RUSSIALINK: “80% of Russian Business Owners Fear Arbitrary Arrest” – Moscow Times
Most entrepreneurs say Russia is not safe for business and that court rulings are not independent […]
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Expert: Putin’s Reported Plan to Restore KGB May Reflect Fear of Overthrow
(Voice of America – voanews.com – Jim Kovpak – MOSCOW, September 26, 2016) The consolidation of Russia’s intelligence agencies into a massive security ministry, in effect recreating the old Soviet KGB, is a worrisome prospect for some Kremlin watchers. The plan reportedly under discussion would merge the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s principal security agency, the Foreign Intelligence Service and […]
» Read moreMost Russian Monotown Residents Say Economic Situation Unbearable
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – February 25, 2016) A total of 59.8 percent of residents of Russia’s single-industry towns consider their socio-economic situation to be unbearable or hardly bearable, the RBC newspaper reported Thursday, citing a poll by the Federal Guard Service (FSO). Only 3.9 percent of respondents said the socio-economic situation in their town was favorable and 31.3 percent […]
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