Russia

March 19, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 19, 2015

TODAY: Putin celebrates Crimea annexation one year on; Moscow signs integration pact with South Ossetia to E.U.’s consternation; Nemtsov murder exposes Putin’s Chechnya problem, say analysts; health of imprisoned billionaire in danger;...
March 18, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 18, 2015

TODAY: Rogozin to head new Arctic commission; Latvian military says Russian edging its territory; parliament refuses request to hold minute of silence for Nemtsov; Navalny says Nemtsov’s death has complicated the terrain for oppositionists; Crimea...
March 17, 2015

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

TODAY: Putin reappears, brushes off rumour; a week of military exercises and Crimea anniversary celebrations begin; Nemtsov killer suspect has alibi, says lawyer; Sobchak rumoured to be leaving Russia due to safety concerns; majority of Russians n...
March 16, 2015

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

TODAY: Putin talks about annexation in new Crimea documentary as one year anniversary approaches; Putin absence rumours continue; Nemtsov’s Ukraine research to be published next month, possible link found between Chechnya and ongoing trackin...
March 13, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 13, 2015

TODAY: Peskov tries to quash rumours that absent Putin is unwell; Putin is in hiding because Nemstov killing exposed power struggles, some speculate; Kashin’s lawsuit thrown out; E.U. blocks Russia-Hungary nuclear deal; Kremlin ends its Ketchum P....
March 12, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 12, 2015

TODAY: Rights activist says Nemtsov suspects suffered injuries, may have been tortured, and is promptly named as a witness; Nemtsova blames Putin for her father’s death; Khodorkovsky press secretary threatened; U.S. extends sanctions, Navalny call...
March 11, 2015

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

TODAY: Main suspect in Nemtsov murder retracts confession, another appeals arrest; U.S. says Russian tanks crossing border into Ukraine, Poroshenko says most heavy weapons have been withdrawn from the frontlines; Britain threatens to expose Kremli...
March 10, 2015

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

TODAY: Putin admits made decision to annex Crimea before referendum, wanted to rescue Crimeans from nationalists; Nemtsov friends say Islamist theory of his murder is nonsense; Kadyrov praises Nemtsov suspect as true patriot; Putin gives Kadyrov s...
March 9, 2015

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

TODAY: Two Chechens charged with Nemtsov murder, three more held in custody; investigators may pursue Islamic link after suspect’s court comment; opposition reacts warily to arrests; Putin gives himself pay cut; Kudrin dismisses suggestion about C...
March 6, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – March 6, 2015

TODAY: Gudkov calls for Duma investigation into Nemtsov murder; Nemtsov’s last note pertains to Ukraine work; Russian media no longer being accredited in Ukraine; Russia denies NATO accusations of nuclear drills; Central Bank says inflation still ...