RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Jan 13, 2014

By Citizen M | Published: January 13, 2014

TODAY: Poll names Putin as most admired; Khodorkovsky case troubling university; LUKoil faces hefty spill fine; Iran and Russia on verge of trade deal; Sochi protest zone location announced as police continue terror sweep; gay rights, Pussy Riot, Polonsky freed. A YouGov poll conducted for The Times newspaper named President Vladimir Putin the third most […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Dec 27, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: December 27, 2013

TODAY: Arctic 30 leaving Russia; Khodorkovsky convictions to be reviewed; Sochi terrorism worries. Extra loans to Belarus; Ukrainian chocolate ban to be lifted; customs union momentum; cargo plane crash. Having dropped criminal charges against the 30 Greenpeace activists who have spent two months in jail for an Arctic oil rig protest, the Russian authorities have issued exit […]

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Khodorkovsky: Ten Years in Prison

By Citizen M | Published: October 25, 2013

In the ten years since Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested and imprisoned, it’s not just his young family members that have changed.  Russia’s economic and social landscapes have also changed, and not for the better.  Writing in the New York Times to mark the tenth anniversary of his arrest on October 25, 2003, Khodorkovsky discusses state […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 25, 2013

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TODAY: EEC summit sees Russia rigid on barring Ukraine from Customs Union; LGBT writers plan to release ‘underground’ book; U.S. espionage accusations dismissed; tenth anniversary of imprisonment of former Yukos head; Kremlin wants Rosneft money; Tolokonnikova investigation request denied. The Eurasian Economic Community summit was held in Minsk yesterday, with Turkey and India both expressing a […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct 24, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: October 24, 2013

TODAY: Greenpeace charges softened; migration official proposes harsher penalties for employers of migrants; Putin to meet with Belarusian and Ukrainian counterparts; health official made Medvedev aide; Pichugin sentence ruled lawful; Rusal opposes warehouse bottleneck proposal; nuclear Arctic. Russia announced it will drop piracy charges against the Greenpeace activists currently being detained in Murmansk, but that […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 26, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: July 26, 2013

TODAY: European Court says Khodorkovsky trial not political, but sees violations; Navalny sentencing to be evaluated by rights council; September elections to be freer than usual; gay community urges vodka boycott; Kremlin approves financial stimulus package; Yandex celebrates stock high, co-founder is in coma; officials stand up to U.S. Snowden threats. The European Court of Human Rights […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – July 5, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: July 5, 2013

TODAY: Navalny could be jailed for six years; Putin discusses ‘foreign agent’ law; rights council says Urlashov charges seem legitimate; third case against Khodorkovsky likely; political case against Bolotnaya Square protester; Khimki attack mastermind jailed; homophobic comment to be investigated; IMF says Russia is rich; ‘horrific’ budget shortfall; Russia losing patience with Snowden. Prosecutors are […]

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More Nails in Yukos Coffin

By Citizen M | Published: June 25, 2013

It is interesting to watch Rosneft’s fortunes rise as those of Yukos are in freefall. Rosneft’s landmark $60 billion deal with China this week marks a history of cooperation between the two, as it was Chinese banks that loaned Rosneft the $25 billion it needed to finance its takeover of Yukos’ largest production unit in […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – June 25, 2013

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TODAY: Nabiullina, Ulyukayev, and Belousov shuffle indicates shift towards interventionist economics; legal expert summoned for questioning over Yukos report; Nevzlin sentenced in absentia; Bolotnaya trial begins; Snowden diplomatic row continues, Kerry warns of consequences; For Human Rights given three days. Elvira Nabiullina, the new head of the Central Bank as of yesterday, resisted calls for radical […]

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RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – June 20, 2013

By Citizen M | Published: June 20, 2013

TODAY: St. Petersburg International Economic Forum begins; network of companies responsible for illegal flight; Central Bank supports low inflation; Russia ramping up oil and gas deliveries to China; persecution of Aksana Panova, Navalny, gay rights group Vykhod; Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev charges issued; Shimkevich paroled; U.S.-Russia relations souring on various fronts. The 17th St. […]

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