 RFE/RL Russia Report 11/12/2009 5:17:09 PM A review of RFE/RL reporting and analysis about domestic and foreign-policy developments in Russia.For more stories on Russia, please visit and bookmark our Russia page . |
 Reinventing Russia President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a major overhaul of Russian society to transform the country into a great power. Repeating his call for a Soviet-style modernization program, Medvedev presented a laundry list of areas for reform in a state-of-the-nation speech today. More  Prominent Tatar Activist Talks Of Leaving Russia Prominent Tatar activist Fauzia Bayramova has said she wants to leave Russia because of the pressure put on her by federal authorities for her political activism, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports. More  Police Whistle-Blower Storms Moscow As his allegations of widespread police corruption shake Russia's political elite, police major Aleksei Dymovsky arrives in Moscow to elaborate on his claims. The police officer claims to have hours of incriminating recordings proving that his superiors and colleagues ordered false arrests and drug plants on innocent suspects. More  Reactions (And Overreactions) To Virus's Spread As the swine-flu virus continues to spread through the Balkans and the former Soviet Union, the measures taken by some governments range from bizarre and befuddled to seemingly political. More  IEA Predicts Natural Gas Prices Will Fall The coming years could see the price of natural gas fall as demand weakens but new supplies keep flowing into the market. That is according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) published today. The annual report, which is used by many governments to help set energy policies, suggests that major gas exporters like Russia, Iran, and Qatar will be particularly affected. More Officials in the Russian Far East's Khabarovsk Krai have begun fining organizations and companies that do not follow "mask regime" requirements, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More  Officer Takes On Russian Police Via YouTube With two remarkable YouTube videos that have drawn hundreds of thousands of viewers, Aleksei Dymovsky, a police major in Novorossiisk, has accused local law enforcement officials of widespread corruption. Dymovsky has since been fired, but the case has reignited the debate in Russia about corrupt cops. More  Russia's Siberian Tiger In Danger A new survey indicates that the number of endangered Siberian tigers living in the Russian Far East is dwindling, primarily due to poaching. More  Analyst: GM 'Scared' Off By Partners In Proposed Deal The board of directors of U.S. automaker General Motors has decided not to sell its shares of Opel, putting an end to months of talks that seemed to be leading to the acquisition of Opel by a consortium consisting of Canada's Magna and Russia's Sberbank. More  Nationalists, Antifascists Clash In St. Petersburg Ultranationalist and antifascist protesters have clashed in St. Petersburg, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. More |
