Russia

January 19, 2015

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

TODAY: Record capital flight last year, Putin amnesty on its return could make Russia target of money laundering watchdog; ruble devaluation threatens migrant worker economies; analysts anticipate chaos; Poroshenko pink-slips Putin’s proposed peac...
January 16, 2015

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

TODAY: Navalny arrested 11 days after cutting off house arrest bracelet; Navalny brothers’ case evidence unsubstantiated, says European Parliament; Yakunin will quit Russian Railways if forced to reveal salary; Putin meets Venezuelan Preside...
January 15, 2015

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

TODAY: Budget spending to be cut across the board; citizens told to stay calm in the face of rising costs; Medvedev has promises but no measures at Gaidar Forum; Putin breaks small business promise; Navalny pays $10 bracelet-cutting fine; Saratov ...
January 14, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 14, 2015

TODAY: 12 killed in Ukraine bus attack; World Bank downgrades GDP prospects; sovereign rating cut anticipated; military expenditure will remain as planned though spending must be slashed.  ISIS video shows alleged Russian spies being executed; Rus...
January 13, 2015

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

TODAY: Central Bank reveals 2014 cost of propping up the ruble; banks urge interest rate cut; India’s steelmakers lose out to cheaper Russian alloy; Asian investors replacing lost Western real estate capital; MasterCard reaches agreement with Russ...
January 12, 2015

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

TODAY: Putin and Merkel discuss Ukraine, with little effect; Merkel says planned Ukraine summit cannot go ahead until progress is made towards peace; Siluanov says Ukraine is late in paying off its $3 billion loan; Alexei Navalny planning to break...
January 9, 2015

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

TODAY: Lavrov meets fellow diplomats to discuss Ukraine; Latvia and EU see signs of change on Russian side; Merkel says no end to sanctions until Minsk agreement reinstated; give Ukraine $50 billion, says Soros; Medvedev decree bans transgender pe...
January 7, 2015

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

TODAY: Russia celebrates Christmas; anti-Russia sanctions unlikely to be lifted any time soon; foreign currency mortgages now astronomical; soldiers paid to fight in Ukraine, says officer; deaths of migrant workers during Sochi Olympics constructi...
January 6, 2015

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

TODAY: Navalny removes electronic bracelet, defies house arrest; crude oil and ruble both hit new lows; Hollande calls for end to anti-Russia sanctions; Russian armed forces to employ foreigners.
January 5, 2015

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 5, 2015

TODAY: Armenia joins Eurasian customs union; Russian oil continuing to glut market after a record year; BP earnings suffering due to Rosneft stake; Finland and Russia keeping polite relations; U.S.-Russia nuclear rivalry on the rise? First militar...