Archive for Danila
Russian Markets Collapse, Trading Halted
Russian stock markets experienced another collapse today, dropping to new lows. Trading on both the RTS and MICEX exchanges has been halted until Tuesday October 28th.
Oct 24, 2008 | Continued
Russian Experts Talk McCain and Obama
Russian experts on the United States discuss the American presidential race in Moscow, and the future of Kremlin-White House relations.
Oct 23, 2008 | Continued
Russian Opposition Plans Protest for December
Russia’s democratic opposition will hold a protest in Moscow at the start of December, in part to mark the year anniversary of the largely illegitimate Parliamentary elections of December 2, 2007.
Oct 22, 2008 | Continued
Dutch Journalist Killed By Russian Cluster Bomb–Report
A report by the Dutch government has revealed that cameraman Stan Storimans was killed by a Russian cluster bomb. Storimans died in Gori, Georgia on August 12th.
Oct 21, 2008 | Continued
Public Outrage Builds over Jailed Yukos Lawyer
In part of a growing public sentiment in support of jailed lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina, over 50,000 people have signed an internet petition requesting a pardon from Dmitri Medvedev. translation by theotherrussia.org.
Oct 20, 2008 | Continued
Russian Opposition Figure in Hospital After Arrest
The leader of the Omsk branch of the Union of Right Forces party is in the intensive care unit of a local hospital. He has reportedly suffered a coma and a hypertensive crisis after he was detained by militsiya officers Thursday.
Oct 17, 2008 | Continued
Falling Oil Prices May Send Russian Budget into Deficit
Oil prices have dipped to levels dangerous for Russia’s federal budget, dropping near or below $70 per barrel on the London, Tokyo and New York exchanges.
Oct 17, 2008 | Continued
Russian Rights Lawyer Poisoned in France
Karinna Moskalenko, a renowned Russian rights activist and defense attorney, has suffered what appears to be a poisoning attempt in the French city of Strasbourg.
Oct 15, 2008 | Continued
Anti-fascist Activist Killed in Moscow
Fedor Filatov, a 26-year old activist in the Antifa movement, died in a Moscow hospital on October 10th from knife wounds sustained early that morning. Antifa believes the attack may have been committed by a skinhead extremist group.
Oct 15, 2008 | Continued
Financial Crisis Spilling into Real Russian Economy
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin underscored today that the global liquidity crisis is spilling into the real sector of the economy, despite the government’s best efforts to keep the financial sector under control.
Oct 13, 2008 | Continued