Month: May 2007

May 15, 2007

Nobody is Untouchable – Karinna Moskalenko in the WSJ

Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal publishes a compelling defense of Russian lawyer Karinna Moskalenko, whom this blog has long supported. ‘Nobody Is Untouchable’ Karinna Moskalenko is Russia’s most distinguished human-righ...
May 14, 2007

RA Interview with the Canadian Press

Robert Amsterdam is interviewed here by the Canadian Press regarding Oleg Deripaska’s new stake in Magna International (a Canadian auto parts manufacturer). Canadian corporations shouldn’t be kissing Putin’s ring: lawyer Canadian...
May 14, 2007

The Smoke and Mirrors of the Yukos Auction

Miriam Elder at the Moscow Times has a front page article running in tomorrow’s edition about the sham auctions of Yukos assets. RA is also quoted in the story. Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Issue 3656. Page 1. Yukos Auctions All Smoke and Mirrors ...
May 14, 2007

Russia Plays Hardball with the Czechs

Below is an exclusive translation of long feature article on Russia-Czech relations quoting RA from the Prague-based magazine Týden. The Possible Results of Upsetting a Russian By Daniel Deyl, Týden weekly Czech businesses on the rocks, deserted h...
May 14, 2007

Rice: No New Cold War

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that the relationship with Russia needs intensive diplomacy, but said that relations were not at all comparable to the Cold War. ”I don’t throw around terms like ‘new Cold War,...
May 14, 2007

Russia Moves to Block the Trans-Caspain Export Route

Just one day after we posted an article about Russia’s energy agenda for Central Asia, a major pipeline deal is announced that further consolidates Moscow’s control over energy exports from the region, outflanking Western attempts to o...
May 14, 2007

Grigory Pasko: Dancing On the Graves

Dancing On the Graves By Grigory Pasko, journalist God is my witness – I really didn’t want to write on this subject. Because in any event, I’m taking it out of the blue. Let me start by saying that I don’t fully share the view of the overwhelming...
May 11, 2007

Russia’s Capture of Central Asian Energy

Vladimir Putin and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov together for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Alexander Pushkin Russian-Turkmen School. Here Putin decides in which direction the cement (and natural gas) will flow. (Photo b...
May 11, 2007

Blog-Carnival Russian Media

Today we received an interesting item in the mail regarding a mass blogging project to generate diverse debate before the Russian parliamentary elections. This appears to be the pet project of Swiss blogger Jürg Vollmer, and while we’re awar...
May 11, 2007

Grigory Pasko: Interview with Sergey Gulyaev

A Very Likely Candidate An exclusive interview with one of the leaders of the Russian opposition, Sergey Gulyaev By Grigory Pasko, journalist One of the organizers of the recent March of Those Who Disagree in St. Petersburg was a former deputy in ...