TODAY: Kremlin refuses to bend on Trump contact claims; new U.S. national security advisor an unfavourable choice for Russia?  Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash arrested; UK edging closer to a Magnitsky Act of its own; Russia and Libya strengthen ...
February 17, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 17, 2017

TODAY: Putin accuses Ukraine of undermining Minsk agreement; U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis asserts Moscow must play by international rules; Trump lambasts Russia links as ‘fake news’; Manafort’s connections to Kremlin continu...
February 16, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 16, 2017

TODAY: Russia responds angrily to U.S. suggestions that it return Crimea to Ukraine; pro-Putin nationalist group pickets media for ‘cult of Trump’ coverage; Kremlin dismisses story that Trump had contact with its intelligence all through last year...
February 15, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 15, 2017

TODAY: White House under pressure over Trump’s Russia ties again after national security adviser Flynn dismissed, Duma officials react angrily, future U.S.-Russia ties now uncertain; Trump wants Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine; Montenegro warns...
February 2, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 2, 2017

TODAY: Treason arrests spark talk of a purge; Trump’s Security Adviser was paid to attend a Putin dinner; Russian economy returned to growth last year; Kirill calls for fairer banks; E.U. trying to block Russia-Hungary cooperation; violence flares...
February 1, 2017

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Feb 1, 2017

TODAY: FSB agents held on treason charges now thought to have been collaborating with CIA; Czech Republic hacked, Russia suspected; Navalny forced to attend retrial in Kirov, will run for president no matter the outcome; Russia and new U.S. admini...