From the book Factory Town: Novosibirsk’s Role In The Russian Civil War, copyright 2052 Harvard University Press:

When the NPRM first captured Novosibirsk in March of 2012 it was widely assumed that their chief motive for doing so had been to gain control of the city’s industrial base in order so they could use it to manufacture weapons. As it happened, however, the insurgents had a rather different purpose in mind. One of the handicaps that had greatly plagued the rebel forces during the early days of the war was their reliance on a series of makeshift temporary headquarters; this habit made it difficult for the rebels to properly co-ordinate their military operations or build the political credibility necessary to secure foreign backing for their cause. By taking control of Novosibirsk, the rebel forces finally had a fixed political and strategic nerve center; their diplomatic stock abroad began to rise accordingly...

As the tide of the conflict shifted increasingly in favor of the rebels and ever greater areas of Russian land came under the NRPM’s control, Novosibirsk’s evolution as the capital of the rebel territories continued apace; after the rebel armies successfully turned back an attempt by government forces to retake the city in November of 2012, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev started losing prestige in the eyes of many foreign powers as they came to regard the NPRM and not his own regime as the rightful government of a war-devastated Russia...

From the April 25th, 2013 broadcast of NBC Nightly News:

The Swedish government today dropped a political bombshell that may change the power equation in the Russian civil war. At a press conference in Stockholm Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs announced his country is set to become the first foreign power to recognize the NRPM rebels as the legitimate government of Russia. To no one’s surprise, this decision has sparked outrage from the Kremlin....

From the April 26th, 2013 Sydney Morning Herald:

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP RENEWS ITS CALL FOR INDEPENDENT PROBE
OF SLAVA CHUSENKO’S DEATH

Says it has concrete evidence Chusenko was murdered

From the April 28th, 2013 broadcast of BBC World News:

 Organizers of last year’s Solidarity Summits in London and San Francisco have confirmed they will be heading to Berlin in July for Solidarity Summit III. Originally conceived as a way for Russian and Kazakh peace activists to find common ground in the face of ongoing border disputes between Russia and Kazakhstan, the Solidarity Summit has since gradually evolved into an international forum for planning strategies to further turn up the political heat on Russia’s beleaguered Medvedev regime...

From a story posted at CBSNews.com on April 30th, 2013:

DEVELOPING STORY: Russia’s UN ambassador petitions General Assembly to impose sanctions against Sweden

From the May 1st, 2013 broadcast of Nine News Morning Hour:

 The Swedish government’s decision to recognize the NRPM as the legitimate government of war-torn Russia is already having a serious adverse impact on Russian-Swedish relations. In a statement issued late last night, Russia’s foreign minister announced that all Swedish assets in Russian banks have been frozen until further notice....

From the May 2nd, 2013 broadcast of ABC World News Tonight:

Speaking from the provisional rebel capital at Novosibirsk this afternoon, the leader of Russia’s NRPM insurgency confidently predicted other European nations would eventually follow Sweden’s example and recognize the NPRM as Russia’s rightful government. Novosibirsk has been the capital of the rebel administration since it was captured by rebel forces back in March of last year; in November NRPM insurgents defeated an attempt by Medvedev government troops to bring the city back under Kremlin control....

In a related story, U.S. Secretary of State John Bolton declined to comment on rumors that the Huckabee Administration is considering the closure of the U.S.
consulate in St. Petersburg...

From the May 5th, 2013 Toronto Globe & Mail:

NORWAY MOVING ITS EMBASSY IN RUSSIA TO NOVOSIBIRSK

No comment from Department of Foreign Affairs about status of Canada’s embassy

From the May 6th, 2013 broadcast of Good Morning America:

 The U.N. General Assembly has rejected the Medvedev government’s demand for sanctions against Sweden in the wake of that country’s decision to move its embassy in Russia from Moscow to the rebel territories’ capital Novosibirsk. In a related story government spokesmen in Copenhagen had no comment on rumors that Denmark is about to become the third European country to recognize the NRPM as the legitimate Russian government....

From the May 9th, 2013 New York Times:

DENMARK CONFIRMS IT WILL MOVE ITS RUSSIAN EMBASSY TO NOVOSIBIRSK; KREMLIN EXPELS ALL NORWEGIAN DIPLOMATS FROM MOSCOW

Iceland Could Be Next To Recognize Rebel Government From the May 12th, 2013 broadcast of CBC News At Six:

The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs told CBC News today that it has no plans at this time to shut down Canada’s embassy in Moscow....

From the May 14th, 2013 Daily Mail:

 FOREIGN SECRETARY DECLINES COMMENT ON STATUS OF U.K. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW

From the May 20th, 2013 Guardian:

P.M. DECLARES BRITAIN WILL RETAIN ITS MOSCOW EMBASSY

From the May 24th, 2013 broadcast of BBC Breakfast:

Despite reassurances from 10 Downing Street and the Foreign Secretary’s office that Britain’s embassy in Russia will stay in Moscow for the foreseeable future, an increasing number of British private companies and organizations are choosing to headquarter their Russian operations at the rebel capital Novosibirsk...

From the June 2nd, 2013 broadcast of Nine News:

What would have seemed unimaginable four years ago, and even six months ago was difficult to believe possible, is one step closer to becoming reality tonight. At a press conference in Tokyo this afternoon the Japanese foreign minister confirmed Japan will shortly become the fifth nation in the world and the first in Asia to recognize the NRPM as Russia’s legitimate government and transfer its embassy from Moscow to the rebel capital city Novosibirsk...

From the June 5th, 2013 edition of MSNBC’s Hardball:

 With Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Japan having already chosen to grant the NRPM diplomatic recognition as Russia’s new government and Italy reportedly considering doing the same in the next few days, the number one question on the minds of many of the   State Department’s top Russian experts is whether the time is right for the United States to   relocate its embassy from Moscow to Novosibirsk...

From the June 16th, 2013 broadcast of BBC World News:

In what he called “an acknowledgement of present political realities”, Germany’s  foreign minister announced late this afternoon that his country will become the ninth  nation in the world and the sixth in Europe to recognize the NRPM as the legitimate  government of civil war-devastated Russia. Italy granted the rebel government  diplomatic recognition six days ago and three Asian countries-- Japan, the Philippines and Thailand --have also designated the NRPM as the rightful government of Russia...

From the June 25th, 2013 Washington Post:

COULD CHINA BE NEXT TO PULL ITS EMBASSY OUT OF MOSCOW?

Beijing silent on rumors it may become fourth Asian country to recognize
   NRPM as Russia’s new government

From the July 2nd, 2013 broadcast of The CBS Evening News:

The geopolitical map of Asia has been radically redrawn with the announcement from Seoul that tomorrow South Korea will become the fourth country in Asia and tenth in the entire world to officially recognize the NRPM as Russia’s legitimate government. This news comes as China, which has extensive interests in both the North and South, is continuing to keep silent on persistent rumors its own embassy in Russia is about to be relocated from Moscow to Novosibirsk...

From the July 3rd, 2013 broadcast of NBC Nightly News:

In a statement published earlier today by the official Chinese government news agency Xinhua, China’s foreign minister declared that his country will keep its embassy in Russia in Moscow for the foreseeable future and that any rumors to the contrary are-- in his words --“nothing more, or less, than a calculated attempt by hostile outside parties to embarrass the People’s Republic.” When why he hadn’t challenged the rumors sooner, the foreign minister said simply that he had been preoccupied with other urgent matters over the last week and
had not had time to comment on the rumors until now....

From the July 6th, 2013 Rand Daily Mail(South Africa):

  CHINESE INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR CLAIMS U.S. IS BEHIND EMBASSY CLOSURE
RUMORS

Minister of State Security alleges Washington trying to create rift between Beijing and Medvedev government; White House disputes allegation

From the July 12th, 2013 broadcast of Nine News:

The list of countries who now recognize the NRPM as Russia’s legitimate government has expanded to thirteen with the news that Spain and Brazil will shortly be moving their embassies in that country from Moscow to Novosibirsk. This comes just two days after Thailand broke off diplomatic ties with the Medvedev administration and declared it was establishing a new embassy in the capital of the rebel territories....

From the July 18th, 2013 broadcast of CBC News At Six:

A noted McGill University foreign policy analyst told CBC News this afternoon a growing number of his colleagues believe it is possible, even likely, that Canada will transfer its embassy in Russia from Moscow to Novosibirsk before the end of the year...

From a cable sent by the Canadian embassy in Moscow to the Department of Foreign Affairs HQ in Ottawa dated July 26th, 2013:

All hell’s about to break loose on this end. The Kremlin’s still furious about that McGill professor’s comments from last Thursday and we can’t seem to calm them down. And the man on the street doesn’t seem to be too happy with us either; just yesterday one of our secretaries was attacked right in front of her apartment....

To Be Continued