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On February 26, fifteen thousand Russians marched in Moscow and thousands in other Russian cities to commemorate the assassination February 27, 2015 of Boris Nemtsov, former first vice premier and a leader of the opposition.
Ever more reasons are surfacing for stripping Russia of its right to host the World Soccer Cup. The IOC has extended its sanctions on Russia for doping, and the Russian Olympic Committee has added representatives from the illegally annexed Crimea and Sevastopol.
LIVE UPDATES: The Kremlin announced that Putin will not attend the UN General Assembly this year in September. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign and domestic policies. The previous issue is here. Recent Analysis and Translations: – What Has Ramzan […]
Alekesi Pushkov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs who lost the United Russia primaries has been offered to run on the ballot from the legislature of Perm Region.
President Petro Poroshenko has dismissed the governor of the Lugansk region, Georgiy Tuka, and the head of the foreign intelligence service, Viktor Hvozd.
Russia launched a missile from the Vostochny space center finally after several days of technical problems and the personal intervention of President Vladimir Putin who visited the site.
One of the last independent media voices comes under pressure. And Russia gets a new human rights commissioner with a rather creative view on human rights. On this week’s Power Vertical Briefing, we look at the apparent assault on RBK, one of the last independent media outlets in Russia, owned by billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov. Also […]
ON MY MIND Russia’s media landscape is probably about to get a lot more barren. If the Kremlin manages to wrestle RBK from Mikhail Prokhorov — and let’s face it, is there anything that can stop it? — then Russia will lose one of its last solid, independent media outlets. We’ve seen this movie before. […]
President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met yesterday in Moscow amid reports of Russian aerial incidents against Israel’s jets in Syria.
