Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Ah, that's THAT "Lord Truscott"! And how much did he get paid now? - Russia News Review - 10.15.13

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» Give Russian President Vladimir Putin Nobel Peace Prize, says former Labour peer
15/10/13 15:11 from - Europe RSS Feed 
A former Labour peer disclosed today that he had nominated Russian President Putin for the Nobel peace prize.

Lord Truscott and another Labour peer were suspended for six months in 2009 after being found by a Lords committee to be willing to change laws in exchange for cash.
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MNC (Mike Nova comments): Ah, that's THAT "Lord Truscott"! And how much did he get paid now? Can he disclose this? 
And keep in mind that the so called "Independent" is owned by the Russian KGB billionaire A. Lebedev, who recently was threatened with jail term and is now indebted to his KGB "tsar". 
Please do searches, links and references by yourself, since I have very little time, and, please, and by all means, let me know if I made any errors, mistakes or omissions; I will correct them, if any are present. 

» Putin Fails to Win Award, Nobel Committee Accused of Bias
13/10/13 20:00 from The St. Petersburg Times
Senior Russian lawmakers and pundits have accused the Nobel Committee of bias for failing to grant this year\'s Nobel Peace Prize to President Vladimir Putin after the award went to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapo...


» Lebedev Takes Over 'Novaya Gazeta's' Investigative Section
14/10/13 10:55 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Russian tycoon Aleksandr Lebedev has become the head of the investigative section of the Moscow-based independent newspaper "Novaya gazeta."


» Fugitive Tycoon Polonsky Put on International Wanted List
15/10/13 05:01 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
Fugitive Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky, wanted in Russia on embezzlement charges, has been put on an international wanted list.


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» Russian police arrest Azeri man over murder that sparked rioting
15/10/13 14:48 from World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
Orkhan Zeinalov, 30, is held in Kolomna outside Moscow days after nationalist violence in capitalRussian special police forces have arrested a 30-year-old Azeri man identified as the suspect in the murder of an ethnic Russian that ignite...



» The Lede: Rampage in Moscow Unfolds on Camera
14/10/13 23:59 from NYT > Europe
Video from Russian news sites and social networks showed rioting by Russian nationalists who chanted “White Power!” and “Russians Advance!” as they stormed a vegetable market in search of migrants in a working-class district.  ...


» Moscow police arrest 1,200 migrant workers after murder of ethnic Russian
14/10/13 18:07 from World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
Moscow police launch 'pre-emptive raid' on warehouse after nationalists searching for killer clash with security forcesMoscow police rounded up and arrested more than 1,000 migrant workers at a vegetable warehouse on Monday, the day af...


» Heavy police presence as Moscow braces itself for further race riots
14/10/13 18:01 from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news
Moscow has arrested both immigrants and nationalists in a bid to prevent further ethnic violence, following the fatal stabbing of 25-year-old Yegor Sherbakov.    


» Russian nationalists feed the fires of Moscow's race riots | Natalia Antonova
14/10/13 17:45 from World news: Russia | guardian.co.uk
Yegor Shcherbakov's death in Biryulyovo has sparked yet more violence that police are failing to confront"The problem is – this is a scary neighbourhood," Marina, a resident of the Biryulyovo district in the south of Moscow, told me. "I ...


» Riot Called a Result of Growing Anti-Migrant Sentiment
14/10/13 17:36 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
In response to a violent race riot in southern Moscow over the weekend, federal and city authorities announced new measures to fight illegal immigration and detained about 1,200 migrants at a vegetable storage facility that had been atta...


» U.S. Gay Swimmer Writes Open Letter to 'Downright Hot' Putin
14/10/13 20:00 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
"As much as a world leader, you are an international celebrity as a proud, buff dude. Millions who admire sportsmen have seen photos of you shirtless."


» Snowden Issues Warning in First Video Appearance Since Asylum
14/10/13 20:00 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
In his first video appearance since he was granted Russian asylum in August, Edward Snowden said his crusade concerns not just the NSA, but also "dragnet mass surveillance that puts entire populations under an eye that sees everything."


» Russia Opens Criminal Case Against Potash Exec
14/10/13 16:41 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Russian investigators have opened a criminal investigation into Vladislav Baumgertner, the chief executive of Russian potash producer Uralkali, and will seek his extradition from Belarus.



» Bail Denied for Greenpeace U.S. Captain and Foreign Activist
14/10/13 15:37 from The Moscow Times Top Stories
A Murmansk court Monday denied bail to the American captain of a Greenpeace ship and another activist who are among 30 environmentalists arrested on charges of piracy over a protest at an Arctic drilling platform.

» Nationalist Riots In Moscow Send Fear Through Muslim Migrant Communities
14/10/13 15:21 from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
As Moscow's Muslims prepare to mark Kurban Bairam, one of the most important religious holidays of the year, nationalist riots in the Russian capital have sent a shockwave of fear through migrant communities. What's more, many migrants s...

» Soviet Psychiatry Returns
13/10/13 20:00 from The St. Petersburg Times
On Oct. 8, a verdict was announced in the case of Mikhail Kosenko, one of the demonstrators in the May 6, 2012 protest march at Moscow\'s Bolotnaya Ploshchad.

» Russians and Belarus Ease Strains in a Dispute
14/10/13 23:56 from NYT > Europe
Russia has opened a criminal investigation into the chief executive of the potash producer Uralkali, and will request his extradition from Belarus.   

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