http://www.rferl.org/archive/blogs/latest/15851/15851.html Blogs http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/blogs/latest/15851/15851.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:05:13 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Scientists in southern Russia are working to clone a 100-year-old poplar tree that survived the Battle of Stalingrad, http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-stalingrad-poplar-survivor-clone/25021123.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-stalingrad-poplar-survivor-clone/25021123.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:54 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-stalingrad-poplar-survivor-clone/25021123.html#relatedInfoContainer A new debate has unfolded in Pakistan after a residence of the founder of the country was bombed and burned in a picturesque valley in southwestern Pakistan on June 15. Some saw the blowing up of the summer retreat of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the midst of juniper forests in Ziarat as a great loss because it was symbol of national heritage. They viewed the attack on the Ziarat residency, as it is known, as an attack on the very foundation of Pakistan by Baloch separatists who are fighting for ... http://www.rferl.org/content/ziarat-residency-quetta-pakistan-debate/25020901.html http://www.rferl.org/content/ziarat-residency-quetta-pakistan-debate/25020901.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:52:46 +0000 Gandhara http://www.rferl.org/content/ziarat-residency-quetta-pakistan-debate/25020901.html#relatedInfoContainer Russia's dismal work safety record was underlined once again this week with the publication of a video on YouTube depicting a horrible workplace accident that has been viewed by tens of thousands of people. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-building-demolition-lipetsk-work-safety/25020624.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-building-demolition-lipetsk-work-safety/25020624.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:19:29 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-building-demolition-lipetsk-work-safety/25020624.html#relatedInfoContainer A fresh meme has emerged from the protests on Istanbul's Taksim Square. And, as RFE/RL correspondent Deana Kjuka reports, this time it's not about penguins -- although they do make an appearance -- but rather a silent "standing man." http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protest-meme-taksim-standing-man/25020675.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protest-meme-taksim-standing-man/25020675.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:19:34 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protest-meme-taksim-standing-man/25020675.html#relatedInfoContainer In his first press conference, Rohani was asked indirectly by a reporter with the "Etemad" daily about his campaign promise to release opposition figures Mir Hossein Musavi and Mehdi Karrubi. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-rohani-president-jailed-opposition-musavi-karrubi/25020187.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-rohani-president-jailed-opposition-musavi-karrubi/25020187.html Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:06:56 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-rohani-president-jailed-opposition-musavi-karrubi/25020187.html#relatedInfoContainer The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/25019349.html http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/25019349.html Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:36:43 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/25019349.html#relatedInfoContainer Makhachkala's mayor denied media reports that he was hospitalized after slashing his veins in an apparent suicide attempt. http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-mayor-suicide-/25018721.html http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-mayor-suicide-/25018721.html Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:49:26 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-mayor-suicide-/25018721.html#relatedInfoContainer The following is a selection of recent statements attributed to Hassan Rohani, the cleric and relative moderate who emerged the winner from Iran's June 14 presidential vote. The remarks -- on a broad range of topics from the media to morality, the Internet and hobbies, the economy, and state intervention in people's private lives -- were compiled from a recent interview with the "Sharq" daily newspaper, Rohani's website, and the televised presidential debates. http://www.rferl.org/content/rohani-quotes-iran-president-election/25018448.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rohani-quotes-iran-president-election/25018448.html Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:28:25 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/rohani-quotes-iran-president-election/25018448.html#relatedInfoContainer Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was among the first to cast a ballot in the June 14 presidential election, held to vote in a successor to President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who won a second term in a controversy-marred poll in 2009. http://www.rferl.org/content/persian-letters-supreme-vote/25017740.html http://www.rferl.org/content/persian-letters-supreme-vote/25017740.html Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:11:39 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/persian-letters-supreme-vote/25017740.html#relatedInfoContainer Putin's Popular Front holds its founding congress. The opposition draws 10,000 to the streets. And the intrigue continues in the Moscow mayoral election. Check out this week's Power Vertical podcast. http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-who-won-russia-day/25017405.html http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-who-won-russia-day/25017405.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:39:36 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-who-won-russia-day/25017405.html#relatedInfoContainer Iranians went to the polls on June 16 in the country's first presidential vote since the disputed 2009 election that saw Mahmud Ahmadinejad reelected for a second and final term. RFE/RL editors and the team at Radio Farda will provide updates throughout the day and night on the vote, letting you know what's at stake and what comes next for Iran. http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/iran-election-live-blog/25016706.html http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/iran-election-live-blog/25016706.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:21:45 +0000 Transmission Pakistan is pushing Google to install a "proper filtration system" before lifting a nine-month ban on its video-sharing website, YouTube. http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-pakistan-youtube-ban/25016243.html http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-pakistan-youtube-ban/25016243.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:09:49 +0000 Gandhara http://www.rferl.org/content/gandhara-pakistan-youtube-ban/25016243.html#relatedInfoContainer Police have intervened to prevent a protest by Derbent residents against the renaming of a street in honor of deceased Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev, even though the municipal authorities had raised no objection to holding the demonstration. http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-street-protests-azerbaijan/25015974.html http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-street-protests-azerbaijan/25015974.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:45:34 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/daghestan-street-protests-azerbaijan/25015974.html#relatedInfoContainer Russian environmentalist Suren Gazarian, 38, was granted a three-year residence permit by Tallinn this week after fleeing to Estonia in December due to fears of unlawful imprisonment regarding a criminal case that was launched against him in August 2012. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-activist--gazaryan-gazarian-estonia-asylum/25015788.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-activist--gazaryan-gazarian-estonia-asylum/25015788.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:21:04 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-activist--gazaryan-gazarian-estonia-asylum/25015788.html#relatedInfoContainer The Kremlin has released an English-language appeal by President Vladimir Putin as part of the Russian city of Yekaterinburg's bid to host Expo 2020. http://www.rferl.org/content/world-expo-2020-russia-putin-yekaterinburg/25015153.html http://www.rferl.org/content/world-expo-2020-russia-putin-yekaterinburg/25015153.html Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:57:57 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/world-expo-2020-russia-putin-yekaterinburg/25015153.html#relatedInfoContainer Over the past two months, republic of Ingushetia head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has set in motion a sequence of events that virtually guarantees his reelection for a second term, against the wishes of most of the republic’s population. Public figures, disparate opposition groups, and disillusioned local officials have now joined forces in a bid to avert that scenario. http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-ingush-congress-call-yevkurov-resign/25013966.html http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-ingush-congress-call-yevkurov-resign/25013966.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:39:49 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-ingush-congress-call-yevkurov-resign/25013966.html#relatedInfoContainer Nursultan Nazarbaev has ruled Kazakhstan since 1991 and his family controls much of the energy-rich Central Asian state's wealth. But even as the speculation as to who will succeed the 72-year-old as president continues to bubble under the surface, it seems his family is linking to other families of the petro-fueled elite in dynastic fashion. http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-expanding-clan/25013910.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-expanding-clan/25013910.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:00:09 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/kazakhstan-nazarbaev-expanding-clan/25013910.html#relatedInfoContainer Recent reports suggest that conservative media in Iran, including blogs and news websites, have also been increasingly targeted by censors ahead of the June 14 presidential election. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-internet-filtering-election-media/25013289.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-internet-filtering-election-media/25013289.html Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:25:45 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-internet-filtering-election-media/25013289.html#relatedInfoContainer Former Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov might lead Mikhail Prokhorov's campaign in Moscow. http://www.rferl.org/content/showdown-in-the-city-prokhorov-luzhkov-moscow/25012967.html http://www.rferl.org/content/showdown-in-the-city-prokhorov-luzhkov-moscow/25012967.html Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:57:45 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/showdown-in-the-city-prokhorov-luzhkov-moscow/25012967.html#relatedInfoContainer The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/25012383.html http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/25012383.html Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:44:48 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/25012383.html#relatedInfoContainer On June 14, Iranians head to the polls in the country's first presidential election since the contested vote in 2009, the aftermath of which saw hundreds of thousands of protesters take to the streets to demonstrate against the results. Here, RFE/RL editors will compile some of the best tidbits from the last few days of the campaign, including comments sent by Iranians to RFE/RL's Radio Farda. http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/iran-election-voices-from-iran/25012348.html http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/iran-election-voices-from-iran/25012348.html Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:27:44 +0000 Transmission The U.S. Embassy in Turkey has deleted statements it had made on its official Twitter account on June 7 disputing comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the Occupy Wall Street movement in the United States. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-us-embassy-deleted-tweet/25011151.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-us-embassy-deleted-tweet/25011151.html Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:43:41 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-us-embassy-deleted-tweet/25011151.html#relatedInfoContainer The Russian opposition is in a funk and Kremlin reformers are on the ropes. Is it "game over"? Listen to the latest "Power Vertical Podcast." http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-thermidor-in-the-kremlin-funk-on-the-street/25010463.html http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-thermidor-in-the-kremlin-funk-on-the-street/25010463.html Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:10:00 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-thermidor-in-the-kremlin-funk-on-the-street/25010463.html#relatedInfoContainer Within hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila announced their divorce on state television on June 6, jokes about their separation became a big hit on social media, particularly on the microblogging site Twitter. http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-humor-putin-lyudmila-divorce/25010301.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-humor-putin-lyudmila-divorce/25010301.html Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:56:09 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-humor-putin-lyudmila-divorce/25010301.html#relatedInfoContainer Frud Bezhan and RFE/RL editors were on hand to live-blog the third and final debate with Iran's presidential candidates on June 7. While the first two debates dealt with mainly domestic issues, the third installment covered politics and foreign policy. Read how events unfolded here. http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/live-blog-iran-presidential-debate/25010153.html http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/live-blog-iran-presidential-debate/25010153.html Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:41:08 +0000 Transmission Antigovernment protesters in Turkey have turned an insult thrown at them by the country's prime minister into the latest meme to emerge from the demonstrations. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protesters-erdogan-insult-capulling/25009223.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protesters-erdogan-insult-capulling/25009223.html Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:18:14 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protesters-erdogan-insult-capulling/25009223.html#relatedInfoContainer Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Major-General Zhaudat Akhmetkhanov as Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic interior minister and named Akhmetkhanov’s first deputy, career investigator Colonel Mukhammed Bzhunayev, as acting head of the ministry. http://www.rferl.org/content/karachayevo-cherkessia-interior-minister-fired-putin/25009050.html http://www.rferl.org/content/karachayevo-cherkessia-interior-minister-fired-putin/25009050.html Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:04:18 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/karachayevo-cherkessia-interior-minister-fired-putin/25009050.html#relatedInfoContainer In Turkey, the penguin has become a symbol of how some broadcast media initially ignored the antigovernment protests that have swept Istanbul and other cities during the past week. That's because when clashes with police first broke out, one of the main commercial news channels opted for a nature show about the birds instead of covering the protests. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protests-penguins-symbol/25008120.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protests-penguins-symbol/25008120.html Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:30:57 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-protests-penguins-symbol/25008120.html#relatedInfoContainer The Pet Shop Boys -- the pop band behind a string of hits like "West End Girls" -- have added their voices to a chorus of support for the jailed Russian feminist punk performance collective Pussy Riot. http://www.rferl.org/content/pussy-riot-pet-shop-boys/25008090.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pussy-riot-pet-shop-boys/25008090.html Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:17:02 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/pussy-riot-pet-shop-boys/25008090.html#relatedInfoContainer Iranian politicians often cry. Yet to this point it was rare for presidential candidates to include weeping in an official campaign video. Not so for the 2013 election, which will be held June 14. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-elections-crying-game/25007719.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-elections-crying-game/25007719.html Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:22:29 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-elections-crying-game/25007719.html#relatedInfoContainer Three days after the spectacular detention of Makhachkala Mayor Said Amirov, the precise reason for it remains unclear. Federal and local officials have given diverging explanations. http://www.rferl.org/content/makhachkala-mayor-allegations-emerge/25007224.html http://www.rferl.org/content/makhachkala-mayor-allegations-emerge/25007224.html Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:59:25 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/makhachkala-mayor-allegations-emerge/25007224.html#relatedInfoContainer Thousands of people reportedly chanted antiestablishment slogans on June 4 at the funeral of a dissident ayatollah who died over the weekend in Iran. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-taheri-funeral-protest/25007195.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-taheri-funeral-protest/25007195.html Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:08:53 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-taheri-funeral-protest/25007195.html#relatedInfoContainer Will the Kremlin's carefully laid plans for early Moscow elections pay off? Or will they turn into another political headache? http://www.rferl.org/content/in-moscow-mayors-race-the-fix-is-in-or-is-it/25007162.html http://www.rferl.org/content/in-moscow-mayors-race-the-fix-is-in-or-is-it/25007162.html Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:52:07 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/in-moscow-mayors-race-the-fix-is-in-or-is-it/25007162.html#relatedInfoContainer Traffic ground to a halt in the Serbian capital Belgrade on the weekend after two fire trucks were called out to deal with a man sleeping precariously on the arches of a bridge over the Sava River. http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-belgrade-man-sleeping-bridge/25007071.html http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-belgrade-man-sleeping-bridge/25007071.html Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:43:20 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/serbia-belgrade-man-sleeping-bridge/25007071.html#relatedInfoContainer As part of his effort to institute his own version of "traditional Chechen Islam," Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has announced the opening of the latest school for huffaz, institutions where students are taught to memorize the entire Koran. http://www.rferl.org/content/chechnya-hafizes-kadyrov-chechnya/25006922.html http://www.rferl.org/content/chechnya-hafizes-kadyrov-chechnya/25006922.html Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:00:04 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/chechnya-hafizes-kadyrov-chechnya/25006922.html#relatedInfoContainer While many Iranians remain undecided about who they will vote for in the June 14 presidential election, one of the country's most powerful military commanders has apparently made up his mind. http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-election-quds-commander/25006485.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-election-quds-commander/25006485.html Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:04:53 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/iran-election-quds-commander/25006485.html#relatedInfoContainer In the eight months since Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement ceded power in the wake of the October 1 parliamentary elections, at least a dozen senior Interior Ministry personnel have been arrested and charged with abuse of office. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-interior-ministry-achilles-heel/25005620.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-interior-ministry-achilles-heel/25005620.html Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:29:35 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-interior-ministry-achilles-heel/25005620.html#relatedInfoContainer The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24996147.html http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24996147.html Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:45:11 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24996147.html#relatedInfoContainer Makhachkala mayor Said Amirov, whom a recent opinion poll showed would have beaten acting Republic of Daghestan President Ramazan Abdulatipov in a direct election for republic head, has been arrested at his home. http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-daghestan-makhachkala-mayor-arrested/25004594.html http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-daghestan-makhachkala-mayor-arrested/25004594.html Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:49:30 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/caucasus-report-daghestan-makhachkala-mayor-arrested/25004594.html#relatedInfoContainer How are Russian officials simultaneously preparing for life with and without Vladimir Putin? Listen to the latest "Power Vertical Podcast" to find out. http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-political-futures-market/25003385.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-political-futures-market/25003385.html Fri, 31 May 2013 14:33:35 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-political-futures-market/25003385.html#relatedInfoContainer Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov is in high dudgeon following the screening by a Russian TV channel of footage showing employees of the Grozny municipal department responsible for parks carrying mown grass wrapped in the Russian national flag. http://www.rferl.org/content/chechnya-kadyrov/25003357.html http://www.rferl.org/content/chechnya-kadyrov/25003357.html Fri, 31 May 2013 13:16:28 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/chechnya-kadyrov/25003357.html#relatedInfoContainer From Aleksei Kudrin to Aleksei Chesnakov; from Mikhail Prokhorov to Sergei Mironov; from Vladislav Surkov to the siloviki; much of the Russian elite seems to be angling to make itself viable in a future when Vladimir Putin is no longer the undisputed master of the Kremlin. http://www.rferl.org/content/power-vertical-blog-putin/25002549.html http://www.rferl.org/content/power-vertical-blog-putin/25002549.html Thu, 30 May 2013 19:58:57 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/power-vertical-blog-putin/25002549.html#relatedInfoContainer Chechen Republic head Ramzan Kadyrov is not a man to do things by halves, as his lavish reception in Grozny on May 27 for the editors of Russia’s most prestigious newspapers demonstrated yet again. http://www.rferl.org/content/chechen-leader-kadyrov-surkov/25002340.html http://www.rferl.org/content/chechen-leader-kadyrov-surkov/25002340.html Thu, 30 May 2013 15:01:28 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/chechen-leader-kadyrov-surkov/25002340.html#relatedInfoContainer A Russian daredevil has set a new world record by leaping off Mount Everest from an altitude of more than 7,000 meters. The feat marks the 60th anniversary of the mountain's first successful ascent. RFE/RL spoke to the record-breaking sportsman, Valery Rozov. http://www.rferl.org/content/everest-russian-base-jump/25000595.html http://www.rferl.org/content/everest-russian-base-jump/25000595.html Wed, 29 May 2013 10:24:14 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/everest-russian-base-jump/25000595.html#relatedInfoContainer Yet notwithstanding the perception that "achieving regime change by means of elections is impossible in Armenia," the political landscape is very different now from early 2012 and is likely to continue to change. One major political party has strengthened its position, while support for two opposition parliamentary parties has dwindled. http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-opposition-takes-stock/24998864.html http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-opposition-takes-stock/24998864.html Mon, 27 May 2013 15:04:04 +0000 Caucasus Report http://www.rferl.org/content/armenia-opposition-takes-stock/24998864.html#relatedInfoContainer The Week Ahead is a detailed listing of key events of the coming week affecting RFE/RL's broadcast region. http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24996351.html http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24996351.html Mon, 27 May 2013 05:01:10 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/calendar_of_events/24996351.html#relatedInfoContainer The appearance of Aleksei Kudrin and Vladislav Surkov in the news this week is the latest sign that the battle in the Russian elite is heating up. http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-cold-war-heats-up/24996543.html http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-cold-war-heats-up/24996543.html Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:18 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/russias-cold-war-heats-up/24996543.html#relatedInfoContainer A photo posted on May 23 of the Chechen authoritarian leader Ramzan Kadyrov cuddling up with three kittens in his Grozny palace has sparked a new battle with a top Moscow socialite. http://www.rferl.org/content/kadyrov-cat-fight-kandelaki/24996467.html http://www.rferl.org/content/kadyrov-cat-fight-kandelaki/24996467.html Fri, 24 May 2013 15:21:58 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/kadyrov-cat-fight-kandelaki/24996467.html#relatedInfoContainer Vladislav Surkov just lost his job as deputy prime minister. Is he about to be prosecuted? http://www.rferl.org/content/target-surkov/24995478.html http://www.rferl.org/content/target-surkov/24995478.html Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:13 +0000 The Power Vertical http://www.rferl.org/content/target-surkov/24995478.html#relatedInfoContainer The front page of Iran's "Ebtekar" daily is a good indication of how many Iranians felt when they heard the news that former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani -- one of the pillars of the Islamic establishment -- had been banned from running in next month's vote. http://www.rferl.org/content/rafsanjani-disqualification/24993877.html http://www.rferl.org/content/rafsanjani-disqualification/24993877.html Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:02 +0000 Persian Letters http://www.rferl.org/content/rafsanjani-disqualification/24993877.html#relatedInfoContainer