Archive July 2010

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  • Russia To Introduce 'Draconian' Law

    30 Jul 2010 | The Guardian

    Russian citizens can be now be issued official warnings about crimes that they have not yet committed under powers granted to the security services.

  • Medvedev’s Top Rights Advisor Quits

    30 Jul 2010 | Agence France Presse

    Ella Pamfilova, the head of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's human rights council, unexpectedly announced her resignation.

  • Russia Signs Law to Expand KGB-Style Power

    29 Jul 2010 | Agence France Presse

    President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into a law a bill criticized by rights groups expanding the powers of the FSB, successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service.

  • Russia to Sell Assets, But Maintain Control

    29 Jul 2010 | The Wall Street Journal

    The Russian government, facing several more years of budget deficits, outlined plans to slightly loosen state control over the economy, aiming to raise as much as $29 billion by selling minority stakes in state companies.

  • Russia Chapter Ends for ConocoPhillips

    29 Jul 2010 | The Wall Street Journal

    ConocoPhillips’s move to sell its stake in Lukoil marks an end to one of the premier international investments into the Russia’s oil and gas sector.