Kremlin gearing up bid to permanently squash protest movement, Russian oligarch in exile warns - The Globe and Mail

September 06, 2019

Operation Novichok - Sergei Skripal Kremlin gearing up bid to permanently squash protest movement, Russian oligarch in exile warns - The Globe and Mail Russia, after U.S. sanctions, to rethink currency it borrows, but not issuance size - FinMin - Ottawa Citizen German media, lawmakers point finger at Moscow over executed Georgian - Saudi Gazette Berlin Game: the Hubris of Russia's Gunman Geopolitics - Raam op Rusland Russia needs to rethink currency borrowing - FreshPlaza.com Kremlin gearing up bid to permanently squash protest movement, Russian oligarch in exile warns - The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail Mikhail Khodorkovsky in office in central London, England on Sept. 5, 2019. The Globe and Mail Sunday’s city council election in Moscow should have been a dreary affair. Such contests usually come and go with little attention; the winning candidates are almost always Vladimir Putin loyalists, hand-picked by the Kremlin. Read More Russia, after U.S. sanctions, to rethink currency it borrows, but not issuance size - FinMin - Ottawa Citizen Ottawa Citizen MOSCOW — Russia, stung by new U.S. sanctions, will focus more on selling its debt to investors from Asia and Europe and may adjust the currencies of its bond issues, but it won’t change the amount planned for 2020, a senior finance ministry official said. Read More German media, lawmakers point finger at Moscow over executed Georgian - Saudi Gazette Saudi Gazette BERLIN — Despite Russian denials, German politicians and media are blaming Moscow for the Berlin assassination of a Georgian who once fought Russian forces in Chechnya, an affair that could spark a diplomatic crisis. Read More Berlin Game: the Hubris of Russia's Gunman Geopolitics - Raam op Rusland Raam op Rusland Two weeks ago in Berlin a Chechen enemy of the Kremlin was murdered by, presumably, a contract killer dispatched from Moscow. Germany responded barely, in stark contrast to the vehement British reaction to the murder attempt at Skripal in Salisbury. Read More Russia needs to rethink currency borrowing - FreshPlaza.com FreshPlaza.com Russia is intent on focusing more on selling its debt to investors from Asia and Europe and may adjust the currencies of its bond issues, as it is struck by new US sanctions. However, it won't change the amount planned for 2020, a senior Finance Ministry official said. Read More

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