Tag: Russian News

Interfax: Attempts to hold nationalist rallies due to terrorist attacks in Volgograd are unacceptable – Federation Council

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Terrorism
Large Mother Russia Statue Near Volgograd

MOSCOW. Dec 30 (Interfax) – The attempts to hold any nationalist rallies due to terrorist attacks in Volgograd are unacceptable, the Russian Federation Council said. “Amid the current situation various nationalist movements should not be allowed to earn points with this tragedy, terrorist attacks and people’s grief. Appeals for nationalist gatherings are voiced in Volgograd. Such rallies will play into […]

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Russian New Year’s celebration: It’s all in the numbers

Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
New Year's Eve on Red Square with Fireworks, Kremlin, Saint Basil's, Crowds

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Dmitriy Romendik, RBTH – December 27, 2013) New Year celebrations are popular all over the world, but in Russia they are the main national holiday. The festivities last for at least eight days, and sometimes as many as 20. Russians’ pagan ancestors celebrated Kolyada, a winter solstice holiday. Early Slavs celebrated it from […]

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RIA Novosti: Putin Makes Two New Year’s Speeches for 2014

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Vladimir Putin file photo

MAGADAN/KHABAROVSK, December 31 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russian President Vladimir Putin broke with tradition this December 31 and delivered two New Year’s speeches instead of one. In a pre-recorded New Year’s address to Russians shown on television minutes before midnight in Russia’s easternmost Kamchatka region, Putin outlined the priorities for the coming year. “Next year, a lot needs to be done […]

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Putin Tells Ukraine Leader He Expects Progress in Ties

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Viktor Yanukovych file photo

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer – December 31, 2013) Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Ukrainian counterpart, Viktor Yanukovych, that he’s counting on further strengthening ties. In a New Year’s greeting, Putin thanked Yanukovych for “comradely, businesslike” relations that allowed the two former Soviet neighbors to develop a partnership benefiting “brotherly peoples.” The coming year should provide an opportunity […]

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Russia Bombings Raise Specter of Olympics Terrorist Attacks

Sports, Olympics, World Cup, Terrorism
File Photo of Sochi Olympics Banner Near Highway in Warm Weather with Vehicle and Cyclicsts Nearby

(Bloomberg – bloomberg.com – Henry Meyer and Ben Priechenfried – December 31, 2013) Two bomb attacks in southern Russia before the country hosts the Winter Olympics are raising concerns that militants active in the region will target the games to gain international attention. The main threat is attacks by Muslim separatist groups in the North Caucasus that are at war […]

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#235 :: 31 December 2013

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News
St. Basil's file photo

[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#233 :: 27 December 2013 E-Mail: davidjohnson@starpower.net A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs: www.ieres.org JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support […]

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#234 :: 30 December 2013

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News
St. Basil's file photo

Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#234 :: 30 December 2013 E-Mail: davidjohnson@starpower.net A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs: www.ieres.org JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support JRL: russialist.org/funding.php POLITICS 1. RIA Novosti: Half of Russians Describe 2013 as Successful Year […]

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The blank poster: Russia heading into 2014

History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Russian News
New Year's Eve on Red Square with Fireworks, Kremlin, Saint Basil's, Crowds

(opendemocracy.net/Chatham House – Roderic Lyne – December 25, 2013) Sir Roderic Lyne served as British Ambassador to Russia from January 2000 until August 2004, when he retired from the Diplomatic Service after 34 years. He now works as a consultant, principally advising businesses on Russia and the CIS. He was a member of the Chilcot Enquiry. Experts agree modernisation and […]

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Russia’s year in review: terror, political surprises, and hope

History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(Moscow News – themoscownews.com – December 30, 2013) From the sudden release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky to the tragic events in Volgograd, here are 10 top headline grabbers for 2013 according to The Moscow News staff. 1. Khodorkovsky bombshell President Vladimir Putin’s decision to suddenly pardon oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was possibly the most unexpected news of the year. After two […]

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RIA Novosti: Half of Russians Describe 2013 as Successful Year – Poll

History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
New Year's Eve on Red Square with Fireworks, Kremlin, Saint Basil's, Crowds

MOSCOW, December 28 (RIA Novosti) ­ More than a half of Russians said they will remember 2013 as a successful year for them, an independent pollster said on Saturday. A total of 51 percent said the year was successful for them, 24 said it was unsuccessful and 25 percent had no answer. However, 30 percent said that this year was […]

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The Soviet Union, spy scandals, sex and UFOs: Top 13 stories of 2013

History, Soviet Union, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Russian News
New Year's Eve on Red Square with Fireworks, Kremlin, Saint Basil's, Crowds

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Alexandra Guzeva, RBTH – December 30, 2013) As the year draws to a close, check out these 13 stories that RBTH readers found most interesting, engaging or thought-provoking in 2013. Most popular stories of 2013: Russia to ban cash transactions over $10,000 Russia beckons for Tebow Putin’s medical secrets leaked to the media […]

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The Five Biggest Events That Shaped Putin’s 2013

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
New Year's Eve on Red Square with Fireworks, Kremlin, Saint Basil's, Crowds

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Michael Bohm – December 30, 2013) Michael Bohm is opinion page editor of The Moscow Times. Looking back at the main events that shaped Russia over the past 12 months, it is clear that 2013 will go down in history as President Vladimir Putin’s “anti-year.” It was in 2013 that the powers that be not […]

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2013 brings revival of classic diplomacy

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas
World Map Showing Continents, Greens, Browns, Ice

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Fyodor Lukyanov – December 30, 2013) Fyodor Lukyanov is chairman of presidium of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense Policy. The dawn of a unipolar world means that countries will have to settle arguments through talks again. The year 2013 may well go down in the history of world politics. Its tumultuous […]

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Russia’s 2013: the year in human rights

Human Rights, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Russian Jail File Photo Showing Outer Wall, Windows, Barbed Wire

(opendemocracy.net – Tanya Lokshina – December 24, 2013) Tanya Lokshina is Russia Program Director at Human Rights Watch The amnesty, presidential pardon and resulting ‘celebrity releases’ might understandably overshadow the rest of 2013, says Tanya Lokshina. But it’s far too early to suggest they underpin a significant improvement in the rights situation in Russia. What will we remember about 2013? […]

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TRANSCRIPT: [Putin] New Year reception at the Kremlin

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

(Kremlin.ru – December 27, 2013) An official New Year reception was held in the Kremlin Palace on behalf of the President of Russia. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good evening, friends, We have an excellent tradition of meeting in the Kremlin on the eve of the New Year. Such receptions are considered official events; however, I hope you are in […]

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RIA Novosti: Putin Named International Person of Year by Times

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been named International Person of the Year by Britain’s The Times newspaper for succeeding in his ambition of bringing Moscow back to the international top table. The paper said Putin, 61, a judo black belt, has hip-flipped US President Barack Obama on the Syrian crisis, wrestled the EU to […]

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Putin named person of the year in Levada Center sociological survey

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Speaking At All-Russia Popular Front Gathering

(Interfax – December 28, 2013) As many as 26 percent of Russians interviewed by the Levada Center sociological service have once again described Russian President Vladimir Putin as the person of the year in a December 2013 poll. Putin has been found the person of the year in all polls conducted by the Levada Center since 1999. Defense Minister Sergei […]

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Structure of Russian Family Continues to Change, Expert Says

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
File Photo of Russian Expectant Couple with Mother in Hospital Bed

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, December 30, 2013) Despite the traditionalism being promoted by President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian family continues to change, with more people living alone or with those to whom they are not married and having fewer children than their parents, according to a scholar at Moscow’s Higher School […]

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Can Putinism solve its contradictions?

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Putin Descending a Staircase file photo

(opendemocracy.net – Richard Sakwa – December 27, 2013) Richard Sakwa is professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent, England. Among his books are Putin: Russia’s Choice (Routledge, 2nd edition, 2007) and Russian Politics and Society (Routledge, 4th edition, 2008) Russia today is a hybrid state, combining democratic institutions with authoritarian practices, which coexist in a continual […]

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Khodorkovsky Thinks One Out of Ten Officials Should be Fired

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, YUKOS, Khodorkovsky
Kremlin and Moscow Environs Aerial View

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Delphine d’Amora – December 30, 2013) Former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky has a tough-love prescription for Russian officialdom ­ decimation, in the classical sense of the word. “We need a decimation. Firing a tenth of them. If it doesn’t help ­ do it again,” Khodorkovsky told Novaya Gazeta in an interview published Friday. In Roman […]

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RIA Novosti: Putin Signs Law Punishing Separatism with Jail

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Human Rights, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Sitting at Desk

MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) ­ Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law would make spreading separatist views a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in jail. Under the law submitted to the Russian State Duma by the Communist Party, people will face a fine of up to 300,000 rubles ($9,200) for calling for action aimed against Russia’s […]

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Nearly half of Russians welcome amnesty – poll

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime
Russian Jail File Photo Showing Outer Wall, Windows, Barbed Wire

(Interfax – December 27, 2013) Almost half of Russians (46 per cent) welcome a recent amnesty and about a third (31 per cent) think it is unnecessary, Russian Interfax news agency reported on 27 December, quoting an opinion poll carried out in December. On 18 December the Russian State Duma announced an amnesty in connection with the 20th anniversary of […]

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Volgograd Explosion Highlights Putin’s Failure in Fight against Terrorism, Russian Blogger Says

Terrorism
Large Mother Russia Statue Near Volgograd

(Window on Eurasia – Paul Goble – Staunton, December 30, 2013) Vladimir Putin rose to power “under the slogan of the struggle with terrorism,” and he has routinely invoked that challenge to justify the growth of his security agencies and the harshest measures against society; but as the terrorist incident in Volgograd yesterday shows, the Kremlin leader is failing in […]

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In Wake Of Repeated Bombings, A Question: Why Volgograd?

Terrorism
Large Mother Russia Statue Near Volgograd

(RFE/RL – rferl.org – Daisy Sindelar – December 30, 2013) Dual bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd have left more than 30 people dead and scores more injured. Why has Volgograd — and not Moscow or Sochi — become the repeated target of terror attacks? Until this autumn, Volgograd was a relatively quiet Russian city, known best for its […]

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Parents of Volgograd Train Station Bomber Pleaded for His Return

Terrorism
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Anna Dolgov – December 30, 2013) [Videos here http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/parents-of-volgograd-train-station-bomber-pleaded-for-his-return-video/492336.html] The Volgograd train station bomb that killed at least 17 people on Sunday was set off by a Russian man from the nearby region of Mary El who had converted to Islam and joined Dagestani militants, officials said. The suspect, identified as Pavel Pechyonkin, worked as […]

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Interfax: Share of Russians supporting Duma’s independence growing – poll

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Russian State Duma Building file photo

MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – The number of Russians convinced that the State Duma should make decisions independently of the president’s opinion has exceeded the number of those believing that the Duma should support the president in all of his undertakings for the first time since 2000, the Public Opinion Foundation found based on a poll of 1,500 respondents it […]

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TRANSCRIPT: [Putin] Meeting with the Government Cabinet

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

(Kremlin.ru – December 26, 2013) Ahead of the New Year, Vladimir Putin met with Government Cabinet members. The President gave an assessment of the work performed by the Cabinet and set the priorities for 2014. PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Mr Medvedev, colleagues, We are meeting ahead of the New Year, which is a time to recap.  But we will […]

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Interfax: Putin expects government to realize its potential more fully

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said the government is not using its full potential. “I find the results [of the government’s work] to be satisfactory. However, no doubt they can be even better. I believe the government, no doubt, has reserves and the potential of the government has not been fully realized yet,” Putin, who met […]

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Putin’s Twelve Most Significant Trips in Russia This Year

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin Speaking At All-Russia Popular Front Gathering

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – December 27, 2013) Floods, armies, space travel, dreams of Eurasian integration and the prosperity of the Far East all dragged President Vladimir Putin from the comfort of Moscow in 2013. But a review of the catalog of Putin’s travels around Russia this year, indicates that international sporting events caused him by far […]

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Interfax: Putin politician of the year – poll

Life in Russia, Culture, Arts

MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – President Vladimir Putin is predominantly seen in Russia as the politician of the year, an opinion poll suggests. The Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) said in a report made available to Interfax on Thursday that 44% of respondents in a recent poll named Putin as the top politician of 2013. Everyone else was far […]

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Russian New Year’s celebration: It’s all in the numbers

Life in Russia, Culture, Arts
New Year's Eve on Red Square with Fireworks, Kremlin, Saint Basil's, Crowds

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Dmitriy Romendik, RBTH – December 27, 2013) New Year celebrations are popular all over the world, but in Russia they are the main national holiday. The festivities last for at least eight days, and sometimes as many as 20. Russians’ pagan ancestors celebrated Kolyada, a winter solstice holiday. Early Slavs celebrated it from […]

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Putin’s Year Through The Eyes of Lyudmila

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Vladimir Putin and Lydumila Putin file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber – December 27, 2013) President Vladimir Putin took a novel approach to 2013. His novel of choice this year was Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina.” Tolstoy’s tale of moral dilemmas and human transgressions begins with the famous line, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” ­ an […]

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Putin’s popularity falls by 10 per cent in 2013 – poll

Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Vladimir Putin at Valdai Club 2013 Meeting, Adapted from Screenshot of Valdai Club Video at youtube.com

(RIA Novosti – December 26, 2013) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity has fallen in 2013 but he is still the most popular politician in Russia, Russian RIA Novosti reported, quoting the results of a public opinion poll.[1] According to a poll carried out by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM) in December, 44 per cent of the respondents named […]

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Russia Could Compensate Khodorkovsky for Case Violations

YUKOS, Khodorkovsky
Mikhail Khodorkovsky file photo

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – December 27, 2013) Russia will pay Mikhail Khodorkovsky a 10,000 euro ($13,700) fine ordered by the European Court for Human Rights, but may try to get the money frozen under the original Russian verdict that had put the former tycoon in prison for a decade, officials said Friday. Russia will transfer the amount as soon […]

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RIA Novosti: Freed Pussy Riot Activists to Start Prisoners’ Rights Group

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Human Rights, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
File Photo of Pussy Riot Members in Courtroom Enclosure, With Man Showing Papers to One While Female Guard Looks On

MOSCOW, December 27 (RIA Novosti) ­ The two Pussy Riot members freed from prison this week said Friday that they were planning to distance themselves from radical political activism and focus on a new project to advocate for the rights of prisoners in Russia. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who spent almost 22 months in prison on hooliganism charges for […]

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State Boosts Grip on Economy With Bank Crackdown

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Alexander Panin – December 26, 2013) For some bank depositors, the second half of 2013 has been a year to increase their intimacy with the state, whether they wanted to or not. Anyone with funds in the more than 30 small and medium-sized commercial banks that lost their licenses this year would have gone to […]

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Savings of ordinary Russians not growing – poll

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade
File Photo of Cash, Coins, Line Graph

MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – Most Russians do not have any savings and, therefore, are not concerned about ways to preserve them; as for those who have bank deposits, they try to minimize their risks by splitting their deposits, having deposits in different banks, and collecting information about various lending institutions, the VTsIOM sociological survey company told Interfax based on […]

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Senior security official: rising shale oil, gas production a threat to Russia

Oil, Gas, Energy
File Photo of Blue Flame from Natural Gas

MOSCOW. Dec 26 (Interfax) – Growing production of shale oil and gas poses a significant risk to Russia’s economic security, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council has claimed. “Having increased its production of shale gas, the United States has reduced its imports of liquefied natural gas. So its exporters have switched over to Europe. In addition, in 2012 the United […]

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Interfax: Half of Ukrainians see political situation as explosive – poll

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Maidan Square file photo

KYIV. Dec 26 (Interfax) – Only about 2% of Ukrainians view the current political situation in the country as stable and nearly half as explosive, the Socis Sociological and Marketing Research Center and the Rating sociological group have found after polling 3,200 respondents older than 18 in all regions of Ukraine on December 7-17, 2013. The poll’s margin of error […]

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Ukraine re-examining European integration course, but continues work on it – Yanukovych

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Viktor Yanukovych file photo

KYIV. Dec 26 (Interfax) – Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych expects the government and the parliament to work together effectively on the negotiations on the preparations for signing an association agreement with the European Union. “I expect the government and parliamentarians to work together closely on the negotiations and work on this agreement, which should be profitable to Ukraine and be […]

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Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#233 :: 27 December 2013

JRL Tables of Contents, Russian News
St. Basil's file photo

[check back for updates, including more links; links also posted to facebook and twitter] Johnson’s Russia List :: 2013-#233 :: 27 December 2013 E-Mail: davidjohnson@starpower.net A project of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs: www.ieres.org JRL homepage: russialist.org JRL on Facebook: facebook.com/russialist JRL on Twitter: twitter.com/JohnsonRussiaLi Support […]

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Interfax: Ombudsman: Khodorkovsky pardon unlikely to have much effect on Russian business

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, YUKOS, Khodorkovsky
Boris Titov file photo

MOSCOW. Dec 23 (Interfax) – The Russian president’s commissioner for entrepreneurs’ rights has argued that President Vladimir Putin’s pardoning former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky last week is unlikely to exercise any serious effect on business in Russia. “Of course, for Russian business it is not a big but a positive piece of news. However, this won’t radically affect the overall […]

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Geopolitics of military reform: Results of 2013

Military
File Photo of Russian Tanks in Military Parade

(Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – Dmitry Litovkin, special to RBTH – December 25, 2013) Changes in Russia’s military this year defined not only the direction of development of the Russian Army, but also the growth of Moscow’s geopolitical ambitions. Comprehensive testing of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces; a large-scale rearmament of the Army and Navy; a […]

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RIA Novosti: Foreign Policy -­ Breaking Away From National Interests

Foreign Policy, Security, Visas
World Map Showing Continents, Greens, Browns, Ice

(RIA Novosti – Fyodor Lukyanov – December 26, 2013) Fyodor Lukyanov is Editor-in-Chief of the Russia in Global Affairs journal, authoritative source of expertise on Russian foreign policy and global developments. Russia will step into 2014 with stunning foreign policy achievements. It is impossible to deny the increase in its international influence over the past year. Russia’s leaders and the […]

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Topless FEMEN activist climbs altar in Cologne cathedral during Christmas Mass

Abortion, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Religion
EU Map

KYIV. Dec 25 (Interfax) – An activist of the feminist movement FEMEN has disrupted a Christmas mass in Kolner Dom, the main cathedral of Cologne, Germany. “The activist climbed the altar of the cathedral in the presence of thousands of people to protest the Vatican propaganda for the criminalization of abortion. The words ‘I AM GOD!’ were painted on the […]

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Interfax: Ukraine’s association with EU doesn’t contradict observer status in Customs Union – Kremlin

CIS, Customs Union, Eurasian Union, Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of European Portion of Former Soviet Union

MOSCOW. Dec 23 (Interfax) – Ukraine’s association with the European Union does not contradict their observer status in the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said. “No, there is no contradiction,” Ushakov told a briefing on Monday, responding to a question from Interfax as to whether Ukraine can simultaneously be an observer in the […]

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RIA Novosti: Over Half of Ukrainians Want Cabinet of Ministers to Resign – ­ Poll

Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Maidan Square file photo

KIEV, December 26 (RIA Novosti) ­ As protests in Ukraine enter their second month, more than half of Ukrainians want the country’s cabinet of ministers to resign, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday. Mass protests in downtown Kiev have been ongoing since Kiev stunned Europe on November 21 by announcing that it would indefinitely postpone the signing of […]

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Interfax: Ukraine to resume association agreement talks with EU in early 2014 – foreign minister

Europe, EU, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
EU Map

KYIV. Dec 25 (Interfax) – Ukraine will resume negotiations with the European Union on signing an association agreement after the New Year’s holidays, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara said. “Two rounds of the negotiations have already taken place in Brussels. As you know, the Christmas and New Year’s political holidays begin in Europe today, and Ukraine will resume the negotiations […]

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50 Days Before Games, Main Sochi Stadium Still Not Open

Sports, Olympics, World Cup
File Photo of Sochi Olympics Banner Near Highway in Warm Weather with Vehicle and Cyclicsts Nearby

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Ivan Nechepurenko – December 26, 2013) With Sochi quickly becoming a focus of world attention as the finish line for preparations approaches for the Winter Games, the venue that will host the opening ceremony of Russia’s largest international event in decades has still not been officially opened for use. Fisht Olympic Stadium, which will host […]

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RIA Novosti: Russia’s most frequently quoted journalists named

Media, Internet, Social Media, Television
Kremlin and St. Basil's file photo

(RIA Novosti – December 23, 2013) Editor in Chief of Moskovskiy Komsomolets daily Pavel Gusev, TV presenter Kseniya Sobchak and Editor in Chief of Ekho Moskvy radio Aleksey Venediktov have been named as Russia’s most frequently quoted journalists, RIA Novosti news agency reported on 23 December quoting media monitoring service Medialogiya. They were followed by TV journalists Nikolay Svanidze and […]

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