Tag: Newslinks

NEWSLINK: “How a liberal bastion is persevering in an increasingly illiberal Moscow. The Andrei Sakharov Center, one of the last safe spaces for Russia’s liberal community, has been fined and fined again for its purported ‘political activity.’ But celebrity support and crowdsourcing have kept it alive.” – Christian Science Monitor

Assassinations, Beatings, Threats, Human Rights, Newslinks, Nonprofits, Activists, NGO's, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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NEWSLINK Carnegie Moscow/Mikhail Krutikhin: “The Russian Oil Industry in the Era of Cheap Crude. A recent slight increase in Russia’s oil output is likely to be short-lived. Oil production may decline almost twofold by the end of the year due to a lack of financing for new field exploration and development.”

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Newslinks, Oil, Gas, Energy
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NEWSLINK: “Russian Oil: Output Grows as Prospects Shrink. Plummeting prices and U.S.-led sanctions raise questions about Russian oil’s capacity to continue underwriting Putin’s global ambitions.” – Wall Street Journal

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Foreign Policy, Security, Visas, Military, Newslinks, Oil, Gas, Energy, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
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NEWSLINK The Guardian/Shaun Walker: “Caught between Russia and the US? The curious case of Ukraine’s Dmytro Firtash. Critics say the oligarch now living in exile pushed Putin’s agenda during Maidan revolution while a US arrest warrant appeared politically motivated.”

Newslinks, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
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