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Permits for Navalny March Granted in Moscow, Denied in St. Petersburg; Guardian Reporter Acquitted

June 7, 2017

Alec Luhn, reporter for the Guardian in Moscow, on June 6, 2017, after a court acquitted him of charges of taking part in a demonstration. Photo by Moscow Times

Update: Muscovites march against city renovation plans to save their homes. The Prosecutor General has classified the results of the Panama Papers probe.

The previous issue is here.

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UPDATES BELOW

Protesters Against Demolition of Khrushchev Buildings March in Moscow; Panama Probe Classified

2017-06-07 18:12:23

The ruble is trading at 57.12 to the dollar and 64.32 to the euro. Brent crude is selling for $48.22.

A protester against Moscow renovation plan with a sign ‘Damn-olition Undermines Constitutional Order’ making a pun out of the word “demolition”. Photo by Mikhail Sokolov

The following news items were taken from 7:40 na perrone, Gazeta, RBC, Novaya Gazeta, Moscow Times, Reuters, Bloomberg, Meduza, Kommersant, Svoboda, TV Rain, Republic, TJ Journal and Open Russia

– Russian Fighter Jets Intercept U.S. Bomber, Norwegian Patrol Plane

– Suspected Wagner Mercenary Arrested for Public Intoxication with Syria Maps, $95,000 and More

– Moscow Mayor’s Office Approves Anti-Corruption Foundation Rally June 12

– St. Petersburg Authorities Deny Permit for Navalny Demonstration on Mars Field June 12

– St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Increases Required Number of Initiative Group for Referenda from 20 to 300; Move Seen As Effort to Stop St. Isaac Protests and Other ‘Undesirables’

– Guardian Reporter Alec Luhn Free in Rare Court Aquittal of Demonstration Charges

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– Consensus Reached on Khrushyovki Razing in Moscow Renovation Planning

– Opponents of Demolition of Khrushyovki Homes Have Spontaneous Procession

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Translation: Walk by opponents of renovation ended at the office of the Presidential Administration, activists plan to submit an appeal.

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Translation: Muscovites who oppose renovation take hands and walk toward Tverskaya. Police firmly warn.

– Parliamentary Speaker Volodin Calls Critics of Renovation ‘Irresponsible Politicos’ Who Are ‘Paid to Demonstrate’

– Protesters Demand Access to Duma Hearing, Property Rights

– Memorial Human Rights Center Declares Yury Kuly, Convicted of Police Assault for March 26 Anti-Corruption March, As Political Prisoner

– Transparency International Says Poklonskaya Failed to Declare Apartment

– Putin Signs Law Making it a Crime to Cause Suicide of Minors Over the Internet

– Russia Mulls New Committee to Fight Western ‘Election Meddling’

– Declare Offshore Wealth? Russia Tycoons Would Rather Ship Themselves Off-Shore

– European Court of Human Rights Rules Compensation Must Be Given to Former YUKOS Security Chief Aleksei Pichugin

– Russian Prosecutor General Classifies as Secret Results of Panama Papers Probe

– State Censor Makes White List of Sites Recommended Not to Close; Includes Government Sites, Facebook, Instagram and VKontakte: Sources; Calls for Not Blocking VKontakte and Yandex

What We’re Reading

– Interview of President Vladimir Putin to NBC by Megyn Kelly [English]

– Wars and Peaces: Nikolai Patrushev on Ukraine and the USA, Cyber Attacks, Syria and the Role of the Security Council in Russia’s History by Ivan Yegorov [Russian]

– Russian Giants to Fight it Out: Novatek to Bid for More Yamal Reserves to Supply 2nd LNG Project, Leaving State-Run Gazprom Exposed to European Competition [English]

– Russian Muslims and Jihad by Denis Sokolov at Center for Strategic & International Studies [English]

– Russia’s Rosneft Stake Sale Came With a Twist: Moscow Always Wanted It Back; Rosneft Denies Buy-Back Clause

– Macho Putin in Driver’s Seat as He Takes Oliver Stone for a Ride

– The Leaked NSA Report Is Being Read Backward: What if Russian Hackers Were More Anti-Clinton Than Pro-Trump? by Leonid Bershidsky [English]

– Russian Hacking Allegations Could Get Putin Reelected (Op-ed) by Vladimir Frolov

– Russia Gambles in Afghanistan — Again: Moscow’s Overtures with the Taliban Risk Destabilizing the Region and Antagonizing Military superpowers by Artemy Kalinovsky [English]

– Strobe Talbott: The Full Transcript by Susan Glasser [English]

— Catherine A. Fitzpatrick

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