RFE/RL RUSSIA REPORT
11/29/2011 7:03:27 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 . |
 Memorial Erected In Moscow To Colonel Who Killed Chechen Teen A memorial stone devoted to a former Russian army colonel convicted of murdering a young Chechen woman has appeared at the site where he was shot dead in June. More  The Legitimacy Crisis United Russia and Vladimir Putin are virtually assured victory in the coming election cycle. But then what? More  S. Ossetia Presidential Vote Annulled The Supreme Court of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia has voided the second round of the region's election to choose a de facto leader in which an opposition candidate was leading according to early preliminary results.More  Obituary: Stalin's Daughter Struggled In The Shadow Of Her Father The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, Lana Peters, who died last week at the age of 85, caused a sensation when she defected to the United States at the height of the Cold War. Her notoriety helped turn her into a bestselling author when she subsequently published her memoirs. Those who knew her, however, say she struggled all her life between her desire for privacy and the unwanted publicity that engulfed her because of her infamous father. More  Jailed Russian Attorney May Have Been 'Beaten' Before His Death Human rights activists say a whistle-blowing attorney for a financial services company in Russia may have been beaten by prison guards before he died two years ago. More  St. Petersburg War On Gay ‘Propaganda’ Activists say local authorities are trying to make homosexuals scapegoats for social and economic problems in order to win political points ahead of State Duma elections on December 4. More Police in Moscow have arrested five people who were part of a protest against recent deportations of Tajik migrant laborers from Russia. More  Vasily Alekseyev: The Passing Of A Soviet Weightlifting Icon The passing away on November 25 of Vasily Alekseyev, a legendary figure in competitive weightlifting, marks yet another poignant closure for the former Soviet Union. More  Russians Want Out Of Armenia Power Plant A subsidiary of Russia's state-controlled national electricity company has confirmed plans to end its eight-year management of Armenia's Metsamor nuclear power station. More  Qaddafi Vodka Gets Seal Of Approval Muammar Qaddafi appears set to join an exclusive roster of revolutionaries and powerful politicians after a local Russian alcohol retailer registered the slain Libyan dictator's name as a trademark. More  Regional Russian Protest Turns Political A protest against social conditions in the Russian city of Kirov turned into a political demonstration after local authorities refused to allow the rally. More  Litvinenko's Widow Continues Fight For Justice The widow of former Russian security agent Aleksandr Litvinenko, who died of radiation poisoning in London five years ago, says she will continue to fight for justice for him. More  U.S. Halts CFE Sharing With Russia The United States has announced that it will not allow Russian inspections of U.S. bases or share data with Russia on its nonnuclear weapons stores in Europe after years of failed efforts to revitalize a Cold War-era arms treaty. More  Medvedev Gets Caught Telling The Truth In a rare instance of truth telling, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appeared to reveal on Monday the real reason Moscow went to war with Georgia in August 2008. More  Activist Fined, Jailed In Moscow An opposition activist has been sentenced in Moscow to seven days in jail for refusing to follow police instructions. More  Russian Newscaster Appears To Give Obama The Middle Finger On Live TV An award-winning Russian newscaster has appeared to give President Barack Obama the middle finger during a live broadcast on federal television in a potentially job-threatening blunder that has raised eyebrows all over the web. More  Russian Prison Whistle-Blower Faces Reprisals An officer at the Moscow prison where lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in custody two years ago recently gave RFE/RL an inside account of rights violations there. Now he's walking a beat. More  Tajiks Free Russian, Estonian Pilots A court in Tajikistan has ordered the release of two foreign pilots whose recent sentencing on smuggling and other charges set off a diplomatic row with Russia.More |
