Mistaken Assumptions about Russia and Kosovo

By James Kimer | Published: October 24, 2007

A Serbian veteran from the Balkan wars of the 1990s rests during a protest in central Belgrade October 9, 2007. (Photo: Reuters) Janusz Bugajski (a great academic who has been featured on this blog here and here) and Edward Joseph have a column in today’s Washington Post entitled “Seize the Opportunity with Russia on Kosovo.” […]

» Read More

Grigory Pasko: The Repentance of Father Sergiy or Whom Will God Judge?

By Grigory Pasko | Published:

The Repentance of Father Sergiy or Whom Will God Judge? By Grigory Pasko “For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?” (Luke 23:31) Sergey Taratukhin – the former Father Sergiy – at a rally in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in Chita (photo by Grigory Pasko) The […]

» Read More

RA’s Daily Russia News Blast – Oct. 24, 2007

By Citizen M | Published:

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Regional Development Minister Dmitry Kozak during a congress of Russian local leaders in Moscow, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Putin urged mayors across Russia to get out the vote in parliamentary elections (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) President Vladimir Putin has urged Russia’s mayors to “get out the vote” in the next […]

» Read More

Congressional Hearing Transcripts on Yukos

By Robert Amsterdam | Published: October 23, 2007

Last week we announced on this blog the live webcast of congressional hearings held on the Yukos case, featuring testimony by Tim Osborne, Anders Aslund, and others. The archived webcast can still be viewed, and now the transcripts are available for download. Tim Osborne excerpt: Let me be clear, the Yukos case is about the […]

» Read More

The Return of Soviet Price Controls

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

Photo from the Digital Journalist As we get closer and closer to the $100 barrel of oil, dutch disease is beginning to dispense havoc upon the Russian economy, driving inflation and causing prices of basic food staples to skyrocket. Today Eugene Rumer of the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University had […]

» Read More

An Endorsement for Glaser Designs

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

In a brief departure from my regular blog posts here, I would like to quickly express my gratitude and appreciation for the excellent work of Myron Glaser and his wife, the owners of Glaser Designs of San Francisco, an independent briefcase and luggage designer. I know that many other international lawyers follow this blog, and […]

» Read More

Albright’s “Political Erotic Fantasy”?

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

As reported last week on our Daily news blast, a peculiar question came up from a live caller (which was totally not arranged and screened by the government censors) during President Putin’s unique Q&A session alluding to comments made by Madeline Albright. Now with the full translations of the transcripts posted, we can see what […]

» Read More

London’s IPO Casino Slowing Down?

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

Back when former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos scandalously compared the London Stock Exchange’s junior AIM market to a lively “casino,” his comments were largely dismissed by the monocle-bearing gatekeepers of the British stock markets as jealous Yankee poppycock. Nobody likes a whiner, but are the Americans right when they point to London’s lax corporate governance […]

» Read More

Video: Lilia Shevstova on the Yeltsin and Putin Legacies

By James Kimer | Published:

Has everyone checked out this site Fora.tv? I’m hooked. Here’s my latest find, which is a video of Lilia Shevstova speaking at the Carnegie Endowment. We highly recommend Shevstova’s new book “Lost in Transition.”

» Read More

Russia Wipes Out Debt to United States

By Robert Amsterdam | Published:

Here’s an interesting piece of news that a reporter friend has pointed me towards: Sergei Storchak has announced the early repayment of an old agricultural loan of $343.25 million to the United States, which was made during the Federation’s darkest days of the economic crisis. Speaking to reporters in Washington, my source tells me that […]

» Read More