Russia

September 17, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 17, 2015

TODAY: Kerry says Putin wants to hold military talks over Syria, officials deny rumours that Russia plans to build air base there; a stealth repeat of Crimea invasion? Assad given state media platform in Russia; $5bn a year going towards propping ...
September 16, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 16, 2015

TODAY: Putin defends Russian actions in Syria; Yakunin turns down Federation Council post, raising eyebrows; information warfare with the West? Sweden and Poland form alliance over Russia concerns; Sir Elton John duped by fake Putin; Embassy taunt...
September 15, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 15, 2015

TODAY: Antimonopoly agency finds Google guilty of abusing market position, company could face fine; boost for Yandex; U.S. says Russia planning an airbase in Syria, Russian news links Syria with Islamic State; E.U. extends anti-Russia sanctions; D...
September 11, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 11, 2015

TODAY: Kremlin remains silent on rumours that it sent troops to Syria, says Syrian armed forces are West’s only hope of defeating IS; Ukraine and Slovakia oppose natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany; opposition leaders subjected to ‘guerril...
September 10, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 10, 2015

TODAY: Russian forces are now fighting in Syria, sources say, as Foreign Ministry dismisses Western concerns; military barracks being built on Russian-Ukrainian border signal further conflict to come; Kasparov slams Obama foreign policy; Russian-A...
September 9, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 9, 2015

TODAY: Protesters injured at Moscow park; Russia threatening Kiev over debt repayment; speculation over Russia’s military involvement in Syria; Soldatov book discusses FSB’s long-term Internet spying; what are the origins of the ‘troll army’...
September 8, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 8, 2015

TODAY: Hollande hopes new Ukraine ceasefire will lead to end of sanctions; Russia threatens Ukraine with trade embargo; Matviyenko says E.U. membership merely a carrot for Ukraine; Gazprom launches public auctions in Europe; Peskov supports Putin’...
September 7, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 7, 2015

TODAY: Putin calls migrant crisis ‘predictable’; Russia sending military support and possibly troops to Syria, prompting warning from Kerry; Memorial fined over foreign agents law; BBC proposes counter to RT; Yashin campaign thwarted in Kostroma; ...
September 4, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia New Blast – Sept 5, 2015

TODAY: Putin lures investors to Russia’s Far East with promises of high returns; free land offer to attract citizens; lack of manifestos suggests complacency among regional governors, says think tank; no clear agreement reached on oil prices...
September 3, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Sept 3, 2015

TODAY: U.S. extends sanctions to defence firms; U.N. attacks Russia’s stance on investigation into chemical weapons in Syria; Medvedev reassures consumers over medicine import ban; Navalny to pay in Yves Rocher case; Putin insists on patriot...