Russia

November 29, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 29, 2016

TODAY: European Parliament resolution on Russian propaganda was rejected by key members; journalists go after claims that Russia was behind pre-US election ‘fake news’; pro-NATO Montenegro will work on Russia relationship; Ulyukayev appeal rejecte...
November 28, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 28, 2016

TODAY: Putin and Gorbachev respond to Castro’s death; leaked emails show Rosneft lawyers manipulated Yukos case outcomes; Moscow Court reviewing Ulyukayev house arrest; Postal Service head accused of taking bribe; Gazprom EU exports reach new reco...
November 25, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 25, 2016

TODAY: Putin jokes that Russia has no border; Navalny will not attend retrial next month; Energy Ministry maintains it would support an oil freeze, not a cut, as OPEC says deal can’t go ahead without it; Rosneft returns to domestic bond market; Me...
November 24, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 24, 2016

TODAY: EU Parliament draws Russian ire for speaking out against ‘hostile propaganda’ of Kremlin news; flat rate income tax coming to an end? UN chief wants Russia and US to resume dialogue on nuclear weapons reduction; OPEC facing prospects of Rus...
November 22, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 22, 2016

TODAY: US State Department says new Russia missiles in Baltic destabilise Europe; Russophile far-Right candidate could win French elections; state television celebrates end of Obama administration; Japan working with Russia on joint investment fun...
November 17, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 17, 2016

TODAY: Supreme Court overturns Navalny conviction but sends him for retrial; anti-corruption probe that caught Ulyukayev could be widened to include other high-ranking officials; Russia withdraws signature from International Criminal Court; UN des...
November 16, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 16, 2016

TODAY: Economy Minister Ulyukayev fired and put under house arrest over bribe charge, Medvedev reels at the news but many see it as intimidation by Putin; Rosneft deal will not be affected; Kiseylov approves of Trump’s lexicon; Russia launches new...
November 15, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 15, 2016

TODAY: Economy Minister Ulyukayev detained over $2m Bashneft sale bribe; freshwater Lake Baikal is toxic; factory workers prevented from using internet to organise; activists charged with offending religious feelings; Putin and Trump hold first te...
November 8, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 8, 2016

TODAY: American election branded disgusting by Russian news show anchor; Washington paranoid about Russian interference says Foreign Ministry, which has pledged to ban U.S. officials from monitoring future Russian elections; the Surkov Leaks ̵...
November 3, 2016

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Nov 3, 2016

TODAY: Amnesty’s Moscow office closed by authorities; Reporters Without Borders lambast Putin and Kadyrov; Russia seeking extradition of Voina artist; move away from national propaganda? Yekaterinburg does or does not have an HIV epidemic; L...