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. Special features: – ‘I Was on Active Duty’: Interview with Captured GRU Officer Aleksandrov – Meet The Russian Fighters Building A Base Between Mariupol And Donetsk […]
The polls in Russia’s local elections have already opened in the Far East, and the Kremlin’s dirty tricks against the opposition have already begun, with a contrived report about “the detention of Open Russia activists with 2 million rubles” which has turned out to be untrue. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will […]
Prominent Russian blogger Oleg Kashin at long last was able to identify by name the suspects in the brutal 2010 attack on him. But the likely organizer of the attack has now been released. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s foreign […]
Russian troops are building their presence in Syria, and reports suggest their involvement is only escalating. 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. Special features: – ‘I Was on Active Duty’: Interview with […]
Revenue from Russia’s export of oil has dropped by 42% to $56.23 billion during the first seven months of 2015, says RBC.ru. 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. Special features: – ‘I […]
Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee that handles Russia’s chief criminal cases said Russia has spent more than 4 billion rubles (about $60 million) on hosting refugees from Ukraine 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 […]
Memorial Human Rights Center, Russia’s leading human rights advocate, will be facing trial this Friday, September 4 related to their determination as a “foreign agent” under a law passed by President Vladimir Putin last year. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s […]
Today, September 1, the much-anticipated Law on Storage of Personal Data, passed by President Vladimir Putin in 2014, went into effect 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. Special features: – ‘I Was […]
Conservative St. Petersburg legislator is reported to have been caught with a machine gun on a trip recently to the Donbass. 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. Special features: – ‘I Was […]
A report from an obscure Russian web site that claimed to reveal 2,000 Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine is believed to be a fake by a Russian blogger critical of the war. Welcome to our column, Russia Update, where we will be closely following day-to-day developments in Russia, including the Russian government’s […]
