Archive for Danila
Putin and Russia’s Collapsing Stock Market
In an article for the Yezhednevny Zhurnal, journalist Yulia Latynina comments on the evolving situation around Mechel, a Russian coal mining company that has lost a great deal of its market capitalization after a reprimand by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Jul 29, 2008 | Continued
Human Rights Activist Kidnapped and Beaten in Ingushetia
Zurab Tsechoev, a human rights advocate working in Ingushetia, was kidnapped Friday by a squad of camouflaged law enforcement officers. After a harrowing interrogation and beating, he was thrown from an automobile to the side of the highway.
Jul 26, 2008 | Continued
Russian Activist Jailed Over Opposition Website
Ilya Shunin, a deputy to the opposition National Assembly, has been placed in a pre-trial detention facility for his work in maintaining the website of the banned National Bolshevik Party.
Jul 24, 2008 | Continued
Electoral Monitors Are Western Spies–Russian Official
Russia’s Central Electoral Commission has accused electoral monitors from the Organization for Cooperation and Security in Europe of working as Western intelligence agents, and serving as an instrument of political pressure.
Jul 24, 2008 | Continued
US General Warns Russia Over Cuban Bomber Deployment
Russia would cross a “red line” if it positions strategic nuclear bombers in Cuba, according to a US Air Force general. An unnamed source had earlier said that Russia may base bombers in Cuba as response to a US Missile Defense Shield in Europe.
Jul 23, 2008 | Continued
Russian Authorities Put Pressure on Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russian authorities have turned up the pressure on the Jehovah’s Witness religious group, charging several congregations with extremism and shutting down events put on by the organization.
Jul 21, 2008 | Continued
Medvedev Signs Law on Arctic Resources
Russia’s president has signed a law which lets the government hand-pick which companies can tap into the vast resources thought to lie below the Arctic Ocean.
Jul 19, 2008 | Continued
Term Extended for Jailed Russian Executive
A Moscow court has extended the arrest of Vasily Aleksanyan, a gravely ill former YUKOS vice-president.
Jul 18, 2008 | Continued
Nikolai II and Stalin Top List of Famous Russians
A contest of famous persons sponsored by Russian state television has come back online after being temporarily shut for “technical reasons.” So far, tsar Nikolai II and Joseph Stalin top the list.
Jul 17, 2008 | Continued
Russia Won’t Extradite in Yushchenko Poisoning Case
Moscow has refused to extradite a former Ukrainian security chief, sought by Kiev in connection with the 2004 poisoning of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
Jul 17, 2008 | Continued