Month: October 2007

October 4, 2007

Judith Armstrong: Russia pounces on those who question Putin

Judith Armstrong of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre in Australia has published an excellent opinion article in one of Australia’s largest newspapers about Robert Amsterdam’s recent visit and the complexity surrounding the myth ...
October 4, 2007

Khodorkovsky Breaks His Silence

From the Associated Press: In missive from Siberian prison, tycoon Khodorkovsky makes appeal for living by high morals MOSCOW: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former billionaire oil tycoon who has become a poster boy for the political opposition, has sent...
October 4, 2007

Satisfied with the Status Quo?

Are things in Russia better or worse than a year ago? The Economist has a new editorial on the one year anniversary of the murder of Anna Politkovskaya: But she would have noticed some flickers of good news too. Kremlin pressure against Estonia, G...
October 4, 2007

Quentin Peel: Politics and Business in Russia

Interesting column today from Quentin Peel in the Financial Times: In Russia, politics means business By Quentin Peel All politics is business in Russia today, and all business is acutely political. There is no dividing line between the two. Gazpr...
October 4, 2007

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct. 4, 2007

A file photo taken in 1957 shows the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik I, launched by the Soviet Union. Russia marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the tiny satellite whose crackly beeps started the Space Race betwe...
October 3, 2007

Russia’s Economic Interests in Myanmar

Below is an excerpt from a blog post on YaleGlobal explaining the trade and security interests of China, Russia, and India in Myanmar which has prevented international action in support of the pro-democracy protests: Russia has also supplied Burma...
October 3, 2007

Is Dvorkovich the New Illarionov?

Today economic adviser to the Kremlin Arkady Dvorkovich is quoted in the Moscow Times, making some pretty compelling and rational statements on the pernicious rise of state corporatism in Russia, particularly those proposed to control the fishing ...
October 3, 2007

Sleepless Nights over Khodorkovsky

From Zygmunt Dzieciolowski on openDemocracy: This speculation notwithstanding, it was clear from the beginning that the solution to the Russian presidential puzzle would have to meet some basic conditions. The huge concentration of powers in the K...