Monthly Archives: October 2014

Russia, the Other Headlines, 20-24 October

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://slon.ru/world/kak_razvalivaetsya_novorossiya-1173416.xhtml Is “Novorossiya” falling apart?  http://slon.ru/fast/russia/dozhdyu-dali-mesyats-na-vyezd-s-krasnogo-oktyabrya-1173709.xhtml Rain TV-channel is given a month to leave its office. It has no place to move to right now. http://slon.ru/economics/golyy_tsentrobank_ili_mif_o_basnoslovnykh_rezervakh-1174988.xhtml How much money does the Russian Central Bank really have? Looks like not that … Continue reading →

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Russia: The Other Headlines, October 13-17

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://top.rbc.ru/politics/14/10/2014/543d466ecbb20fe0a1fdd518 Irina Prokhorova has to step down from her leader position in the Civic Platform party. It is unclear if she will stay as a member of the Council, as the party is now heading in a different direction. http://top.rbc.ru/economics/15/10/2014/543cfe56cbb20f8c4e0b98f2 … Continue reading →

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Russia: The Other Headlines, October 5-10

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://www.vedomosti.ru/finance/news/34355561/vshe-rossijskaya-ekonomika-vse-bystree-dvizhetsya-po Higher School of Economics in its bi-weekly bulletin “Comments on Government and Business” claims that the Russian economy is heading toward crisis. http://top.rbc.ru/politics/07/10/2014/5433a16dcbb20f73439f9725 Sergey Aleksashenko leaves the board of HSE “Comments on Government and Business” bulletin due to pressure … Continue reading →

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Covering American Football in the Urals

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Stephen Norris

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Check out the ongoing blog on American football that Keary Iarussi (Miami, 2014) is writing for sports.ru while he is teaching English in Ekaterinburg, Russia: http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/36th_studio/681643.html

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Russia: The Other Headlines, September 29 – October 3.

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Stephen Norris

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/02/russia-student-exchange-us-ends-gay-couple-asylum Russia ends US student exchange in part over ‘friendly relations’ of gay men (Eng) http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/news/34028431/sekretnye-soldaty Ministry of Defence refused to answer MP Dmitry Gudkov, who sent a request for information about Russian soldiers who died in Eastern Ukraine http://www.khodorkovsky.com/featured-articles/khodorkovskys-speech-at-the-freedom-house-awards/ … Continue reading →

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