| 03/18/2018 15:45 | Presidential election kicks off in Russia ( TASS )
While it is still Saturday night in most Russian regions, it is 08.00 a.m. Sunday in Kamchatka and Chukotka, when polling stations open the doors for ... At 03.00 Moscow time, the presidential election will kick off in the Trans-Baikal and Irkutsk Regions, and an hour later, in the Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo and ... |
| 03/17/2018 00:45 | Irkutsk in the spotlight: the leak in Putin's watertight system? ( The Guardian )
But even Putin's watertight system is capable of springing the odd leak â in 2015, the people of Irkutsk rejected his party United Russia and elected a communist official. Sergei Levchenko remains one of the country's few regional governors not endorsed by the Kremlin. But whatever the dissatisfactions ... |
| 03/08/2018 15:40 | Russia's Communist party candidate Pavel Grudinin is proving too popular for the Kremlin's liking ( ABC Online )
Mr Grudinin said to a crowd of voters in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, on Sunday (local time). "[It can be controlled] if the President starts with himself and his friends, if these people and their children stop receiving jobs, becoming top managers in state companies and the most successful bankers and ... |
| 03/04/2018 01:25 | Meet Russia's trolls: From standup comic to a Siberian Jay Z ( WRAL.com )
He graduated in 2012 from St. Petersburg's Russian State Hydrometeorological University where he studied economics and wildlife management. "He was much younger than many of his colleagues. It's not really clear how a guy from a small town near Irkutsk got to such a senior position," said Kotlyar, ... |
| 02/20/2018 19:30 | Russia 2018: Kremlin Countdown ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty (blog) )
Because Irkutsk is 4,000 kilometers to the east, it is five hours ahead of Moscow time. Technically, blogger Irek Murtazin concedes, Levchenko could have made it to Moscow in time to speak with Putin; but it would have been quite a logistical feat. According to the Kremlin transcript of the meeting, Putin's ... |
| 02/20/2018 03:10 | Ki Un Song Recognized for Contributions to Pediatric Dentistry ( Chicago Evening Post )
He traveled to Russia to complete a student internship with Irkutsk State Medical University. He then returned to Kyung Hee University Dental Hospital for internship & residency. He went on to study at Kyung Hee University Graduate School, where he earned an MSD in pediatric dentistry. |
| 02/18/2018 16:15 | Indictment brings troll farm, 13 Russians out of shadows ( Seattle Times )
It reported that Aslanov arrived in St. Petersburg in 2000 from his hometown Ust-Kut, in the Irkutsk region. His Vkontakte profile says he graduated from the Russian State Hydrometeorological University in St. Petersburg in 2012, and a university page indicates that he studied economics and wildlife ... |
| 02/18/2018 07:25 | The Troll Farm: What We Know About 13 Russians Indicted by the US ( New York Times )
It reported that Mr. Aslanov arrived in St. Petersburg in 2000 from his hometown Ust-Kut, in the Irkutsk region. His Vkontakte profile says he graduated from the Russian State Hydrometeorological University in St. Petersburg in 2012, and a university page indicates that he studied economics and wildlife ... |
| 02/17/2018 22:15 | Putin congratulates Russian Buddhists on occasions of Lunar New Year ( TASS )
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated the Russian Buddhists on the occasion of the Lunar New Year. ... Buddhist population in Russia lives in Kalmykia, which a steppe-land region to the north of North Caucasus, Buryatia in eastern Siberia, the Irkutsk region, Tyva in southern Siberia, and ... |
| 02/02/2018 17:45 | Weekly Update: News from the World Outside Wilmington ( UNCW Seahawk )
The Moscow Times reported that: âThey marched in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, and they marched in Siberia's Irkutsk, braving subzero temperatures. They marched for fair and free elections, they said, and for an end to President Vladimir Putin's nearly two-decade-long rule.â President Putin ... |
| 01/31/2018 17:25 | Factbox: Russian individuals named on US 'oligarch list' ( TODAYonline )
Nikolai Buynov - Chairman of the board, Irkutsk OilCompany 19. Oleg Deripaska - co-owner, Rusal 20. Aleksander Dzhaparidze - Chairman, Eurasia DrillingCompany 21. Leonid Fedun - vice-president, Lukoil 22. Gleb Fetisov - private investor 23. Mikhail Fridman - Chairman of Supervisory Board, ... |
| 01/30/2018 09:40 | Protests Across Russia Call For Boycott Of March 18 Presidential Vote ( NPR )
The English-language Moscow Times said that rallies were held in about 100 cities across Russia. The Moscow Times reports: "They marched in Vladivostok, in Russia's Far East, and they marched in Siberia's Irkutsk, braving subzero temperatures. They marched for fair and free elections, they said, and ... |
| 01/29/2018 17:20 | Pro-Navalny Protesters Rally Across Russia, Call For Election Boycott ( Yahoo Finance UK )
... 2018 Russian presidential election due to a criminal record stemming from 2013 embezzlement charges. Navalny and his supporters claim the charges were politically motivated. This footage, published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, shows rallies in the cities of Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk ... |
| 01/29/2018 17:20 | Russia's Youth Takes the Lead in Countrywide Protests Against Putin (TASS)
Rallies of Navalny's supporters held in 46 Russian regions - TASS |
| 01/29/2018 17:20 | Election Boycott Rallies Sweep Russia ( RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty )
... politician Aleksei Navalny and rallied on January 28 in a pledge to boycott the country's upcoming presidential election after Navalny was barred from running. RFE/RL filmed the protests in the cities of Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, and Saratov. (RFE/RL's Russian Service) ... |
| 01/27/2018 20:15 | How Putin and the Russians adjust their take on history to satisfy political needs ( Washington Post )
The subject of âThe Long Hangover,â as author Shaun Walker defines it to a public school teacher in Irkutsk, is âthe elevation of the war victory to a national idea in Russia.â More generally, historical memory in post-imperial Russia, a country that is trying to build a post-Soviet identity, is the main theme ... |
| 12/26/2017 08:00 | Meet Alexei Navalny, the Only Man Who Can Challenge Russia's Vladimir Putin (Eurasia Times)
Navalny launches presidential bid - Eurasia Times |
| 12/25/2017 17:10 | Thousands of Russians endorse Navalny to challenge Putin in March vote ( Times of Oman )
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a meeting to uphold his bid for presidential candidate, in Moscow, Russia December 24 ... Earlier on Sunday supporters in the Pacific port of Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk in Siberia and other cities formally endorsed ... |
| 12/25/2017 17:10 | Thousands of Russians endorse Navalny to challenge Putin in 2018 ( The Guardian )
... also present in the park to support Navalny as she criticised âlies and thieveryâ in Russia. âIf Navalny is not allowed to run I am not going to vote,â she told AFP. âI don't see anyone else who I want to become president.â Earlier on Sunday supporters in the Pacific port of Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, ... |
| 12/25/2017 02:05 | Thousands of Russians endorse Navalny to challenge Putin in March vote ( Yahoo Singapore News )
Alexei Navalny, seen as the only Russian opposition leader who stands a fighting chance of challenging Vladimir Putin, sought Sunday to get his name on the ... Earlier Sunday supporters in the Pacific port of Vladivostok, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk in Siberia and other cities formally endorsed ... |
