RFE/RL RUSSIA REPORT
1/3/2012 7:56:51 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 . |
 Moldovan Man Shot Dead At Checkpoint A Moldovan man has died in a hospital in Chisinau after being shot by a Russian soldier from the international peacekeeping force at a checkpoint in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region. More  Daghestan President: Get Active Online Top government officials in the Russian republic of Daghestan have been instructed by special presidential decree to become active on social media. More  Tatarstan 'Should Take More Sovereignty' A prominent parliament member in Kazan says Tatarstan should take advantage of the current political climate to strengthen the Russian republic's sovereignty. More  Did Russian Civil Society Wake Up In 2011? In many ways, 2011 was the year Russian civil society woke up from its long slumber and found its voice -- powered by a newly politically conscious urban middle class. More  Who Gets The Golden Toilet Brush This Year? The "Golden Toilet Brush" is awarded by a Russian weekly to three officials who make the year's most exceptional, expensive, and pointless purchases using taxpayer money. Here are this year's winners. More  The End Of The Surkov Era: The System Eats Its Architect Formally, Vladislav Surkov's departure as deputy Kremlin chief of staff to become deputy prime minister is a lateral move. In reality, it marks the end of an era. More  Year In Review: Unfortunate Public Missteps In 2011 Everyone makes mistakes, but most of us suffer our embarrassments in private. Not so people in the public eye, whose gaffes and missteps make instant headlines. More  Two Chechens Jailed For Recruiting Suicide Bombers A Chechen man and his sister have been imprisoned after being found guilty in a Moscow court of recruiting would-be suicide bombers to carry out a terrorist attack in the Russian capital in 2009. More  Medvedev: Karabakh Peace 'Still Possible' Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has involved himself extensively in talks on the conflict over the breakaway Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh, says the problem can still be resolved in the near future despite an impasse in Armenian-Azerbaijani talks. More |
