Ultranationalist demonstrators give fascist salutes during their authorized rally in downtown Moscow, on Sunday Nov. 4, 2007. The political and economic turmoil that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union generated hostility toward foreigners, ...
When the «YUKOS affair» first started up in late 2003 and early 2004, people at the oil company told me that they were suddenly unable to place television ads for YUKOS gasoline and motor oil anywhere on Russian TV. Either they were being told all...
The FT talks with former premier Mikhail Kasyanov, who says that the Kremlin inner circle is planning on using the upcoming elections to “usurp power” and return Russia to “de facto one-party rule.” Mikhail Kasyanov, premie...
A Deal with Some Unanswered Questions By Grigory Pasko, journalist Today the 31 units of 10 Russian nuclear power stations account for approximately 16% of the country’s electricity production. Last year, Russian president Vladimir Putin demanded ...
Today the Wall Street Journal has a long feature story about the rising fortunes of one working class family in Russia, and how economic growth continues to bolster Putin’s popularity despite some unpopular authoritarian measures. The articl...
There’s nothing a popular president enjoys more than a chance to meet informally with his adoring electorate to chat one on one about the issues that concern the common man. And Russia’s Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is no exception. It...
The Weekly Standard follows the money in Russia’s upcoming elections, and says it makes much more sense to ask the Kremlin to live up to its G8 commitments, rather than call for their removal from the group. A czar, of course, never comes al...
VOTE HERE Dear Readers, I launched this modest blog project on Sept. 4, 2006, as a platform to share news about my work in Russia, raise awareness of the political situation in the region, and encourage debate and exchange of opinion over a variet...
[Last month I traveled to Singapore for a speech before the International Bar Association, and had the opportunity to meet with many talented human rights lawyers and democracy advocates. Among them was the leader of Singapore’s opposition p...
A full translation of the Glucksmann article is forthcoming. In the meantime, the momentum continues in the German press… From Sight and Sound‘s press round up: Die Welt 02.11.2007 Andre Glucksmann writes an appeal for Mikhail Khodorko...
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